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Pa. schools weigh parental fast-food ban (Too many fat kids)
AP ^ | 6-8-2006 | None Listed

Posted on 06/09/2006 6:05:22 AM PDT by nckerr

PALMYRA, Pa. - Parents who visit their children at lunch would be required to eat school food rather than bring the children fast-food lunches under a proposed wellness policy in the Palmyra Area School District.

That doesn't set well with some parents. Lori Swisher, who has three children at Forge Road Elementary School, agreed the schools don't need soda machines or daily doughnuts, but bristled at "one more government restriction."

Swisher said she occasionally has brought pizza or a sub to her kids at school. "I like to think I serve mostly healthy meals, but when all three have sports, sometimes fast food is the option," she said.

The school board will vote June 15 on the guidelines, which Collene Van Noord, director of curriculum and instruction, said is part of a nationwide effort to combat childhood obesity by teaching healthy eating and exercise habits.

Proposed changes include limiting the selection of a la carte treats in the cafeterias and encouraging healthier treats for classroom holiday parties for Valentine's Day and Halloween. "We're not saying no cupcakes and birthday treats," Van Noord said, but veggies and fruit will be encouraged.


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: fatkids; foodpolice; healthpeople; healthypeople2010; obesity
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To: twigs; Bella_Bru
However, we probably have a least 75 cookbooks in our kitchen.

That's all?????????? LOL!!! Just pulling your leg. I collect cookbooks and have over 200. And I use them all (not at one time of course).

Cooking is a bit of a passion with me....some would call it an obsession. And thus I have a hard time with folks who claim they can't cook....to me it is just a matter of being too lazy to bother trying. There was a time I couldn't cook, so I learned. To this day I still occassionally have to ditch something that I had been working on....but it doesn't deter me.

61 posted on 06/09/2006 7:23:59 AM PDT by Gabz (Proud to be a WalMartian --- beep)
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To: angcat
It is more important to brag that their kid has softball and then after that piano lessons in one night instead of getting home and feeding them.

I agree with you. It seems more important to most parents to keep their kids in organized things (sports, music) than spending time at home with the family. These are good things in themselves, but when they come to substitute for family time at home, they can get to be destructive. Home cooked meals usually also mean dinners together. Research has been showing that success in school is more closely associated with eating meals as a family than any other one factor. And the health of the family is a major responsibility of the parents in my opinion, too. Home-cooked meals do not have to be elaborate. My daugher used to get them when I raised her as a single parent and had a very demanding full-time job. I just learned how to cook my own fast (but good-quality) food. Lots of soups and raw veggies... We loved it!

62 posted on 06/09/2006 7:24:07 AM PDT by twigs
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To: Bella_Bru

Thanks! I'll give it a try and let you know how it goes. I don't have much of a food education--let's just say my grandmother would consistently make "healthy" cookies for us kids by substituting butter with fat-free spread.


63 posted on 06/09/2006 7:24:13 AM PDT by Seamoth (Kool-aid is the most addictive and destructive drug of them all.)
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To: nckerr

Well, you know, if you can't teach the kids how to read, write, and think, you might as well start telling them what they can and cannot eat for lunch.

What a pack of losers.


64 posted on 06/09/2006 7:24:21 AM PDT by zook ("We all knew someone in primary school who had a really powerful magnet")
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To: Sisku Hanne

I can FEEL the enamel peeling off my teeth at the thought of that.


65 posted on 06/09/2006 7:24:31 AM PDT by linda_22003
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To: nckerr

Food Nazis should
MYOB


66 posted on 06/09/2006 7:25:46 AM PDT by Protagoras ("A real decision is measured by the fact that you have taken a new action"... Tony Robbins)
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To: Bella_Bru

>>>>I have to tell you, the canning of tomato sauce is not fun.

It is too!

I love it :)


67 posted on 06/09/2006 7:26:15 AM PDT by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: Alien Gunfighter
People may not like government restrictions, but the sad fact is that most people in this world (and this nation) need to be told what to do and when to do it.

Thanks Hillary

68 posted on 06/09/2006 7:26:20 AM PDT by Protagoras ("A real decision is measured by the fact that you have taken a new action"... Tony Robbins)
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To: Bella_Bru; linda_22003

One of my favorite chickens to make is the Roast Sticky Chicken. Great, if you ever have about five hours that you'll be hanging around the house. The chicken is stuffed with onions. The naked chicken gets a massage with seasonings. Then, it goes into the oven for five hours at 250 degrees


69 posted on 06/09/2006 7:27:59 AM PDT by HungarianGypsy
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To: angcat

It's a result of grade inflation. If everyone has straight A's then you HAVE to do these 20 things to get into college. Unintended consequences...


70 posted on 06/09/2006 7:28:48 AM PDT by Seamoth (Kool-aid is the most addictive and destructive drug of them all.)
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To: Gabz

We've been trying to move for years. I keep packing things up to go to storage. If not for that, we would have many, many more! Our cookbooks won't go until we put the house on the market. Actually, I've been wanting to buy software to put our favorite recipes in and key it to ingredients so that we can use ingredients that we need to get rid of. I used to cook, but my husband took that responsibility away from me when we got married. And I got lazy--I used my extra time to read, my other love! Now that he can't cook as creatively as he did at one time b/c of diabeties, I've told him he needs to tinker with sauces and dressings to find good things without all the junk that diabetics can eat.


71 posted on 06/09/2006 7:30:51 AM PDT by twigs
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To: ohioman
Ain't no liberal piece of shiite telling me what I can or cannot feed my child.

Everyone on FR is not a conservative. Many are liberal. Many are on this thread.

And sometimes a so called "conservative" piece of shiite will tell you what to do.

72 posted on 06/09/2006 7:31:00 AM PDT by Protagoras ("A real decision is measured by the fact that you have taken a new action"... Tony Robbins)
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To: twigs

You have a good point about substitution of organized activities for family time. We've put limits on what our daughter does. She is currently doing just Little League and Brownies.....that is more than enough outside activity for a 2nd grader, IMO.

She already knows how to make pie crust and pasta from scratch, as well as apple sauce, tomato sauce and jelly. She and her best friend are going to learn how to can veggies this summer.


73 posted on 06/09/2006 7:33:00 AM PDT by Gabz (Proud to be a WalMartian --- beep)
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To: HungarianGypsy
>>>>The naked chicken gets a massage with seasonings.


74 posted on 06/09/2006 7:33:19 AM PDT by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: nckerr
Did anyone see Dr Phil yesterday about the fat kids of America?

If you are watching Dr. Phil, you have some significant problems of your own. Do you honestly need someone to tell you how to live life? Do you have a problem with deciding between right and wrong?

75 posted on 06/09/2006 7:33:54 AM PDT by Glenn (Annoy a BushBot...Think for yourself.)
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To: Bella_Bru
I'll have to look for it. I just hate stuff loaded with preservatives.

There ought to be a law...............

76 posted on 06/09/2006 7:35:09 AM PDT by Protagoras ("A real decision is measured by the fact that you have taken a new action"... Tony Robbins)
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To: Gabz

The limits for organized activities is a great idea. Doesn't work though when you have several children :(


77 posted on 06/09/2006 7:35:18 AM PDT by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: VoiceOfBruck
But the sad fact is that most people would rather chew glass than use their brains, and are perfectly willing to indenture themselves to anybody who will do their thinking for them.

So you advocate the government elitists tell them what to do?

I assume smart guys like you would be in charge.

78 posted on 06/09/2006 7:37:52 AM PDT by Protagoras ("A real decision is measured by the fact that you have taken a new action"... Tony Robbins)
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To: HungarianGypsy
That's my favorite, too. Roast Sticky Chicken recipe
79 posted on 06/09/2006 7:40:46 AM PDT by Sisku Hanne (Send "Cut-n-Run" Murtha packing. Support Diana Irey for US Congress!)
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To: twigs

I know all about that putting stuff in storage to move routine. When we decided to move, I made the mistake of packing away the vast majority of my cookbooks and only kept the ones I use on a regular basis.........unfortunatley it took us 3 years to sell our house and move. In that period of time, I kept acquiring more and more cookbooks. We've lived here 3 years now and it was only a month or so ago my husband found the box that had the last of my cookbooks. Now I need another book case :)

Both recipezaar.com and epicurious.com let you create a cookbook (with recipes from the sites) that you can key to ingredients or manner of preparation. And if I remember correctly, one of the preps includes dietary considerations.


80 posted on 06/09/2006 7:41:38 AM PDT by Gabz (Proud to be a WalMartian --- beep)
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