Nanny State PING!
Low-fat or fat-free milk contains sugar. THAT is not healthier, IMO.
Ya know, I was not born into a country where the government in Washington could dictate what a kid in Arizona ate for lunch. Where the hell did we go wrong?
“One option, as always, will be to pack your own lunch. The federal government has no say on brown bagging it.”
Aren’t state gov’t food nazis and school districts now taking kids’ home-packed lunches away and making them eat their USDA-mandated ‘healthy’ crap?
My child attends a school that has been feeding the students this way and she is always ravenous when I pick her up. We always have to go to Panera or Noodles because the food at her school is unappetizing and there is not enough stuff for kids her age. The food is perfect for some flaky new ager however. Now I know some of the more cruel of you parents might say things like “Kids will eat whatever is put before them and they should be grateful and they better like it” and so on and so forth, but this is not a concentration camp. Kids in abusive homes will eat out of the trash cans of others, but that does not make it right or good. I pay good money for her education and I expect them to be offered appealing and delightful and filling and nutritious food she enjoys. Even our pediatrician says chocolate milk, pudding for girls to get calcium is fine. Red meat for iron. They need some oils and fats for healthy skin and hair as well as brain development. BTW, she does not have an ounce of fat on her and plays sports
But if Obama gets a second term, he'll have more "flexibility".
And, you can be sure these school districts will make sure more kids get on the Federal School Lunch program.
Not only getting on the school lunch program means more money for cafeteria food...it is more money for everything else school-related. Many federal government programs for school districts are based on how many kids are signed up for school lunch program
Check the school garbages - you’ll see where the fruit, vegetables and beans end up. I am for children eating fruits and vegetables - however the quality will suffer (especially the fruit) because of having to bulk purchase. We all know the scenario - a still green banana that has no flavor because it is not ripe yet - the pulpy apple that has been in cold storage too long, etc. All fodder for the garbage can - the schools could sponsor a pig raising agricultural class so the leftovers aren’t just wasted.
And what do the greenie/enviro nazis have against milk? Because it is an animal protein and they’re on a wierd vegan kick?
The nanny food state is pathetic and the logic behind their dictates is bizarre as well.
Thanks for the article!
Yeah, THAT'LL last. /sarc>
It’s amazing that we survived school back in the day. I especially liked the Chocolate milks that were offered. I didn’t have one everyday....my parents could not afford to allow us that luxury daily....however we did get good lunches provided by my parents. It is a shame that kids can’t even drink a chocolate milk anymore even as a special treat occasionally. I am so glad that I am not a child. My kids are provided lunches by my wife and myself and they seem happy enough. Kids today are ripped of big time!!!!!
The calorie count for kids will be as follows:
* Grades kindergarten through fifth: 550-650 calories
* Grades sixth through eighth: 600-700 calories
* Grades ninth through 12th: 750-850 calories
The above calorie counts do not mean that kids cannot eat more, but if they want more, they will have to pay more at the food line as it will be outside their regular lunch-tray option. Kids who want to eat more will have to pay for the items a la carte and it will not be covered under the reimbursable lunches back to the school.
From http://www.stategazette.com/story/1877474.html
get the feds out of our schools!!!!
so a rail thin kid who may need more fats in his diet for a
still developing brain will be denied it by the gov’t. okay.
the good news is that this kind of crap touches EVERYONE and
spreads the misery. so. i’m glad they’re attaching the
obammas name to it.
in the privacy of the voting booth, who knows. people vote on what directly affects them. so keep the insults and attacks on this country coming, dems.
I think the bean dishes could evolve into a very interesting protest item. Say a can of Pork & Beans before school and 3rd or 4th period would resemble the campfire scene from Blazing Saddles. The kids could just say "Hey, we are just eating what you suggested".
OK, I will admit I have a double espresso driven evil streak going this morning.
When weight begins to drop because kids aren’t getting enough calories, will anyone... oh, never mind. You can never convince a liberal bully they are wrong about anything. Even when it’s right in their face.
Federal demands forced feeding to kids in school.How big gov of them.
Any bets on the percentage increase of school lunches that get tossed into the trash receptacle?
Kids are going to eat what kids like and toss out all those red and dark green veggies. More healthy meals, more hungry kids.
I’m all for this as long as the EXACT same food is served in the congressional lunchrooms, the White House, and every cafeteria in every government building in America. No exceptions.
Kids will lose weight alright...because a lot of that food will go in the cafeteria trash can.
Ask the Los Angeles school district about that.
Once we allowed the federal government to pay for school lunches, this was bound to happen.
The one good thing about this, although I know it’s a pipe dream, is that maybe support for this crap will end, and the school districts will pay for (or subsidize) school lunches on their own, if at all.