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Why Cafeteria Food Is the Best
New York Times ^ | December 22, 2014 | By JANE E. BRODY

Posted on 12/23/2014 3:50:06 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

Many parents undoubtedly think they are doing the best for their children by having them bring lunch from home instead of eating the lunches served in school. But recent studies clearly prove them wrong.

Home-packed lunches, the research showed, are likely to be considerably less nourishing than the meals offered in schools that abide by current nutrition guidelines for the National School Lunch Program.

That program is, distressingly, increasingly under attack.

But the program must not continue to be undermined, and more schools should be encouraged to participate. Nearly 32 million of the more than 50 million children in public elementary and secondary schools currently eat school lunches.

Those numbers, along with the recent findings on meals brought from home, make the contents of lunches served in school especially important to the health of America’s children, now and in the future.

“Kids are adaptable and sometimes need repeat exposures to new foods,” Dr. Cohen said. “Given enough opportunity, they can learn to like them.”

“If you only expose children to chicken nuggets and French fries, that’s what they’ll like to eat,” Dr. Baidal said. “Schools can help by giving foods creative names and presenting them in fun ways. Food service personnel can prompt children to try different foods when they come through the line.”

(Excerpt) Read more at well.blogs.nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: biggovernment; education; family; lunchlady; marxism; mooch; socialism
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1 posted on 12/23/2014 3:50:06 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

If the food is tossed, then how is it nutritious?


2 posted on 12/23/2014 3:52:37 PM PST by MamaB
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I’m so glad I’ll be 30 next year so I don’t have to deal with this BS.


3 posted on 12/23/2014 3:52:56 PM PST by wastedyears (I may be stupid, but at least I'm not Darwin Awards stupid.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Might be true in New York...


4 posted on 12/23/2014 3:53:08 PM PST by Redbob (W.W.J.B.D.: "What Would Jack Bauer Do)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I walked home for lunch, ate, walked back to school and then walked home again. Guess what” I was not fat. Mom was home and fed us lunch. Go figure.


5 posted on 12/23/2014 3:54:28 PM PST by defconw (If not now, WHEN?)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I walked home for lunch, ate, walked back to school and then walked home again. Guess what” I was not fat. Mom was home and fed us lunch. Go figure.


6 posted on 12/23/2014 3:54:56 PM PST by defconw (If not now, WHEN?)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

What, did the have the survey-takers from the US census bureau filling in the forms? No more waste than previously?


7 posted on 12/23/2014 3:55:02 PM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

White Hut food is THE BEST!


8 posted on 12/23/2014 3:55:29 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
That program, (National School Lunch Program, ie. Eat what Moochelle tells you to eat) is, distressingly, increasingly under attack.

Damn, racist school children!

9 posted on 12/23/2014 3:55:33 PM PST by PROCON (Merry CHRISTmas!!)
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10 posted on 12/23/2014 3:55:46 PM PST by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

And an ounce of meat?


11 posted on 12/23/2014 3:55:57 PM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Sure I’ll trust your word, Jane . . . you ignorant . . .


12 posted on 12/23/2014 3:56:31 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“You can’t beat our mystery meat!”


13 posted on 12/23/2014 3:56:47 PM PST by Fresh Wind (The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away)
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To: Travis McGee

14 posted on 12/23/2014 3:57:37 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: Olog-hai

Jane needs to eat a few cheeseburgers. Ugh!


15 posted on 12/23/2014 4:00:48 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Hey NYT, suck on a school “lunch.”


16 posted on 12/23/2014 4:05:20 PM PST by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“recent studies”

when you see this, be ready for a boat load of lies.


17 posted on 12/23/2014 4:09:29 PM PST by roofgoat
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Why (Moochelle's kid's) Cafeteria Food Is the Best


Sidwell-Friends School lunch menu


January 5, 2015

LS (lower school)

Snack: Mini Bagels & Cream Cheese

Roasted Vegetable & Israeli Couscous Salad

Roasted Beet, Fennel & Orange Salad

Philly Cheese Steaks

Roasted Vegetables & Cheddar Flat Bread

Cinnamon Roasted Butternut Squash

Strawberries

18 posted on 12/23/2014 4:10:41 PM PST by PROCON (Merry CHRISTmas!!)
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19 posted on 12/23/2014 4:11:15 PM PST by Forgotten Amendments (Peace On Earth! Purity of Essence! McCain/Ripper 2016)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“But recent studies clearly prove them wrong.”

Studies by whom? Obama shills?


20 posted on 12/23/2014 4:11:19 PM PST by lowbridge
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