Where do I start??? I would love to know who to contact about the current lunch situation in our schools. I love the idea of trying to get the kids to be more healthy by controlling portion size, but come on!!!! This new lunch program has more bad things than good that I can see. I am just voicing my opinion. I am not dissing the entire program. I am only talking about what I know. Supposedly the calorie bullseye for a Junior High Student is 350 for lunch. Yes…. 350. But wait!!! In order for their lunch to be considered legal, the student must put together a lunch based on a very strict standard of so much protein, sugar, fat, and grain. Sounds good so far right? I mean really… who does not want their kid a healthy balanced meal? Ok, So now enter the cafeteria. Kid comes in, and must select the stated amount of Protein, fat, grain, sugar… Yes, Pick a Juice or a Fruit. Yes you MUST take a milk, Even if the kid does not want the item, they must take the item. Now I tell you this part straight from my own experience. These kids throw UNOPENED milk and juice into the trash. Whole oranges, Whole apples into the trash…. untouched. TRASH!!! NO, we are not allowed to have them put the Milk they did not want in the first place into a container for someone else to make use of. NO!!! Into the Trash it goes. NO we can’t take all that untouched fruit and juice to the Jesus house. NO it all goes into the trash and gets bleach poured over it at the end of the day so that no one will get into the trash to eat it later. THIS IS THE MICHELLE OBAMA LUNCH PROGRAM. This is the standard for all American public schools. If you do not follow the guidelines then the school district can be fined and then get this…… The summer lunch programs for the low income families can be cut, then possibly the school could lose their lunch programs all together. WHAT?????? So lets take the food away from the kids altogether??? What are we teaching our kids??? Recycle, don’t waste, conserve, or yeah…. and if you don’t want the juice, take it anyway and throw it away. OH MAN!!!! I can not tell you how mad this makes me… AND… getting back to the 350 calories that is supposed to be the ideal number for a junior high student… I have a little girl that is less than 80lbs eating the same lunch as a 245lb 6’1” football player who after school has to go to a 1-2 hour PHYSICAL practice and they are both eating no more than 350 calories at lunch. SOMEONE PLEASE EXPLAIN TO ME HOW WE CAN SAY THAT CONTROLLING WHAT THESE KIDS EAT IN SCHOOL IS GOING TO FIX AMERICAS OBESITY PROBLEMS WHEN WE DON’T EVEN REQUIRE PHYSICAL EDUCATION IN OUR SCHOOLS. Rant over!
Posted on: Fri, 22 Aug 2014 22:55:06 +0000
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