State Agent Inspects Sack Lunches, Forces Preschoolers to Buy Cafeteria Food

... vegetarian 4 year-olds? Really?

 

Page two and no Sack Lunch reference?

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So guidelines are only for 4 year olds.

 

They have been regulating the food sold in their own cafeteria and it is terrible. Until that improves significantly, any argument to ban food brought from home is laughable.

It would also be a serious problem to tell parents the one dollar lunch they sent their kid to school with is no longer acceptable because they need to buy the four dollar "healthy" lunch sold there. Good luck with picky eaters, various religions, food allergies etc.

 

soda tax, fat tax, banning happy meals

 

1) They haven't been "regulating" it, they've been destroying it (buying crappy products, etc). There's a difference.

2) I'd imagine the only way that mandating kids eat what you provide would fly is if you provided it free of cost.

3) Anybody who has a medical waiver should be able to claim an exemption, and vegetarian options should be available. It's not that hard to accommodate people.

 

As far as I know, that's correct. Do you have any evidence otherwise?

 

There are vegetarian families who raise their kids as vegetarians.

 

Good grief Hightop. The John Locke Foundation is also on your must read list? Just buy a tinfoil hat and get it over with.

You seriously need to take a step back from your life, take a deep breath and ask yourself "Self, how did I let you get this far out there, man?"

John Locke Foundation...(shaking my head in disappointment)

 

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That damn overreaching federal government!!

 

SIGH!!!!!! Another great example of liberal overreach!!!!!

 

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I don't give a flip what the current consensus of the greater good is, I would want to make choices for my kid's lunch without the <s>help</s> interference of the government.

 

If you're here, and I'm here, isn't it OUR dime?

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Vegetable anyone? Get a good one!

 

The ironic thing is, that douche loser goverment worker who inspected all those sack lunches hasn't a clue about what proper nutrition is. This has nothing to with school nutritions, just like Obamacare has nothing to do with heathcare!

 

You must have a very high metabolism.

If I had that for lunch everyday (leaving everything else in my life constant), I would gain at least an additional 2lbs per week with that diet. But that's specific to my circumstances.

For all we know, this could've been:

Double turkey and double cheese sandwich with white bread, extra ripe banana, deep fried potato chips, and a large apple juice made from concentrate (these are usually less than 10-15% juice, and high in added sugar).

My personal assessment is that I don't care what happens in the interim, the big picture problem is "who is primarily or solely responsible for any given child's health in that community"? If it's not the school, then the school should butt out. If a school shares that responsibility, then power must be shared as well. Even then, I think it should be limited to what the cafeteria offers, rather than getting deep into what can people bring (other than the no brainers).

Ofcourse, the biggest disaster of all is if it's not clear who is responsible, which will result in random changes to these policies, rather than consistent improvement IMO.

 

No. I'm all for making all school food options healthier, and taking soda/candy out of the schools (in particular elementary & middle), but I don't think the government should control what a parent packs their kids for school. I think the school should make sure every child has something to eat, and that they should attempt to educate children and parents on good lunch choices. If families choose to ignore it, than that is their choice. Most days my son gets packed deli meat, cheese, pudding/cookie/brownie, and a juice box. Basically, a Lunchable. He's extremely picky, and so was I.

 

The article was specific to the type of bread she ate (White Whole Wheat). I assume the problem was in the lack of milk, since the USDA regulation cited used milk, rather than dairy specifically, or a 2nd fruit/vegetable, since apple juice may not be construed as a fruit (though a banana can be 2 servings on its own depending on size). The rules allow you to eat as much crap as you want, you just have to have those specific things, and it doesn't matter what you have beyond it.

 

That's not really what I was talking about.

I agree it is silly to sift through every kid's lunch and approve it, I was speaking about disallowing outside food and providing good food within the school itself.

This program has worked extremely well in pilot tests everywhere it has been tried.