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Gah, school lunches and nutritional recommendations make me so mad. Everyone thought eggs and butter were unhealthy too. 6-11 servings of grain though! The "fo
by blt 11y ago
Gah, school lunches and nutritional recommendations make me so mad.
Everyone thought eggs and butter were unhealthy too. 6-11 servings of grain though! The "food pyramid" was beaten into my head repeatedly as a child, with some suspicious board of agriculture sponsored exercises too. Turns out it was total bullshit.
We feed our kids the worst garbage, at least we did from 1992-2005. A nation should want its kids to grow up big and strong. But nope, let em eat french fries and pears in heavy syrup.
- Glide 11y agoWell at least they are big now. The strong part? I dunno cut out recess and PE?
- JoeAltmaier 11y agoTimes changed. The Pentagon (who owns school lunch program) set their standards because they rejected too many recruits for malnutrition in WWII, usually insufficient calories/stunted growth. The 50's saw that change with widespread refrigeration and more varied diets. The standards should have changed but once instituted change comes hard. Now the Pentagon responds to obesity by restricting school lunch calories. Misguided in my opinion; school kids are growing fast and need good calories. Restrict calories at lunch, and the kids eat junk after school to make up for it. I would much rather schools provided unrestricted salad bars etc. instead of trying to put all the kids on a diet.
- blt 11y agoYes that is absurd. So absurd. I would be furious if I were a parent. The real reason? Good calories are expensive.