No more junk food in schools
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I think that it is a good start. banning Pepsi, and Hershies is probably good. limiting calories in children probably wont help them to learn. kids need nutrition and healthy meals that they eat. My daughter likes to bring food from home because the school lunch is "gross". Hopefully that can change too. They should mandate that nothing is processed. not that each thing has too be under a certain amount of calories.0
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The school my kids attend has really gotten on this bandwagon in the past two years. They, too, have outlawed any form of "sweets" - no treats for kid's birthdays, no candy at Halloween or Valentine's Day, etc. I think that part is going too far. As other posters have said, it doesn't teach kids about moderation.
However, this past year they hired a different head cook and I saw a big reduction in the processed meals the school served, both at breakfast and at lunch times. I was pleased to see the changes that they made in the lunchroom. There has also been talk of the school growing its own garden in the coming years (students will assist in its care and harvest) - I think that this is a great idea and hope it gets implemented. Granted it would only provided fresh fruits and veggies for a few months of the year (we're in Nebraska), but I think that kids would be more willing to try (and like) different vegetables/fruits if they helped to grow them.0 -
I'm not so sure. Kids' home environments determine their eating habits, and cutting junk food from school lunches will not make a difference to a kid who goes home to junk food and unhealthy meals. I think it would be more important and a better investment for schools to improve their health/physical education programs, and focus on educating the students on a healthy lifestyle, rather than recreating the lunch menu.0
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To me - the government has no business to decide what my child eats - EVER!
Eating healthy begins at home. I've been to the schools since the White House has stuck their nose into our business. Tons of "healthy food" is being dumped in the trash cans. Kids eat junk food at home and then you think they are going to want broccoli and carrots at school. Ain't happening.
Our children are at school a short time - they are busy at school but once they get home, it's what the parents feed them that matters. Then the kids sit in front of a TV or video game for hours - no activity.0 -
To me - the government has no business to decide what my child eats - EVER!
Eating healthy begins at home. I've been to the schools since the White House has stuck their nose into our business. Tons of "healthy food" is being dumped in the trash cans. Kids eat junk food at home and then you think they are going to want broccoli and carrots at school. Ain't happening.
Our children are at school a short time - they are busy at school but once they get home, it's what the parents feed them that matters. Then the kids sit in front of a TV or video game for hours - no activity.
Then pack your kid a lunch? Problem solved. If you want your child to eat junk and not the "health".food the school is providing then provide them their own school lunches and snacks. I don't see what the issue is.
With the amount of kids that are becoming overweight something needs to happen somewhere. I don't think this is the solution, but at least it is something since clearly the parents are doing nothing.0 -
I see where this could be plausible, but I agree with most posters here about the junk food not being a problem. I was very active in high school and I ate TONS of crap and I was the smallest I've ever been. I didn't start gaining weight until I wasn't as active anymore. It needs to be about activity AND diet. Parent's need to be involved in their children's eating decisions. Just as everyone here isn't a special snowflake, neither are the kids at school. Trying to force them to adopt the same standards is going to fail miserably.0
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^^ ThisIt wasn't junk food in school that made me fat. I wasn't fat at all in high school and I had fried chicken tenders every day for lunch. However, I did play softball and my brother and I played a lot outside. My mother wouldn't let us eat a lot of crap at home either.
It was when I got into college and started to feed myself that was the problem :P0 -
In high school, I ate Little Debbie snacks and ice cream for munch, then fast food or pizza after school. I was 110 pounds and size 3.
You know what was different then? Gym class and not spending all day in front of video games and computers.
Get rid of all the junk, but as long as they keep getting rid of recess and PE, kids will be overweight. They aren't addressing the real issue.
This^ Only I ate pizza, frito pie, and huge sandwiches. However, I also walked at least 2 miles a day every day.0 -
To me - the government has no business to decide what my child eats - EVER!
Eating healthy begins at home. I've been to the schools since the White House has stuck their nose into our business. Tons of "healthy food" is being dumped in the trash cans. Kids eat junk food at home and then you think they are going to want broccoli and carrots at school. Ain't happening.
Our children are at school a short time - they are busy at school but once they get home, it's what the parents feed them that matters. Then the kids sit in front of a TV or video game for hours - no activity.
Then pack your kid a lunch? Problem solved. If you want your child to eat junk and not the "health".food the school is providing then provide them their own school lunches and snacks. I don't see what the issue is.
With the amount of kids that are becoming overweight something needs to happen somewhere. I don't think this is the solution, but at least it is something since clearly the parents are doing nothing.
"I don't think this is a solution" "I don't see what the issue is"0 -
Kids aren't getting fat at school. The gov't needs to mess something else up and leave the schools alone.
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^^ ThisIt wasn't junk food in school that made me fat. I wasn't fat at all in high school and I had fried chicken tenders every day for lunch. However, I did play softball and my brother and I played a lot outside. My mother wouldn't let us eat a lot of crap at home either.
It was when I got into college and started to feed myself that was the problem :P
Yes but that's the thing... you got used to bad eating habits from eating junk every day and not gaining weight. It doesn't last forever...0 -
People are making stupid food choices and making their kids fat and potentially sick. Good nutritional behavior is learned in the childhood. Kids copy their parents. At least, they would get some nutrients at school.
"Good nutritional behavior is learned in childhood"
Going to assume you meant CAN be, yes it can however no where in the OP does it state anything about teaching kids about nutrition, it simply says they'll be replacing food and nothing else.
"At least they would get some nutrients at school"
Read the OP didn't see anything about extra Nutrients. popcorn, low fat chips and mini granola bars don't have any extra "Nutrients"0 -
I purposely have not read any of this thread besides the OP (the 2nd posts eye rolling was enough) and here are my 2 cents. I'm a teacher, a fairly young teacher, this is my 6th year teaching in a VERY poor school district (5th poorest in the good ole US of A). ALL of our students are on free or reduced lunch. Here is an example of a normal meal in one day, and they are the same every week; breakfast is a chocolate, full fat milk, a 'juice' box, a pre packaged waffle with the syrup already added in and and an optional fruit salad with heavy syrup. Lunch: another chocolate, full fat milk, a 'juice' box, a slice of cheese or pepperoni pizza, an optional side of canned green beans, an optional side of fruit in heavy syrup. Just in these two meals, my students are eating more sugar and fat than I eat in 2-3 days and they are in elementary school (2nd grade). All of the meals are served with the 'main dish' (packaged waffle, pizza, uncrustable, etc) on a Styrofoam tray and then they put all of the sides in separate little plastic cups so that the kids don't have to get it and they save money, which means almost no kids in the school get any veggies or fruit on their plates. It is a disgrace. I don't give a God dang if you support Obama, if you're a Republican or if you voted for the freaking tooth fairy, the way we feed our kids in public school is a shame and it has to change. My kids come in and have a mouth full of caps on their teeth b/c their baby teeth have rotted out from all the sugar they eat (and the free, traveling dentist bus is the one who puts the caps on and does their semi annual cleanings, during school ours, b/c they are all too poor to go to the dentist any other way). Half of them are on medication for ADD, ADHD, etc, etc, etc, and you cannot tell me that their diet, most of which is eaten at school, doesn't have a major impact. And the worst part is that these are kids who are getting their meals paid for by us, the tax payers, and that's what they have to eat. And I wouldn't dare deter them from eating it because many of them may not have dinner at night when they go home. So think about that next time you want to roll your eyes at people who are trying to fix this problem.0
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I purposely have not read any of this tread besides the OP (the 2nd posts eye rolling was enough) and here are my 2 cents. I'm a teacher, a fairly young teacher, this is my 6th year teaching in a VERY poor school district (5th poorest in the good ole US of A). ALL of our students are on free or reduced lunch. Here is an example of a normal meal in one day, and they are the same every week; breakfast is a chocolate, full fat milk, a 'juice' box, a pre packaged waffle with the syrup already added in and and an optional fruit salad with heavy syrup. Lunch: another chocolate, full fat milk, a 'juice' box, a slice of cheese or pepperoni pizza, an optional side of canned green beans, an optional side of fruit in heavy syrup. Just in these two meals, my students are eating more sugar and fat than I eat in 2-3 days and they are in elementary school (2nd grade). All of the meals are served with the 'main dish' (packaged waffle, pizza, uncrustable, etc) on a Styrofoam tray and then they put all of the sides in separate little plastic cups so that the kids don't have to get it and they save money, which means almost no kids in the school get any veggies or fruit on their plates. It is a disgrace. I don't give a God dang if you support Obama, if you're a Republican or if you voted for the freaking tooth fairy, the way we feed our kids in public school is a shame and it has to change. My kids come in and have a mouth full of caps on their teeth b/c their baby teeth have rotted out from all the sugar they eat (and the free, traveling dentist bus is the one who puts the caps on and does their semi annual cleanings, during school ours, b/c they are all too poor to go to the dentist any other way). Half of them are on medication for ADD, ADHD, etc, etc, etc, and you cannot tell me that their diet, most of which is eaten at school, doesn't have a major impact. And the worst part is that these are kids who are getting their meals paid for by us, the tax payers, and that's what they have to eat. And I wouldn't dare deter them from eating it because many of them may not have dinner at night when they go home. So think about that next time you want to roll your eyes at people who are trying to fix this problem.
Do you teach your students to use paragraphs?0 -
I purposely have not read any of this thread besides the OP (the 2nd posts eye rolling was enough) and here are my 2 cents. I'm a teacher, a fairly young teacher, this is my 6th year teaching in a VERY poor school district (5th poorest in the good ole US of A). ALL of our students are on free or reduced lunch. Here is an example of a normal meal in one day, and they are the same every week; breakfast is a chocolate, full fat milk, a 'juice' box, a pre packaged waffle with the syrup already added in and and an optional fruit salad with heavy syrup. Lunch: another chocolate, full fat milk, a 'juice' box, a slice of cheese or pepperoni pizza, an optional side of canned green beans, an optional side of fruit in heavy syrup. Just in these two meals, my students are eating more sugar and fat than I eat in 2-3 days and they are in elementary school (2nd grade). All of the meals are served with the 'main dish' (packaged waffle, pizza, uncrustable, etc) on a Styrofoam tray and then they put all of the sides in separate little plastic cups so that the kids don't have to get it and they save money, which means almost no kids in the school get any veggies or fruit on their plates. It is a disgrace. I don't give a God dang if you support Obama, if you're a Republican or if you voted for the freaking tooth fairy, the way we feed our kids in public school is a shame and it has to change. My kids come in and have a mouth full of caps on their teeth b/c their baby teeth have rotted out from all the sugar they eat (and the free, traveling dentist bus is the one who puts the caps on and does their semi annual cleanings, during school ours, b/c they are all too poor to go to the dentist any other way). Half of them are on medication for ADD, ADHD, etc, etc, etc, and you cannot tell me that their diet, most of which is eaten at school, doesn't have a major impact. And the worst part is that these are kids who are getting their meals paid for by us, the tax payers, and that's what they have to eat. And I wouldn't dare deter them from eating it because many of them may not have dinner at night when they go home. So think about that next time you want to roll your eyes at people who are trying to fix this problem.
Do you teach your students to use paragraphs?
Nope, it's not developmentally appropriate for 2nd graders with Autism. However, I do teach social skills, and the part about how being a smart *kitten* is rude and immature is part of our daily curriculum.0 -
It isn't just the food in school that is the problem it is the activity. I too ate whatever I wanted in high school and weighed 130 pounds, I was healthy and active. They need to control the portion of the food and make kids participate in Gym or weight training classes (unless the physically can not) I plan on packing my sons lunch for school because I know I can make something that is good for him, and something he likes.0
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I think this is a good idea. When I was in high school, the options every day were burgers, fries, pizza, bagels, ice cream, slurpees. BUT there was also a salad bar every single day, baked potatoes, and veggies. One of my friends ate fries every day and was skinny. I played varsity softball 7 days a week, ate salads and lean protein, and was still considered overweight (only by a few pounds, though). And who's to say those kids won't just eat like crap when they get home? Also I loved gym class. It was 1.5 hours in the middle of the day (around noon) and we did such fun stuff... archery, bowling, lacrosse, soccer, ice hockey, etc. It was awesome! My high school still has gym but I know many schools are getting rid of it... bring it back! Although with music, cooking, and all those fun things. Maybe if kids could develop an interest in music, sports, tech ed (building), healthy cooking, etc. then they would have less time to sit on their *kitten* all day watching tv or playing video games.0
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Nope, it's not developmentally appropriate for 2nd graders with Autism. However, I do teach social skills, and the part about how being a smart *kitten* is rude and immature is part of our daily curriculum.
rude? why did you at first type "you are an idiot" then edit your paragraph? seems like your first instinct was to be rude.0 -
I purposely have not read any of this tread besides the OP (the 2nd posts eye rolling was enough) and here are my 2 cents. I'm a teacher, a fairly young teacher, this is my 6th year teaching in a VERY poor school district (5th poorest in the good ole US of A). ALL of our students are on free or reduced lunch. Here is an example of a normal meal in one day, and they are the same every week; breakfast is a chocolate, full fat milk, a 'juice' box, a pre packaged waffle with the syrup already added in and and an optional fruit salad with heavy syrup. Lunch: another chocolate, full fat milk, a 'juice' box, a slice of cheese or pepperoni pizza, an optional side of canned green beans, an optional side of fruit in heavy syrup. Just in these two meals, my students are eating more sugar and fat than I eat in 2-3 days and they are in elementary school (2nd grade). All of the meals are served with the 'main dish' (packaged waffle, pizza, uncrustable, etc) on a Styrofoam tray and then they put all of the sides in separate little plastic cups so that the kids don't have to get it and they save money, which means almost no kids in the school get any veggies or fruit on their plates. It is a disgrace. I don't give a God dang if you support Obama, if you're a Republican or if you voted for the freaking tooth fairy, the way we feed our kids in public school is a shame and it has to change. My kids come in and have a mouth full of caps on their teeth b/c their baby teeth have rotted out from all the sugar they eat (and the free, traveling dentist bus is the one who puts the caps on and does their semi annual cleanings, during school ours, b/c they are all too poor to go to the dentist any other way). Half of them are on medication for ADD, ADHD, etc, etc, etc, and you cannot tell me that their diet, most of which is eaten at school, doesn't have a major impact. And the worst part is that these are kids who are getting their meals paid for by us, the tax payers, and that's what they have to eat. And I wouldn't dare deter them from eating it because many of them may not have dinner at night when they go home. So think about that next time you want to roll your eyes at people who are trying to fix this problem.
Do you teach your students to use paragraphs?
You're an idiot
Nice edit.
Oh, the Irony.0 -
Stupid. Everything in moderation people. You CAN eat junk here and there and it won't kill you or fatten you up. You just have to do it in moderation and you have to exercise too. We had soda and candy all through my high school in the 80s and there wasn't the issue with obesity as there is now. People are lazy now. Spend too much time on computers and playing video games. Get your kids outside to play! I never see kids outside anymore! Mine are constantly out playing ball, riding bikes, swimming, etc. If your kids are active, a freakin donut at school isn't going to make them obese.0
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:laugh:I purposely have not read any of this tread besides the OP (the 2nd posts eye rolling was enough) and here are my 2 cents. I'm a teacher, a fairly young teacher, this is my 6th year teaching in a VERY poor school district (5th poorest in the good ole US of A). ALL of our students are on free or reduced lunch. Here is an example of a normal meal in one day, and they are the same every week; breakfast is a chocolate, full fat milk, a 'juice' box, a pre packaged waffle with the syrup already added in and and an optional fruit salad with heavy syrup. Lunch: another chocolate, full fat milk, a 'juice' box, a slice of cheese or pepperoni pizza, an optional side of canned green beans, an optional side of fruit in heavy syrup. Just in these two meals, my students are eating more sugar and fat than I eat in 2-3 days and they are in elementary school (2nd grade). All of the meals are served with the 'main dish' (packaged waffle, pizza, uncrustable, etc) on a Styrofoam tray and then they put all of the sides in separate little plastic cups so that the kids don't have to get it and they save money, which means almost no kids in the school get any veggies or fruit on their plates. It is a disgrace. I don't give a God dang if you support Obama, if you're a Republican or if you voted for the freaking tooth fairy, the way we feed our kids in public school is a shame and it has to change. My kids come in and have a mouth full of caps on their teeth b/c their baby teeth have rotted out from all the sugar they eat (and the free, traveling dentist bus is the one who puts the caps on and does their semi annual cleanings, during school ours, b/c they are all too poor to go to the dentist any other way). Half of them are on medication for ADD, ADHD, etc, etc, etc, and you cannot tell me that their diet, most of which is eaten at school, doesn't have a major impact. And the worst part is that these are kids who are getting their meals paid for by us, the tax payers, and that's what they have to eat. And I wouldn't dare deter them from eating it because many of them may not have dinner at night when they go home. So think about that next time you want to roll your eyes at people who are trying to fix this problem.
Do you teach your students to use paragraphs?0 -
Yet another waste of money. It's no wonder the deficit is so big. Oh wait. The tax payers will be the ones paying for this.
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Its only good if the parents follow a healthy food plan at home. It will not help what so ever if the parents still let them eat unhealthy at home, or pack unhealthy lunches to take to school. Also kids will start selling unhealthy food to their classmates. It will be like a drug dealer, but a junk food dealer instead hahaha.0
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Everything the teacher mentioned above falls at the feet of the parents. What they eat, what medications they are on-- all of it. Sure it's easier to declare a kid "ill" with ADD or some other such nonsense (My personal favorite is "ODD" oppositional defiance disorder....otherwise known as a brat who needs a spank or two...) and throw him on medication than actually take the time needed to actually, GASP, parent a child and teach him how to behave.
As for the food...newsflash-- school food sucks. "Healthy" food...crap food...it's mass produced for the best bang for the buck. Is it "nice" for the schools to care about what they're serving our little Johnny? um...sure. If they have a burden to rid their menu of stuff they feel is of little nutritional value, you know, more power to them. God bless 'em. But at the end of the day, it's all going to taste like crap and end up in the trash can.
But, I've read accounts here of schools mandating what can be sent in lunches from home, and forbidding cupcakes for birthday celebrations, et cetera-- overkill. Like a cupcake is going to kill anybody. Hysterical gibberish.0 -
Not wanting to aid the obesity problem is a waste of money?
It appears that parents are still allowed to send whatever food in their child's PACKED LUNCH that they want. Schools just won't be selling the stuff. So what exactly is the problem?
What if at a job, your boss said we want you to be healthier, so we won't sell Coca Cola anymore and we won't stock the vending machine with 500 calorie candy bars. BUT ... you can still bring them to work from home.
So .... what's the problem? Nobody is telling you what to eat. They simply won't provide it.0 -
Its only good if the parents follow a healthy food plan at home. It will not help what so ever if the parents still let them eat unhealthy at home, or pack unhealthy lunches to take to school. Also kids will start selling unhealthy food to their classmates. It will be like a drug dealer, but a junk food dealer instead hahaha.
I am sure they will come out with a list of what is appropriate to pack in the lunch your child brings to school. Next they will have guards at the door to the cafeteria searching the bags of all the children, throwing out the "bad" food and suspending them for not following the rules.0 -
Not wanting to aid the obesity problem is a waste of money?
It appears that parents are still allowed to send whatever food in their child's PACKED LUNCH that they want. Schools just won't be selling the stuff. So what exactly is the problem?
What if at a job, your boss said we want you to be healthier, so we won't sell Coca Cola anymore and we won't stock the vending machine with 500 calorie candy bars. BUT ... you can still bring them to work from home.
So .... what's the problem? Nobody is telling you what to eat. They simply won't provide it.
Yes it is a waste of money. I fail to see how taking junk food out of the school is going to help when you just pointed out the fact that the kids who pack their lunches can bring whatever they want. So now kids will just brown bag it so they can have their cheetos, cookies, soda etc. Unless, like I stated in a previous post, they begin policing the packed lunches, searching them and confiscating the contraband food. In all honesty with the way things are going I wouldn't put it past the schools and the government to start doing this.0 -
I work in a secondary school in England. Most schools here have a 'healthy schools' policy and don't sell chocolate, crisps etc. We don't have vending machines and although I bring my own lunch so never go to the canteen, some of my colleagues do and the food looks healthy, with small portion sizes.
My son starts primary school in Sept and he said he wants to take lunch with him. I asked him what he wanted and he said - 'a yoghurt and a banana'. Bless him. He doesn't eat much!
When I went to school I used to go to the salad bar and get a healthy lunch. Even then I was obsessed with counting calories! I had chips (fries) once in 7 years of secondary school!0 -
Everything the teacher mentioned above falls at the feet of the parents. What they eat, what medications they are on-- all of it. Sure it's easier to declare a kid "ill" with ADD or some other such nonsense (My personal favorite is "ODD" oppositional defiance disorder....otherwise known as a brat who needs a spank or two...) and throw him on medication than actually take the time needed to actually, GASP, parent a child and teach him how to behave.
As for the food...newsflash-- school food sucks. "Healthy" food...crap food...it's mass produced for the best bang for the buck. Is it "nice" for the schools to care about what they're serving our little Johnny? um...sure. If they have a burden to rid their menu of stuff they feel is of little nutritional value, you know, more power to them. God bless 'em. But at the end of the day, it's all going to taste like crap and end up in the trash can.
But, I've read accounts here of schools mandating what can be sent in lunches from home, and forbidding cupcakes for birthday celebrations, et cetera-- overkill. Like a cupcake is going to kill anybody. Hysterical gibberish.
We were having the exact same conversation at work the other day about ODD! Definitely bad parenting. Basically, the child doesn't like being told no. Ok, must be something wrong with them then, let's drug them up! My 2 and 4 year old don't like being told no. Doesn't mean they have something wrong with them!
At the school I work in we have a massive percentage of SEN kids.0
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