School Lunches

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  • Jester522
    Jester522 Posts: 392
    Being only 24 I still vividly remember my school lunches. Back then I kept questioning things and now that I've grown up (a little) and learned about our American food system I'm livid.

    The USDA dietary guidelines are absolute crap. This is generally what the schools will follow as public school lunches are government funded and you may pay a nominal fee but it varies between school districts, taxes, private/public, etc. Any diet made of 60% carbohydrates is guaranteed to cause health issues down the road. Maybe they come home hungry, because they ate enough cheap calories but still malnourished.

    I can't speak for financial means of school lunch vs packed lunch. All I know is I wanted real food not French bread pizza and fries 3 days a week. There were studies done on portion control amongst children ages ranging 3-9 to see if they were capable of portion control: children already overweight/obese tend to serve themselves larger portion sizes AND consume more calories then those who are not. There were some racial differences in where calories came from too but I don't quite remember. It was published in the American Journal for Clinical Nutrition.