Yes! We should be funding our schools enough that parents having the money to feed their kids shouldn’t be a worry. Kids shouldn’t have to worry if they are going to get to eat or not. They should all get to eat and eat something healthy
Yes! My son sends me pictures of his lunch some days because he can’t believe what is being served. Also, the amount of food they get is ridiculous. He’ll send me a pic of his whole meal for the day and it will be 3 or 4 fries and a hamburger bun with a piece of lunch meat on it. One piece of lunch meat. I know they have to stick to a certain calorie intake amount per meal but if we were serving nutritious whole foods they could eat a lot more. If they were served a piece of baked chicken with a vegetable side, they might actually get full. And I understand it might take some kids some getting used to but I would rather a child have to get used to eating healthy foods vs insanely unhealthy foods. It teaches them good life skills for the future. Parents should get a say so in their childs nutrition while they are at school. They are away from us at school more during the day than they are home. Why shouldn’t we get a say? And the ice cream and chips and cookies should not be an option for them to buy. Things like that should be left to individual classrooms for special occasions. Not things to buy on a daily basis.
We are a family of 5 (3 boys), we cook 80-90% of the time at home, this is how i and my wife grow up and that’s how we do it at home. My boys don’t eat lunch at school half the time because the food is trash. They’ve told me many times what the schools are serving and i would want my dogs eating it. Another thing, why do we have to pay for their meals, prisoners get everything for free, school meals and transportation to/from school should be free.
This is one thing that came to mind when I noticed this site.
School lunch today is terrible. They aren’t exactly nutritional or high quality food. Pizza tasted like cardboard. French fries are harder a piece of twig. Most high schoolers go hungry.
I agree with both of your above statements. Local, fresh food for our schools would benefit the children’s health and the community. I also agree that life skills like real cooking should be taught in schools. For the adults, as long as they can get on YouTube or read, there are a ton of healthy recipes/cooking methods to learn to cook homemade from. I think the greatest feat is to truly, honestly, and openly inform all individuals of what true health means and that God or Mother Nature has given us all that we need, as in the ability to grow on this land for the animals we eat and us.
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Relatedly, require nutritious meals (whole foods) be served in hospitals, long-term care facilities, rehabilitation centers, and by the national school lunch program
Most chronic conditions are rooted in poor nutrition due to the American Standard Diet. I have directly observed the poor nutrition associated with meals served in hospitals, long-term care facilities, and rehabilitation centers. My mother who has diabetic neuropathy has been served cookies, baked beans, brownies, breads, potatoes which are high glycemic index. Other elderly patients are given Pepsi and/or Coke products, potato chips, and other junk “food.” Whole foods, particularly the ketogenic diet, are known to reverse or ameliorate chronic diseases and should be the default menu in healthcare setting. Moreover, school lunches should also include whole foods.