Posted on 11/03/2014 12:29:54 PM PST by Mount Athos
A Wisconsin high school student is leading a boycott of school lunches to protest new nutrition rules and calorie limits that she says are leaving her classmates still hungry.
Meghan Hellrood of D.C. Everest High School in Weston, Wisconsin, is the latest student to take on the new school lunch regulations championed by First Lady Michelle Obama.
'We have calorie regulations now on our lunches, so students cannot take as much food as they used to be able to, but the whole Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act put restrictions on calories. The whole point of it was to get healthier foods, but instead of healthier foods, were getting smaller portions of more processed foods,' she told WSAU radio.
School cafeteria staff are even required to limit access to barbecue sauce and mayonnaise packets, she says. Students are only allowed to take one sauce packet because use more could exceed the 850 calorie lunch limit imposed by the federal law.
Miss Hellrood has launched a movement at her school to encourage all students at her school to bring a bag lunch on November 13 and refuse to pay for school lunch.
She has also organized an effort to make sandwiches for the students who receive free or reduced lunches.
She estimates that if all 1,500 students at her school participate, it will cost the school district $3,000.
'Help us send a message to Washington. By packing your own lunch, you will help show our school district that we are unhappy with the so called Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act,' she says on a Facebook page she started to spread awareness of the campaign.
'Im 4-foot-11 and weigh 90 pounds and I want more food. I cant image the senior guys on the football team,' Miss Hellrood told WSAU.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
At least Michelle’s daughters can eat a real lunch....
Sidwell Friends
November 3, 2014
MS/US
Acorn Squash Soup
BLT Chop Salad
Vintner’s Salad
Philly Cheesesteaks
Roasted Portobello, Pepper
& Cheddar Pane Ciabatta
Roasted Spaghetti Squash
Corn Chips
Plums
Farmers that care about their livestock feed them a balanced diet ... apparently, progressives don’t have to be concerned about the nutrition of their captive livestock in government schools ... they need the money to fly “Dreamers” to swing districts around the country ...
That link is a hell of a find. I hope the right people see it.
“280-340 calories”
that is just fine for an adult lunch-it is about what I eat-but kids are not fully grown yet, and need more food than that-like meat/protein for muscle and brain function, veggies for vitamins and fiber, etc.
I bring my lunch from home to work-meat/fish, veggie and fruit, fresh and 250-350 calories, but I’m an adult, not a kid. Michelle thunder thighs is telling public schools to starve kids by feeding them small helpings of processed crap I wouldn’t ask my pets to eat...
Exactly.
I think rather that parents should feed their children and leave the schools out of it. Why on earth are they feeding people.
I guess they are calling Fritos and such “corn chips” because it sounds better than junk snack food that public schools can’t serve...
The chir’en are getting a good lesson in fascism by the Dem control freaks in the District of Criminals.
I wouldn’t doubt it.
So War on Women didn’t work - let’s try War on Children
I personally think the calorie restrictions are intentional for just that purpose. The progressives do not want effective schools.
Our fourteen year old grandson asked his grandfather for help with a linear equation the other evening at dinner. He said his teacher didn’t even know how to solve it and asked how he is supposed to learn if his teacher doesn’t know. When he gets home from school he inhales the contents of the refrigerator, and starts asking about dinner.
800 calorie meals! Vote Democrat!
Boycott by packing a 2000 calorie lunch. Let the bastards rip it out of your hands THEN call the press.
Just one more example of how liberal government acts to decide what is “best” for you and your family
ping
If Moochelle cared about the health of poor women, she’d cut the amout of food stamps they get. 95% of the receipients are obese.
Women, children and minorities hardest hit!....................
If the school has decided to take the King’s money, they have to dance to the tune he calls. Decline the $$$ and do as you please.
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