Posted on 10/30/2012 10:31:43 AM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines
Students all over Central New York – and the United States - say new federal guidelines for making school lunches healthier are instead resulting in hungrier kids....
The new school lunch rules are part of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, which went into effect this fall. The law dictates what is served in school cafeterias during lunch hour in an effort to set and improve nutrition standard.
Some of the changes include age-based calorie restrictions, serving more whole grains and less sugar, requiring students to take a fruit or vegetable on their tray, and only allowing low- or non-fat milk. Calories are limited to 650 calories for grades K-5, 700 for grades 6-8 and 850 for high schoolers.
In many schools, that means the main entrée is often smaller....
“I have to buy two bags of chips to get enough,” [one student] said. “And when I get an apple and start to eat it, it’s usually all brown and mushy. I like the applesauce, but they give you a half of a scoop, which is two spoonfuls. That’s not enough.
“And now we can’t have snacks in the classroom because of allergies, so if I have to stay after school I have no energy,” he said. “And I eat lunch at 10:56 a.m.”
(Excerpt) Read more at syracuse.com ...
I remember choosing to skip recess rather than eat peaches. I simply stayed in the cafeteria until class time. Threw away the peaches - nobody tells me what I can and can’t eat!
No child of mine was ever told what they could eat for lunch
by a school: prepare a bag lunch for them or go to a private
school!
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