Posted on 12/23/2014 3:50:06 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
Many parents undoubtedly think they are doing the best for their children by having them bring lunch from home instead of eating the lunches served in school. But recent studies clearly prove them wrong.
Home-packed lunches, the research showed, are likely to be considerably less nourishing than the meals offered in schools that abide by current nutrition guidelines for the National School Lunch Program.
That program is, distressingly, increasingly under attack.
But the program must not continue to be undermined, and more schools should be encouraged to participate. Nearly 32 million of the more than 50 million children in public elementary and secondary schools currently eat school lunches.
Those numbers, along with the recent findings on meals brought from home, make the contents of lunches served in school especially important to the health of America’s children, now and in the future.
“Kids are adaptable and sometimes need repeat exposures to new foods,” Dr. Cohen said. “Given enough opportunity, they can learn to like them.”
“If you only expose children to chicken nuggets and French fries, that’s what they’ll like to eat,” Dr. Baidal said. “Schools can help by giving foods creative names and presenting them in fun ways. Food service personnel can prompt children to try different foods when they come through the line.”
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If the food is tossed, then how is it nutritious?
I’m so glad I’ll be 30 next year so I don’t have to deal with this BS.
Might be true in New York...
I walked home for lunch, ate, walked back to school and then walked home again. Guess what” I was not fat. Mom was home and fed us lunch. Go figure.
I walked home for lunch, ate, walked back to school and then walked home again. Guess what” I was not fat. Mom was home and fed us lunch. Go figure.
What, did the have the survey-takers from the US census bureau filling in the forms? No more waste than previously?
White Hut food is THE BEST!
Damn, racist school children!
And an ounce of meat?
“You can’t beat our mystery meat!”
Jane needs to eat a few cheeseburgers. Ugh!
Hey NYT, suck on a school “lunch.”
“recent studies”
when you see this, be ready for a boat load of lies.
Sidwell-Friends School lunch menu
January 5, 2015
LS (lower school)
Snack: Mini Bagels & Cream Cheese
Roasted Vegetable & Israeli Couscous Salad
Roasted Beet, Fennel & Orange Salad
Philly Cheese Steaks
Roasted Vegetables & Cheddar Flat Bread
Cinnamon Roasted Butternut Squash
Strawberries
“But recent studies clearly prove them wrong.”
Studies by whom? Obama shills?
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