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More pizza, fewer vegetables: Trump administration further undercuts Obama school-lunch rules

Nickyjo said:
You are obviously missing the point. Everything the Obamas did was evil. The problem with Obamacare — tho influenced by conservative thoughts — is its first three syllables, NAFTA, Paris agreement on climate, the agreement among our allies and Iran, school lunches. Obama couldn’t even golf frequently enough, so Trump has to outdo him in that.
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Bingo!! This has nothing to do with nutrition, helping or not helping children. It's all about removing the 8 years Obama was president.

The Republicans only know how to govern via revenge, vengeance and hate. That's how they keep their 'poorly educated' cult in line..
 
Healthful or not, many children prefer pizza and fries and soda.

Yes, of course, everything FEASIBLE should be done to encourage more healthful food choices.

But if children do not get the food they actually want, they will find ways to circumvent the restrictions.

"You can lead a horse to water, but …."
 
BTW for the poorly educated Trumpsters here who think McDonald's food is 'healthy'...

Super Size Me

Super Size Me is a 2004 American documentary film directed by and starring Morgan Spurlock, an American independent filmmaker. Spurlock's film follows a 30-day period from February 1 to March 2, 2003, during which he ate only McDonald's food. The film documents this lifestyle's drastic effect on Spurlock's physical and psychological well-being and explores the fast food industry's corporate influence, including how it encourages poor nutrition for its own profit.

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After five days Spurlock has gained 9.5 pounds (4.3 kg) (from 185.5 to about 195 pounds). It is not long before he finds himself experiencing depression, and he claims that his bouts of depression, lethargy, and headaches could be relieved by eating a McDonald's meal. His general practitioner describes him as being "addicted". At his second weigh-in, he had gained another 8 pounds (3.6 kg), putting his weight at 203.5 pounds (92.3 kg). By the end of the month he weighs about 210 pounds (95 kg), an increase of about 24.5 pounds (about 11 kg). Because he could only eat McDonald's food for a month, Spurlock refused to take any medication at all. At one weigh-in Morgan lost 1 lb. from the previous weigh-in, and a nutritionist hypothesized that he had lost muscle mass, which weighs more than an identical volume of fat. At another weigh-in, a nutritionist said that he gained 17 pounds (7.7 kg) in 12 days.

Spurlock's girlfriend, Alexandra Jamieson, attests to the fact that Spurlock lost much of his energy and sex drive during his experiment. It was not clear at the time whether or not Spurlock would be able to complete the full month of the high-fat, high-carbohydrate diet, and family and friends began to express concern.

On Day 21, Spurlock has heart palpitations. His internist, Dr. Daryl Isaacs, advises him to stop what he is doing immediately to avoid any serious health problems. He compares Spurlock with the protagonist played by Nicolas Cage in the movie Leaving Las Vegas, who intentionally drinks himself to death in a matter of weeks. Despite this warning, Spurlock decides to continue the experiment.

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The documentary's end text states that it took Spurlock 5 months to lose 20.1 pounds (9.1 kg) and another 9 months to lose the last 4.5 pounds (2.0 kg). His then-girlfriend Alex, now his ex-wife, began supervising his recovery with her "detox diet", which became the basis for her book, The Great American Detox Diet.[14]

Super Size Me - Wikipedia
 
j brown's body said:
The article attacks that notion. I get that it would take time to get kids to eat more healthily, considering the power of the crap food lobby, but obesity is a real concern.
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Obesity is a real (major?) concern for a minority and food consumed in a school lunch is often a minority of one's daily food consumption. Offering (only) food choices which do not appeal to (thus get eaten by) students leaves them more apt to eat other foods (or whatever passes as such) instead.
 
SenorXm/Sirius said:
BTW for the poorly educated Trumpsters here who think McDonald's food is 'healthy'...

Super Size Me

Super Size Me is a 2004 American documentary film directed by and starring Morgan Spurlock, an American independent filmmaker. Spurlock's film follows a 30-day period from February 1 to March 2, 2003, during which he ate only McDonald's food. The film documents this lifestyle's drastic effect on Spurlock's physical and psychological well-being and explores the fast food industry's corporate influence, including how it encourages poor nutrition for its own profit.

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After five days Spurlock has gained 9.5 pounds (4.3 kg) (from 185.5 to about 195 pounds). It is not long before he finds himself experiencing depression, and he claims that his bouts of depression, lethargy, and headaches could be relieved by eating a McDonald's meal. His general practitioner describes him as being "addicted". At his second weigh-in, he had gained another 8 pounds (3.6 kg), putting his weight at 203.5 pounds (92.3 kg). By the end of the month he weighs about 210 pounds (95 kg), an increase of about 24.5 pounds (about 11 kg). Because he could only eat McDonald's food for a month, Spurlock refused to take any medication at all. At one weigh-in Morgan lost 1 lb. from the previous weigh-in, and a nutritionist hypothesized that he had lost muscle mass, which weighs more than an identical volume of fat. At another weigh-in, a nutritionist said that he gained 17 pounds (7.7 kg) in 12 days.

Spurlock's girlfriend, Alexandra Jamieson, attests to the fact that Spurlock lost much of his energy and sex drive during his experiment. It was not clear at the time whether or not Spurlock would be able to complete the full month of the high-fat, high-carbohydrate diet, and family and friends began to express concern.

On Day 21, Spurlock has heart palpitations. His internist, Dr. Daryl Isaacs, advises him to stop what he is doing immediately to avoid any serious health problems. He compares Spurlock with the protagonist played by Nicolas Cage in the movie Leaving Las Vegas, who intentionally drinks himself to death in a matter of weeks. Despite this warning, Spurlock decides to continue the experiment.

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The documentary's end text states that it took Spurlock 5 months to lose 20.1 pounds (9.1 kg) and another 9 months to lose the last 4.5 pounds (2.0 kg). His then-girlfriend Alex, now his ex-wife, began supervising his recovery with her "detox diet", which became the basis for her book, The Great American Detox Diet.[14]

Super Size Me - Wikipedia
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The bolded part of your opening statement really does drive it home.
 
ttwtt78640 said:
Obesity is a real (major?) concern for a minority and food consumed in a school lunch is often a minority of one's daily food consumption. Offering (only) food choices which do not appeal to (thus get eaten by) students leaves them more apt to eat other foods (or whatever passes as such) instead.
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For many students, the school meal is the best and only real meal of the day

No one said they shouldn't have wider choices. But they should have balance.

I bring fruit into my high school classroom everyday. It all gets eaten.
 
j brown's body said:
For many students, the school meal is the best and only real meal of the day

No one said they shouldn't have wider choices. But they should have balance.

I bring fruit into my high school classroom everyday. It all gets eaten.
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OK, so even a BigMac (or two) would not cause obesity as the only meal of the day.
 
HumblePi said:
That would be a disaster since many children living in households that are at or below the poverty level wouldn't eat at all if they didn't get lunch in school.
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So you're saying that there are children whose parents never feed them? And they aren't taken away by child protective services?
 
Samwise said:
So you're saying that there are children whose parents never feed them? And they aren't taken away by child protective services?
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Two liter bottles of Dr. Pepper and a bag of Funions can do the trick.The price is right.
 
JustHanging said:
I wonder how much the pre-packaged food giants donated to Trump's election campaign?
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He doesn’t care about the nutrition of children. He wants to destroy as much of the Obama legacy as he can. It has been quite obvious since he took office.
 
j brown's body said:
With soda and fries? Sounds awesome.
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Well, at least over half way to awesome.

The typical Big Mac Meal — which comes with a Big Mac burger, a medium order of fries and a medium soft drink — totals 1,100 calories, 44 grams of fat, 149 grams of carbs, 1,225 milligrams of sodium and 29 grams of protein. The meal meets more than half the total calories of an average 2,000 calorie-a-day diet!
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McDonald'''s Big Mac Meal Calories | Livestrong.com
 
j brown's body said:
Two liter bottles of Dr. Pepper and a bag of Funions can do the trick.The price is right.
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Holy moly! That's not what you send with your kids to school, is it?
 
Samwise said:
Holy moly! That's not what you send with your kids to school, is it?
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This is the kind of thing I see students bring to school from home. It's fun, available and cheap, thanks in no small part to government corn subsidies.
 
ttwtt78640 said:
I am not promoting anything - I was simply stating facts.
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Link?

Discounting some the exaggerations in some of these claims, they are basically accurate. Children take eating habits into adulthood, it's counter-productive to hook them high sugar, heavily processed foods without balance, which is what serving them fast food does.

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j brown's body said:
Link?

Discounting some the exaggerations in some of these claims, they are basically accurate. Children take eating habits into adulthood, it's counter-productive to hook them high sugar, heavily processed foods without balance, which is what serving them fast food does.

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Your Bic Mac poster leaves out the need for the porcelain convenience within the first half hour..........:toilet:
 
ludin said:
there is nothing wrong with the nutrition in a big mac.

in fact dollar for dollar it is better nutrition than most people can afford. that isn't the issue.

the issue is sitting on your ass not doing anything.
kids playing video games more than they sleep.
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You seriously cannot be this ignorant.
 
To really understand the effects of eating highly processed foods loaded with high fructose corn syrup, and sodium, and such, go a year or so of eating a healthy diet, and then go buy and eat a Big Mac, fries and soda and see how it makes your body feel. It isnt pleasant.
 
EMNofSeattle said:
Maybe the problem is that the federal government overseas school lunch programs in the first place. All federal lunch programs should be abolished and local communities need to step up.
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/thread. You've made too much sense for the Trump haters. Choices must be made by the ruling class!
 
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