Trump Rolls Back Michelle Obama’s School Lunch Nutrition Rules

[Jason]

“School kids now could eat pizza, hamburgers, french fries and cookies for lunch every day in place of the healthier, balanced school lunch now offered,” said Colin Schwartz, deputy director of legislative affairs for the Center for Science in the Public Interest.

[thewhyteboar]

Dying of heart disease to own the libs.

[finaljedi]

I've always thought juvenile diabetes rates were too low.

[b_m_b_m_b_m]

6 minutes ago, finaljedi said:

I've always thought juvenile diabetes rates were too low.

MJDGA

[Xbob42]

To be honest, I'd rather we attack this issue by having people taught about how to eat healthy and choosing to do so, rather than being forced to. I don't think rolling this back does any good at all, though.

[b_m_b_m_b_m]

7 minutes ago, Xbob42 said:

To be honest, I'd rather we attack this issue by having people taught about how to eat healthy and choosing to do so, rather than being forced to. I don't think rolling this back does any good at all, though.

There are many kids who do not eat at home and their only meals during the school year are at school

[Xbob42]

Just now, b_m_b_m_b_m said:

There are many kids who do not eat at home and their only meals during the school year are at school

Then I'd probably want them to have a meal super high in calories and fat?

[b_m_b_m_b_m]

2 minutes ago, Xbob42 said:

Then I'd probably want them to have a meal super high in calories and fat?

They need more than just calories and fat but yes that would be necessary.

 

The carb heavy meals promoted here wouldn't be it though

[Xbob42]

Just now, b_m_b_m_b_m said:

They need more than just calories and fat but yes that would be necessary.

I'm well aware, I'm also well aware that when my daughter comes home from school after her healthy school lunches, she is hungry the second she gets home 100% of the time. And she's only 5. I can't imagine what a kid who doesn't eat at home is doing once their carrots and whole grain wheat bread is digested is doing for sustenance.

 

Also if we've got kids who are literally only eating one meal per day, that's a far bigger issue than what the school is feeding them, and should be addressed directly and not treated as a supplemental justification for the government telling people what they should eat.

[osxmatt]

Better question: is pizza a vegetable?

[Commissar SFLUFAN]

2 minutes ago, osxmatt said:

Better question: is pizza a vegetable?

It's an open-faced sandwich.

[osxmatt]

1 minute ago, SFLUFAN said:

It's an open-faced sandwich.

 

So like a hotdog.

[Commissar SFLUFAN]

Just now, osxmatt said:

So like a hotdog.

Exactly!

[Joe]

I highly doubt they are giving these kids meals drastically reduced in calories. Whole grain bread has just as many calories as white bread and often has more fat from the seeds and such.

[marioandsonic]

So, Trump wants every kid to grow up to be as fat as he is?  Fuck him.

[Keyser_Soze]

I ate pizza and milk at school when I went to school and I turned out fine!

[Chris-]

When I worked at a school I was pretty close to the guys in the kitchen, and the parameters for the program really aren't that onerous. You can basically make whatever you want so long as you work with your supply vendor to make sure it stays within the guidelines (but we were a school of 150 kids, so scale could be an issue). And the meals were good too! The only real issue was portion size; the program dictates pretty meager portion sizes (definitely not enough for a growing kid).

[LazyPiranha]

As a man with a six year old son, I can't say I have any faith in a more calorie dense meal making kids come home less hungry.  Growing kids are growing kids, they're going to be hungry no matter what.  I've never seen any correlation between him eating a super healthy but nutritious and satiating meal or eating pure junk and not wanting a snack later on anyway.  

[Bacon]

9 hours ago, SFLUFAN said:

It's an open-faced sandwich.

But is an open-faced sandwich really a sandwich? For something to be sandwiched it needs to be "inserted or squeezed (someone or something) between two other people or things, typically in a restricted space or so as to be uncomfortable." An open-faced sandwich is not a sandwich at all. Instead, wouldn't an open-faced sandwich be closer to a pizza or a pie? 

[MarSolo]

On her birthday too, just to be extra petty.

[Rodimus]

Fuck the kids getting in the way of corporate greed.

[Bloodporne]

As an extremely americanized European this is still staggering levels of America Fuck Yeah!

[SuperSpreader]

1 hour ago, Bloodporne said:

As an extremely americanized European this is still staggering levels of America Fuck Yeah!

[Alpha1Cowboy]

On 1/17/2020 at 10:03 PM, Xbob42 said:

To be honest, I'd rather we attack this issue by having people taught about how to eat healthy and choosing to do so, rather than being forced to. I don't think rolling this back does any good at all, though.

 

 

We do.   Parents of these kids just dont care.  

 

On that note....I've been shot down like 8 or 9 times at PTA meetings for suggesting we have longer recesses and regular everyday gym class.

[TwinIon]

This is one of those things that is either the result of lobbying, pure pettiness, or both. I really don't think there is some big national outcry against serving children healthy food.

[Joe]

Americans have the shittiest food habits in the civilized world. Here's to maintaining that, I guess!

[PaladinSolo]

Pizza was served at my school everyday as an option, along with a few types of sandwiches, if you didn't like the meal of the day. 

[Joe]

12 minutes ago, PaladinSolo said:

Pizza was served at my school everyday as an option, along with a few types of sandwiches, if you didn't like the meal of the day. 

 

Yeah, but that pizza was always garbage. The salad bar was also a joke.

[osxmatt]

1 hour ago, Jose said:

 

Yeah, but that pizza was always garbage. The salad bar was also a joke.

 

Hmmm, iceberg with ranch.

[Chadatog]

3 hours ago, osxmatt said:

 

Hmmm, iceberg with ranch.

Don't forget the bacon bits and croutons

[PaladinSolo]

6 hours ago, Jose said:

 

Yeah, but that pizza was always garbage. The salad bar was also a joke.

Our pizza wasn't bad, and we didn't have a salad bar, but we also had italian and ham and cheese subs that we could get and i got the italian sub a lot till they stopped making them, and i want to say they stopped making them cause they were deemed to not be healthy enough or something, lol.

[Keyser_Soze]

4 hours ago, Chadatog said:

Don't forget the bacon bits and croutons

 

You must have gone to a rich school.

[Brick]

On 1/18/2020 at 11:36 AM, MarSolo said:

On her birthday too, just to be extra petty.

 

This is the real reason he did it. If an Obama implemented it, Trump will want to reverse it, no matter what it is.

[AbsolutSurgen]

My kids school doesn't have a cafeteria.  They need to bring their lunch from home (which they do every day), or order from an outside delivery service.

[CayceG]

Just now, AbsolutSurgen said:

My kids school doesn't have a cafeteria.  They need to bring their lunch from home (which they do every day), or order from an outside delivery service.

 

What. The fuck.