Please take a moment to read the article that I have linked below. Then I want to you think about a few things.
First, this is where your tax dollars are being spent. Second, are these changes actually healthy? Third, who really controls the school lunch program? Finally, consider this quote from the article, "Under the latest rules, potatoes are not restricted, and tomato paste can qualify as a vegetable serving."
Folks, we have a huge population of people who don't know how to eat healthy. Our children need to learn how to eat healthy. Our government has officially defined a squirt of tomato paste as a vegetable. I wonder what the rules would really be like if they were based on good research and recommended by professional nutritionists and doctors instead of by the food corporations who stand to benefit the most.
I ask this about a lot of what our government does, but in this case, it directly effects the health of our children. You can't just reduce sodium and fat and live a healthy life. We need better choices. We need better policies. We need better food for our children. We need to make the food supply a top priority and stop serving overly-processed "food" to our children and calling it lunch.
I ask this about a lot of what our government does, but in this case, it directly effects the health of our children. You can't just reduce sodium and fat and live a healthy life. We need better choices. We need better policies. We need better food for our children. We need to make the food supply a top priority and stop serving overly-processed "food" to our children and calling it lunch.
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