New US school lunch program rules.

[50 Pence]

What do you think about the new U.S lunch program regulations.

http://www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/Governan...n/CNR_2010.htm

Department of Agriculture Website.

Student Made protest videos

The HUNGER Games - A Parody of the 2012 School Lunch Program

We Are Hungry


Hill Article

GOP lawmaker: Obama school lunch rules like 'The Hunger Games

[TheDarkKnight]

Probably not enough to discuss.


But personally, I don't mind kids eating more healthy. But I don't want kids being forced to eat things they don't want to.

[50 Pence]

Probably not enough to discuss.


But personally, I don't mind kids eating more healthy. But I don't want kids being forced to eat things they don't want to.

If there isn't i can add more sources, but their apparently has been an uproar against it in some areas.

[I WUB PUGS]

But I don't want kids being forced to eat things they don't want to.

Clearly you haven't any children. Many a baby carrot went uneaten tonight in my household.

Fat kids eat fried chicken, cheeeeeeez burgers and Snickers like they're running out.








We have a lot of fat kids in 'Murikah.




School lunch in Brevard County Florida (as this is normally a city or county affair NOT FEDERAL) circa 1995, consisted of french fries and a knock-off McRibb Sammich with chocolate milk to wash it down.

By High School I got smart and made friends with the guard and drove home for a proper lunch and saved my lunch money to buy pot.

[TheDarkKnight]

Clearly you haven't any children. Many a baby carrot went uneaten tonight in my household.

Fat kids eat fried chicken, cheeeeeeez burgers and Snickers like they're running out.








We have a lot of fat kids in 'Murikah.

Okay let me rephrase. I don't want a clearly healthy kid to always be forced to eat a salad every damn lunch.


The problem isn't just food, it's how much kids move around. The apathy of kids in PE classes astounds me. I wasn't the epitome of athletic excellence in high school but I always ran and played my hardest in PE, while other kids both metaphorically and literally sat on their asses.

[mrmouth]

knock-off McRibb Sammich

Cannot believe I forgot that thing. That was easily the most popular lunch. But you'd get those chewy bits and the occasional piece of crunchy mystery something.

And I remember one year my lunch was at 9:30am. I think by the time I graduated they were starting lunch at 9:00am (school started at 7:50am). By 3pm I was wiped out. By the time I got home all the way across town it was at least 4pm and I was more than ready to pack a bowl and whack down a sleeve of oreos.

When I was in grade school (latchkey kid) my moms idea of a snack was ez cheese and doritos. I would make it home just in time for Mario Bros.

[I WUB PUGS]

Cannot believe I forgot that thing. That was easily the most popular lunch. But you'd get those chewy bits and the occasional piece of crunchy mystery something.

And I remember one year my lunch was at 9:30am. I think by the time I graduated they were starting lunch at 9:00am (school started at 7:50am). By 3pm I was wiped out. By the time I got home all the way across town it was at least 4pm and I was more than ready to pack a bowl and whack down a sleeve of oreos.

When I was in grade school (latchkey kid) my moms idea of a snack was ez cheese and doritos. I would make it home just in time for Mario Bros.

Oh man and the watery BBQ sauce and the bread was so warm and soft, like warm dough, barely cooked.

oh snaps, remember hot-ham-n-cheese?

I think lunch was at like 10 am. School started at 7:10 (WTF!) and I got out at 2 something, pops wasn't home until 5 at best.

Oh yeah, total latchkey kid here. Worse still my dad would go on business once a month so as a teenager starting at 14 I was at my home by myself with nothing to do, a fidge full of food and a couple hundred bucks on the bar my dad left for "incidentals" read: pizza and pot

I wondered why I got fat in Junior High until I realized I was smoking a bunch of dope and eating doritos, then skated down to Checkers and got 2 double champ burgers, a chili dog, seasoned fry and a milkshake nearly everyday.

So fat, so so very fat, and I was playing roller hockey outside, in FLORIDA in the SUMMER, 5 days a week and I was still kinda pudgy.

[mrmouth]

Oh man and the watery BBQ sauce and the bread was so warm and soft, like warm dough, barely cooked.

100% rib meat, lol. Should be in a test tube. Doubt the genuine McRib is any better. But regardless, I want to eat one now. That might be difficult.

oh snaps, remember hot-ham-n-cheese?

When done well it is gold. So I'm happy that I do not remember my school, or the beasts behind the counter, doing ham n cheese. Although I could be just have forgotten. Somehow I have forgotten a lot from back then.

But I lived off ham n cheese for about a week while in a certain city in Holland.

[MathiasOfAthens]

Probably not enough to discuss.


But personally, I don't mind kids eating more healthy. But I don't want kids being forced to eat things they don't want to.

Kids just want to eat junk food though.

[TheDarkKnight]

No what I mean is you have basically only added a couple sources to a thread and nothing else.

You need to add more of your own words to the OP, I think.

[50 Pence]

No what I mean is you have basically only added a couple sources to a thread and nothing else.

You need to add more of your own words to the OP, I think.

Ok thanks for helping me out. So if i edited the OP to add how i feel it would be ok.

[Sir Winston Churchill]

Let me tell you how ed up this has gotten with school lunches.

Two "cinnamon sticks" (breadsticks without cheese with a little cinnamon sprinkled on them, thin as paper) and a quart of yogurt constitute as "lunch". Yeah, that's right. That's lunch.

School lunches have always been a problem, the quality is piss-poor (prison food is better than this, and I would know since a family member is a correctional officer) and the quantity is severely lacking. I've started packing this year just so I can get actual food into my stomach. Once senior privilege starts, me and others will probably just go out to pizza places or fast food anyway. The sad thing is, it's probably healthier than some of the crap they try to feed us.

Just a note however, that I run cross country and track, and even though I eat out nearly everyday because my family never prepares or eats together and I usually stuff myself with like pizza and fries and guzzle soda down, I'm actually underweight. I need to gain weight. So something must be off in these calculation. Kids need to get active, not have their main activity source reduced so they lose weight over starvation rather than exertion.

[torongill]

Let me tell you how ed up this has gotten with school lunches.

Two "cinnamon sticks" (breadsticks without cheese with a little cinnamon sprinkled on them, thin as paper) and a quart of yogurt constitute as "lunch". Yeah, that's right. That's lunch.

School lunches have always been a problem, the quality is piss-poor (prison food is better than this, and I would know since a family member is a correctional officer) and the quantity is severely lacking. I've started packing this year just so I can get actual food into my stomach. Once senior privilege starts, me and others will probably just go out to pizza places or fast food anyway. The sad thing is, it's probably healthier than some of the crap they try to feed us.

Just a note however, that I run cross country and track, and even though I eat out nearly everyday because my family never prepares or eats together and I usually stuff myself with like pizza and fries and guzzle soda down, I'm actually underweight. I need to gain weight. So something must be off in these calculation. Kids need to get active, not have their main activity source reduced so they lose weight over starvation rather than exertion.

If I may suggest, more protein and essential fats. Egg whites are pure water and protein, the best source of protein and incidently they might be the cheapest one as well . If you buy them pasteurized, then just blend'em with some skimmed milk and say a teaspoon of sugar per pint, a bit of cinnamon and you're ready to go. Learn to cook, basic stuff like grilled chicken breast and eat more lean chicken. Olives and olive oil are good sources of essential fats. Tuna is good for proteins and some fats. Nuts are awesome as well, they have both proteins and vital fats. Basically increase your energy intake by some 500 calories more than you spend, but make those quality calories. There's a saying, muscles are trained in the gym/at the stadium, but are made at the table. Sleep enough .

In essence, learn to cook, can be simple stuff like omlettes, grilled meat and vegetables, stew, chili, etc and a huge problem will be off your chest. Plus, it's rewarding and satisfying. And it's a great way to invite someone to dinner

[Dave Strider]

My school's been forcing us to take apples with our lunches.

Like, we're not allowed to eat lunch if we can't afford/don't want to pay the extra cost of the ing apple.

We all buy the apples and then throw them away just to piss the lunch ladies off. It's really quite funny.

[Soothsayer]

They need to replace the pizza and fried chicken with fruit and veggies. Kids nowadays eat to much processed and packaged stuff that they miss out on the real fun stuff like fresh greens and fruit cups, I mean c'mon, fruit cups are badass! I am afraid though Soothsayer has prophecy on this obesity problem in America. The glutton of America's people shall soar to great heights and will make it useless entity on the Earth. Men will desire attractive women with curves but will see nothing but humanoid whales. Women will want men with six-pack adominials but shall see sloppy porkers. This epidemic shall spread to cover the planet until mankind is brought down to its demise.

Remember, eat to live!

[SLN445]

We brought our lunch from home, with the only other option an order system were you gave your order/cash at the start of the day then they went out to local shops to buy it for you and picked it up at lunch or in final year were you could just walk down the street whenever you wanted.

[mrmouth]

Lunch wasn't adequate even in the mid 90's. The best thing they served in terms of nutrition was a frozen, breaded chicken pattie with a sauce more akin to tomato sauce than marinara. That was combined with the sides like churros. That is basically a doughnut.

I went to that same school 3 years ago for a talk to some JROTC people and was served a skinless chicken breast with mango chutney and steamed vegetables. So things are getting better.

And Im all for forcing young people to eat well. They are young and dumb.

[Blaze86420]

Are school lunches in US schools covered by the fees or do you buy them just like at any regular cafeteria?

[Arbitrary Crusader]

Are school lunches in US schools covered by the fees or do you buy them just like at any regular cafeteria?

Depend, the high school, I use to go to the food is free, while my college, I have to paid for it.

that! I go to the dozen of vendors near the college site, that are from different cultures for cheaper and better food.

[Savoyard]

Are school lunches in US schools covered by the fees or do you buy them just like at any regular cafeteria?

It's half and half, but if you're poor you get a reduced rate (And if you're like our district, the area is so poor that they qualify for even more subsidization).