Kids Going Hungry Under Obama Policy

[Dale00]

The Obama administration has mandated that school lunches shall be healthy and kids are suffering as a result.

Maybe you think free choice is a bad thing and support this. I don't. Food control is a lot like gun control.

In Wisconsin, high school athletes are complaining about not getting enough to eat each day, due to the skimpy new school lunch menu mandated by the United States Department of Agriculture and First Lady Michelle Obama.

The story we published earlier this week on that subject is unfortunately not unique. Students across the country are complaining about the new school lunch regulations.

Perhaps the real motive is to starve students into slimming down. Just ask students in Pierre, South Dakota who, too, are in an all-out revolt. ...

Nancy Carvalho, director of food services for New Bedford Public Schools, was quoted as saying that hummus and black bean salads have been tough sells in elementary cafeterias. That means even smaller children are going through the day fighting hunger pains, which can never be considered a good thing.

One government official tried to put the blame on the students.

"One thing I think we need to keep in mind as kids say they're still hungry is that many children aren't used to eating fruits and vegetables at home, much less at school. So it's a change in what they are eating. If they are still hungry, it's that they are not eating all the food that's being offered," USDA Deputy Undersecretary Janey Thornton was quoted as saying.

Ms. Thornton just put her finger on the problem. The government is trying to impose a new diet that children are not accustomed to. It’s not reasonable to expect them to either eat what the government deems healthy or go hungry.

Many will opt to go hungry, and that’s the government’s fault.

http://townhall.com/columnists/kyleo...new_lunch_menu

 

[RidgeHunter]

Just when I think I've read the most asinine article to ever appear on a conservative news site, this comes along.

 

[Dale00]

Just when I think I've read the most asinine article to ever appear on a conservative news site, this comes along.

Do you support the government telling parents what their children can eat? Do you support the City of New York telling people what size soft drinks they can purchase?

 

[ignerntbend]

Do you support the government telling parents what their children can eat? Do you support the City of New York telling people what size soft drinks they can purchase?

Kids need Coke and M&Ms. Hummus,and other legume derived foods, are well known as terrorist foods.

 

[RidgeHunter]

Kids don't have to eat cafeteria food and they don't have to go to public schools. Little shits won't eat anything that's not fried or out of a box and that's their parent's fault for being lazy.



I've seen hungry kids. I've seen them line up and say thank you and please for healthy food because there's none at home.

 

[ignerntbend]

Let the kids run wild in the street. Feed the kids the deep-fried MilkyWay.

 

[Dale00]

Big govt knows what is best for your children.

Do-gooder prohibition of unhealthy food is not far away. And that includes that Taco Bell food you love.

 

[ignerntbend]

"Mom, my tummy hurts,at school, most of what they have is real food"

 

[71buickfreak]

In Stillwater, they serve bosco sticks, which are bread sticks filled with cheese. Sounds tasty enough right? That is the main course. 3 bosco sticks and a side of marinara. Pisses me off to know extent. They are choosing to force the kids to eat "healthy" foods (I don't classify a bosco stick as healthy, fyi) on their terms instead of kid terms. Kids won't eat hummus, hell, I won't eat that crap. There are healthy options that kids will eat, but they don't want to spend the money to get it done or they just want to sit on a high horse and cast blame on kids. Shame on them.

 

[ignerntbend]

Maybe I'll have to resort to blackmarket Taco Bell and maybe I won't. That's a chance I'll have to take.