According to Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, the solution to the growing grumbling over re-vamped school lunch menus boils down to a good old fashioned snack.
School lunch trays are a bit lighter this year after Congress-approved calorie limits on school lunches went into effect in August. The new regulations, which were championed by First Lady Michelle Obama as part of her "Let's Move" campaign to fight childhood obesity, have inspired protests and even a video parody from students who claim the reduced lunches are making them go hungry.
"It's not surprising that some youngsters will in the middle of the day be hungry," Vilsack told ABC News, responding to the controversy. "I remember my two boys when they came back from school they were always hungry, we always had snacks prepared for them."
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Uh, just a hint to potential and existing parents, when age 14-18 hits in teenage boys, they get HUNGRY! Remember your own youth?
ReplyDeleteI have a 14y/o boy and had no clue teen boys could eat so much. To start with I admit I was concerned at how many calories he would inhale but he doesn't have an ounce of fat on him. 5ft 10 inches, size 13 feet...the boy needs to eat and what nit wit cuts out protein in the diet of a child?
ReplyDeleteMichelle Obama will never tell me or my children what we can eat or not eat. There was never a law passed to limit lunches. She must be talking about free government paid for lunches. More government control by the Muslims.
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ReplyDelete"never tell me or my children what we can eat or not eat"
Clown, this is SCHOOL lunch. As in food paid for by the government! No one is digging into your kitchen pantry. Just more ignorance and paranoia from the right.
Instead of passing endless regulations on the matter why don't they make parents responsible for sending well balanced lunches and snacks from home ?
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