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handmade34

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20. hate on the Obamas and punish the poor

Reply to LibraLiz1973 (Original post)

Mon Feb 13, 2017, 08:30 AM

Feb 2017

a big FU to science and everyman for himself...

I have spent the past 12+ years as part of this study... most likely Republicans will soon enough defund any research

https://www.fns.usda.gov/sites/default/files/ops/NHANES-NSLP05-10.pdf

Children who participated in the NSLP generally made more healthful food choices at lunch than those that did not participate. This was especially true for children who were income-eligible to receive free or reduced-price meals. Thus, the NSLP is an important source of nutrition for children overall and particularly for children from lower-income families.

For all school children, the issues of greatest concern are related to excessive consumption of empty calories, saturated fat, and sodium, and inadequate intakes of specific types of nutrient-dense foods, including whole grains and dark green and orange vegetables and legumes. Decreased intakes of foods that contribute empty calories would improve the overall quality of school children’s diet. This is also essential for reducing the prevalence of overweight and obesity in this population.

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Now they're going to F with school lunches???? [View all] LibraLiz1973 Feb 2017 OP

The are going to "F" with Sherman A1 Feb 2017 #1

Pretty much. It's about deregulation and profits. Hortensis Feb 2017 #32

yep... Fast Walker 52 Feb 2017 #50

Wow. They don't even want America's children to have healthy lunches. redwitch Feb 2017 #2

Indeed they are evil benfranklin1776 Feb 2017 #15

No; they only want SOME children to have healthy lunches Chasstev365 Feb 2017 #18

They don't care about public schools or public school kids. Dulcinea Feb 2017 #26

What?! Fruits AND vegetables? WHOLE grains?! Bucky Feb 2017 #3

Prolife ! Prolife ! Kittycow Feb 2017 #4

exactly. Amimnoch Feb 2017 #19

Well Said! Sherman A1 Feb 2017 #63

To paraphrase HoneyBadger Feb 2017 #5

I don't think Fat Dorian Gray Feb 2017 #8

Hard boiled eggs, peanut butter, soy milk, kale, salmon HoneyBadger Feb 2017 #53

That sounds really unappetizing TransitJohn Feb 2017 #68

I would defer to the science on what children should eat. Progressive dog Feb 2017 #43

The starving kids that count on school lunch for their single meal a day are not the overweight prob HoneyBadger Feb 2017 #46

Starving kids? Progressive dog Feb 2017 #54

School lunch is the only meal of the day HoneyBadger Feb 2017 #55

"Starving kids" anecdotes Progressive dog Feb 2017 #56

Still true in 2014 per the chancellor of the largest school system in America HoneyBadger Feb 2017 #57

What is in school lunches has Progressive dog Feb 2017 #59

It shouldn't be super shocking Dorian Gray Feb 2017 #6

And, there it is. Healthy school lunches are associated with the name of Obama, Arkansas Granny Feb 2017 #9

Exactly Dorian Gray Feb 2017 #10

Please Sir...... safeinOhio Feb 2017 #7

Several years back I had a temp job in a local middle school. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2017 #11

This can and does happen DeminPennswoods Feb 2017 #17

In NYC every kid gets free breakfast HoneyBadger Feb 2017 #38

I'll never get why people are against kids being fed DeminPennswoods Feb 2017 #60

They are against simguy225 Feb 2017 #69

Oh, I know, but it's such a small investment DeminPennswoods Feb 2017 #70

I fully agree. simguy225 Feb 2017 #73

Make no mistake they are gutting all they can as fast as they can from education. gordianot Feb 2017 #12

And bring back vending machines, while you're at it Fritz Walter Feb 2017 #13

Isn't Betsy DeVos .... LenaBaby61 Feb 2017 #14

She's invested in a crank company meadowlander Feb 2017 #71

Anything that was touched by President or First Lady Obama must be destroyed. mn9driver Feb 2017 #16

hate on the Obamas and punish the poor handmade34 Feb 2017 #20

They want to 'repeal' Michelle Obama's work just because sinkingfeeling Feb 2017 #21

Apparently kids "need their freedoms." Vinca Feb 2017 #22

Obviously a snub to Michelle Obama Proud Liberal Dem Feb 2017 #23

I think that's it exactly. Orrex Feb 2017 #30

Again, France leads the way w/school lunches. CurtEastPoint Feb 2017 #24

Unfortunately, the insane amount of cheap crap industrial food in the US has caused Nay Feb 2017 #48

I agree. It is awful that the richest, most powerful nation on earth pushes this shit. CurtEastPoint Feb 2017 #61

Anything for a buck, here in Amurika. Even if it means 2 generations of sick Nay Feb 2017 #72

Give em all Big Macs with a large coke and a side of large fries. milestogo Feb 2017 #25

Only children would write a bill that said they didn't have to eat fruit and vegetables! logosoco Feb 2017 #27

it's what they want. barbtries Feb 2017 #28

Feed em KFC Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2017 #29

Expect the absolute worst from these legislators and they will Guilded Lilly Feb 2017 #31

Inequality in the US & other countries is a big and growing problem. Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2017 #33

Makes perfect sense--from a Republican point of view DFW Feb 2017 #34

Trump and his vile minons will yell they are fullfilling a promise of reducing regulation-no matter riversedge Feb 2017 #35

Republicans are like kids who hate being told to eat their veggies. alarimer Feb 2017 #36

If the food is going to waste greymattermom Feb 2017 #37

im amaized that they havent been declaired diabetics AllaN01Bear Feb 2017 #41

Try sending salad and 5# of grapes as school snack sometime HoneyBadger Feb 2017 #44

the always wanted the social programs gone . not the militrar , oh no not corperate wealfare , oh AllaN01Bear Feb 2017 #39

They are trying to destroy the working class, period, the end. lark Feb 2017 #40

republiCONs dismantle anything that is beneficial to the majority of Americans. democratisphere Feb 2017 #42

And we wonder why the rest of the world is laughing at us. Initech Feb 2017 #45

Tax the poor. It's what they do. Iggo Feb 2017 #47

elections have consequences.... beachbum bob Feb 2017 #49

"for profit" takes federal funds & wants profit so kids are fed cheapest processed crap.prison food. Sunlei Feb 2017 #51

About 1996 Alec Baldwin on Bill Maher's "Politically Correct" mentioned the ketchup/vegetable farce. John1956PA Feb 2017 #52

What is it with Republicans and destroying healthy lunches for children? marked50 Feb 2017 #58

One quibble: Ketchup classified as a "vegetable" was an idea born and expired in the '80's. WinkyDink Feb 2017 #62

Not surprising. I was actually waiting for this. Some jackass from a redstate AgadorSparticus Feb 2017 #64

Hey, they're poor kids. They're just lucky we give them anything to eat at all. OregonBlue Feb 2017 #65

I found the solution HoneyBadger Feb 2017 #66

We have to face the facts MountCleaners Feb 2017 #67

I agree 100% LibraLiz1973 Feb 2017 #74

They're probably doing this Jamaal510 Feb 2017 #75

Remember this and it will make it easy for you in the future Eliot Rosewater Feb 2017 #76

Well how else are the for profit charter schools supposed to make any money? Phoenix61 Feb 2017 #77

Maybe Trump wants his cut of this "Food Pyramid" scheme JDC Feb 2017 #78