Complaints Mount Against Michelle Obama’s New Lunch Menu

[Ptarmigan]

Complaints Mount Against Michelle Obama’s New Lunch Menu
http://townhall.com/columnists/kyleolson/2012/09/23/complaints_mount_against_michelle_obamas_new_lunch_menu

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.

Some are throwing away their vegetables while others are adapting to the rules by becoming industrious. In New Bedford, Massachusetts, students have created a black market - for chocolate syrup. The kiddie capitalists are smuggling in bottles of it and selling it by the squeeze, according to SouthCoastToday.com.

Revolt Over School Lunches?
http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/revolt-over-school-lunches_653039.html

Criticism is mounting over First Lady Michelle Obama's lunch plan, as kids are complaining they aren't getting enough to feel full after eating.

"Some Kansas students and at least one political leader say new school lunch guidelines aimed at limiting calories and encouraging good nutrition are having an unintended consequence: Hungry kids," McClatchy reports. The report points to this parody video of kids complaining about the new lunch program established by First Lady Obama:

A quixotic attempt.  

[J P Sousa]

That's no way to get "the youth" vote.   

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[Karin]

It really is quite the buzz nationwide.  Our local talk radio is talking about it.  What a total fail. 

DEMOCRATS STARVE CHILDREN! 

[cmypay]

According to our local "lunch lady," high school lunches are capped at 850 calories. Now that sounds all fine and dandy for a 5'5" 100lb girl, but what about the 6'5" 250lb football player who will burn that and more at a single practice? I understand the desire to combat overweight, unhealthy kids, but this won't work, especially at the high school level, where the "kids" are the same size as full grown adults. If we really want healthy kids, bring back PE and recess and get them moving.

[Ptarmigan]

According to our local "lunch lady," high school lunches are capped at 850 calories. Now that sounds all fine and dandy for a 5'5" 100lb girl, but what about the 6'5" 250lb football player who will burn that and more at a single practice? I understand the desire to combat overweight, unhealthy kids, but this won't work, especially at the high school level, where the "kids" are the same size as full grown adults. If we really want healthy kids, bring back PE and recess and get them moving.

Exactly!

[DumbAss Tanker]

This is a much bigger, but far more PC, fail than the legendary 'Ketchup is a vegetable' fiasco the Dems demagogued so much back in the day...the difference is, schoolkids would actually eat stuff with ketchup on it...

 

[JohnnyReb]

According to our local "lunch lady," high school lunches are capped at 850 calories. Now that sounds all fine and dandy for a 5'5" 100lb girl, but what about the 6'5" 250lb football player who will burn that and more at a single practice? I understand the desire to combat overweight, unhealthy kids, but this won't work, especially at the high school level, where the "kids" are the same size as full grown adults. If we really want healthy kids, bring back PE and recess and get them moving.

ARE YOU A DAMN FOOL ????? Commonsense was outlawed years ago...you'll be punished for that.... people like you are why the camps were built....but you are right...but don't tell 'em I said that.

Hey, Obama is just trying to prepare the kiddies for their new North Korean diet. You know, grass and tree bark. We must all sacrifice for Great leader and The Wide Load so they can enjoy $100 a pound Wagyu steaks and lobster tails.

[jtyangel]

According to our local "lunch lady," high school lunches are capped at 850 calories. Now that sounds all fine and dandy for a 5'5" 100lb girl, but what about the 6'5" 250lb football player who will burn that and more at a single practice? I understand the desire to combat overweight, unhealthy kids, but this won't work, especially at the high school level, where the "kids" are the same size as full grown adults. If we really want healthy kids, bring back PE and recess and get them moving.

It's not good for any child in athletics. My daughter plays high school soccer...she either practices,conditions, or has a game every single day but Sunday. The caloric count in order to forcibly put the china tees in their diet their parents won't deprives athletic kids of a good calorie and carb rich meal prior to practice or a game. I've taken to making sure mine carb loads in a bagel in the morning and takes protein bars with her to supplement. The bad rap on chocolate milk is ridiculous considering the number of trainers now who use and encourage it for a quick easy to find good mix of carb and protein to restore glycogen after workouts.

In my mind something far more dangerous then a kid with 20 extra pounds on him is a child who expends 1000 calories in a game or workout and is not properly nourished especially over a period of time like a season of play. They set those kids up for a host of immediate health issues if they are not properly nourished.

It's stupidity anyway. Give away ridiculous amounts of food stamps and let other slobs over feed their own Children and then seek to correct the problem by now trying to deprive those same kids when they are out of the fily confines. It's ridiculous.

For the record we have pe, recess in our schools still.

[jtyangel]

Pardon the autocorrect. I miss my computer. Argh.

[J P Sousa]

ARE YOU A DAMN FOOL ????? Commonsense was outlawed years ago...you'll be punished for that.... people like you are why the camps were built....but you are right...but don't tell 'em I said that.

Hey, Obama is just trying to prepare the kiddies for their new North Korean diet. You know, grass and tree bark. We must all sacrifice for Great leader and The Wide Load  so they can enjoy $100 a pound Wagyu steaks and lobster tails.

Great leader and The Wide Load    Hi5
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[longview]

What would be wrong with the parents providing stuff for the kids to pack a lunch with?  Even at our poorest, I fenced on weekends or other days off in exchange for beef and antelope.  Also cleaned ranchers houses (some were bachelor cow camps.  some pretty awful.), nailed boards, put out thistle weevils, anything legal and moral.  Out of that we made stews and sandwiches.  I baked our bread as a treat.

Okay.  Not everyone has access to rural work.  But if money is that tight -- babysitting, house/yard cleaning, light home maintenance, etc. can all bring some income so you don't have to depend on the schools for yet one more thing with regard to a child.

Yeah, and definitely get kids moving more, in general.

[dixierose]

I had a parent bring their child into Waffle House after school yesterday. the mom said the child was starving. After the meal, the mom told me "She must have really been hungry, she has never cleaned her plate like that." They were telling me what skimpy lunches she was getting at school. Mozzarella sticks and celery (or something like that)...not enough to feed a bird.

[Chris_]

Once I hit puberty, I couldn't get enough to eat.

That didn't change for another 20 years.

[ColonelCarrots]

Ever since I started riding my bike to school I just eat and eat when I get home. I get home around lunch time. I often skip breakfast since I never have time in the mornings. Whats amazing is I'm still losing weight even on my piggy diet.

[Chris_]

I had a hollow leg until I turned 30.  After that, it slowly went away.

I miss it.

[cmypay]

What would be wrong with the parents providing stuff for the kids to pack a lunch with?  Even at our poorest, I fenced on weekends or other days off in exchange for beef and antelope.  Also cleaned ranchers houses (some were bachelor cow camps.  some pretty awful.), nailed boards, put out thistle weevils, anything legal and moral.  Out of that we made stews and sandwiches.  I baked our bread as a treat.

Okay.  Not everyone has access to rural work.  But if money is that tight -- babysitting, house/yard cleaning, light home maintenance, etc. can all bring some income so you don't have to depend on the schools for yet one more thing with regard to a child.

Yeah, and definitely get kids moving more, in general.

Absolutely nothing wrong with parents providing lunch from home. In fact, that is exactly what we are doing. But...the school has to cook enough to provide lunches for the students based on last year's numbers. So we have a ton of food going into the garbage because of lower participation AND the kids simply aren't eating what they are serving because it is gross.

[docstew]

It really is quite the buzz nationwide.  Our local talk radio is talking about it.  What a total fail. 

DEMOCRATS STARVE CHILDREN! 

If we had an actual balanced media, that bolded part right there would be the national headline.

[J P Sousa]

What would be wrong with the parents providing stuff for the kids to pack a lunch with?   Even at our poorest, I fenced on weekends or other days off in exchange for beef and antelope.  Also cleaned ranchers houses (some were bachelor cow camps.  some pretty awful.), nailed boards, put out thistle weevils, anything legal and moral.  Out of that we made stews and sandwiches.  I baked our bread as a treat.

Okay.  Not everyone has access to rural work.  But if money is that tight -- babysitting, house/yard cleaning, light home maintenance, etc. can all bring some income so you don't have to depend on the schools for yet one more thing with regard to a child.

Yeah, and definitely get kids moving more, in general.

When my granddaughter started "Pre-School" my daughter was given a "memo" that IF THE PACKED LUNCH did NOT meet the "state guidlines" the school would provide the neccessary items and HER packed lunch would be returned to the parents.

Yes, it's communism we live under.
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[docstew]

When my granddaughter started "Pre-School" my daughter was given a "memo" that IF THE PACKED LUNCH did NOT meet the "state guidlines" the school would provide the neccessary items and HER packed lunch would be returned to the parents.

Yes, it's communism we live under.
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Send a substandard lunch. Wait for them to inspect it. Sue the school for violation of 4th Amendment rights

[formerlurker]

When my granddaughter started "Pre-School" my daughter was given a "memo" that IF THE PACKED LUNCH did NOT meet the "state guidlines" the school would provide the neccessary items and HER packed lunch would be returned to the parents.

Yes, it's communism we live under.
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Very true.  Makes no difference if mom sends one in or the student buys lunch - they are inspecting everything.   Epic fed failure.

[formerlurker]

According to our local "lunch lady," high school lunches are capped at 850 calories. Now that sounds all fine and dandy for a 5'5" 100lb girl, but what about the 6'5" 250lb football player who will burn that and more at a single practice? I understand the desire to combat overweight, unhealthy kids, but this won't work, especially at the high school level, where the "kids" are the same size as full grown adults. If we really want healthy kids, bring back PE and recess and get them moving.

It's a big problem.   A school board in my state had a meeting just for this purpose, and they used the football players as an example.   The portions are ridiculously small, and the food choices are horrible.   In my district they replaced chicken patty with some sort of tofu patty.   Yeah, they are lining up for that.   

Crazy.

[Karin]

In another thread about this, I said that it pissed me off so much I wrote a note to my D congresscritter (Bill Owens).  That was about a week ago.  

Just got back from lunch, and there was a message on my phone.  It's from some staff member of his, wanting to chat about my letter.  

I haven't returned the call yet.  Since I apparently have the ear of a congresscreep, any particularly salient points you want me to hit?  J P Sousa's remark was especially chilling.  


edited to correct the creep's name.

[BlueStateSaint]

In another thread about this, I said that it pissed me off so much I wrote a note to my D congresscritter (Doug Owens).  That was about a week ago. 

Just got back from lunch, and there was a message on my phone.  It's from some staff member of his, wanting to chat about my letter. 

I haven't returned the call yet.  Since I apparently have the ear of a congresscreep, any particularly salient points you want me to hit?  J P Sousa's remark was especially chilling.   

Tell him it smacks of something that would take place in Iran.

[txradioguy]

In another thread about this, I said that it pissed me off so much I wrote a note to my D congresscritter (Bill Owens).  That was about a week ago.  

Just got back from lunch, and there was a message on my phone.  It's from some staff member of his, wanting to chat about my letter.  

I haven't returned the call yet.  Since I apparently have the ear of a congresscreep, any particularly salient points you want me to hit?  J P Sousa's remark was especially chilling.  


edited to correct the creep's name.

Tell him that A) it's not the business of the FDA or the First Lady to mandate what kids get served in schools. B) starving the kids at school is causing them to binge eat at home because they weren't fed anything they wanted to eat during the day. C) Remind him what a fit the Dems threw in the 80's about Republicans starving kids when Reagan monkeyed with the school lunch regs and tell him the Dems are in danger of getting accused of treating "ketsup as a vegetable" themselves.

[redwhit]

Years from now, historians will point to this new lunch program as the seed for a new generation of small-government conservatives.