Free Lunch - another Socialist Plot to Make Fat Kids Healthy

[one...two...tree 2,762]

The Democrat-led House voted Thursday to send President Obama a bill that would enable more poor children to receive free meals at school, raise the nutritional quality of cafeteria fare and reduce the junk food and sugary beverages sold in school vending machines.

The bill, which cleared the Senate in the summer, won House approval on a 264 to 157 vote. Seventeen Republicans broke party ranks to join Democrats in favor of the bill. Four Democrats were opposed.

The bill, a priority for the president and first lady Michelle Obama, would boost spending on child nutrition $4.5 billion over 10 years and raise federal reimbursements for school lunches more than the inflation rate for the first time since 1973. It also would require for the first time that free drinking water be available where meals are served.

The bill accelerates the budding healthful-food movement in public education - think whole wheat pizza with low-fat cheese and low-sodium sauce - but leaves unanswered key questions about whether schools can afford to give tens of millions of students better meals.

more....

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/02/AR2010120206016.html

[Obama 2012 1,714]

so stupid.....

The food is not the reason why these brats are fat....

[one...two...tree 2,762]

so stupid.....

The food is not the reason why these brats are fat....

Makes you want to spank them, doesn't it?

[Obama 2012 1,714]

Makes you want to spank them, doesn't it?

no, makes me want to smack the parents for not telling their kids to get up off their fat butts and go outside and play.. ride their bikes, play with the other kids in the neighborhood, etc... stop playing damn games and watching TV/playing on the PC and get ACTIVE!!!

[one...two...tree 2,762]

no, makes me want to smack the parents for not telling their kids to get up off their fat butts and go outside and play.. ride their bikes, play with the other kids in the neighborhood, etc... stop playing damn games and watching TV/playing on the PC and get ACTIVE!!!

Smack the parents! Dammit, I was close.

[Danno 1,228]

Steven you do realize the more a kid eats from the hand of the Gov't.... the more likely they will be obese?

The answer is yet more Gov't feeding more kids.

[Ban Hammer 13,355]

Steven you do realize the more a kid eats from the hand of the Gov't.... the more likely they will be obese?

The answer is yet more Gov't feeding more kids.

gotta use that government cheese up somehow!

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Steven you do realize the more a kid eats from the hand of the Gov't.... the more likely they will be obese?

Says who? Don't just make such claims without factual data to back it up.

[peejay 327]

If you can't feed 'em...don't breed 'em.

[JohnSmith2007 353]

Says who? Don't just make such claims without factual data to back it up.

Lower income children are heavier than middle and upper income children. Look it up. Guess who gets more government aid? You put it together.

[trillium13 84]

Why do schools need vending machines? I never had them in school, and I doubt that anyone here over 30 or so did either.

School lunches are #######.

[Obama 2012 1,714]

Why do schools need vending machines? I never had them in school, and I doubt that anyone here over 30 or so did either.

School lunches are #######.

because schools get a cut of the proceeds on the vending machines....

Edited December 4, 2010 by Paul and Vanessa

[trillium13 84]

because schools get a cut of the proceeds on the vending machines....

Durr! I should have known.

[alienlovechild 75]

Says who? Don't just make such claims without factual data to back it up.

Amazing how many kids get free or reduced lunches in some areas. If you live in an area that is that bad off, your kids are probably screwed long after they eat their last lunch.

Top 10: School Districts with highest percentage of students that are free and reduced price lunch recipients in 2009

School District, State Percentage Receiving Free/Reduce Lunch

Forrest City SD, AR 99.59%

Gadsen Elementary District, AZ 99.54%

North Forest ISD, TX 99.54%

Claiborne County SD, MS 99.49%

Durant Public SD, MS 99.48%

West Memphis SD, AR 99.40%

Blytheville SD, AR 99.33%

Helena-West Helena SD, AR 99.33%

Woodville Elementary, CA 99.33%

http://www.policymap.com/blog/2010/11/top-10-school-districts-with-highest-percentage-of-students-that-are-free-and-reduced-price-lunch-recipients-in-2009/

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) is the Nation's second largest food and nutrition assistance program. In 2009, it operated in over 96,000 public and nonprofit private schools (grades K-12) and provided low-cost or free lunches to over 31 million children daily.

•Free lunches are available to children in households with incomes at or below 130 percent of poverty

•Reduced-price lunches are available to children in households with incomes between 130 and 185 percent of poverty.

To receive reimbursement, schools must serve lunches that meet minimum nutritional guidelines of one-third of the Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) of protein, calcium, iron, and vitamins A and C. No more than 30 percent of the meal’s calories can come from fat, and no more than 10 percent can come from saturated fat.

•Meals must meet nutritional standards and stay within budgetary constraints, but at the same time, meals must be appealing so that children will actually eat what is served.

•Calories must be adequate to meet nutritional needs, but school meals should not add to the problem of rising childhood obesity.

A recent ERS-sponsored study found that NSLP participants had lower intakes of sugar-sweetened beverages than did similar nonparticipants. NSLP participation did not affect the likelihood of being overweight.

http://www.ers.usda.gov/Briefing/ChildNutrition/lunch.htm

[Jenn! 918]

Good, school lunches should be healthier. They should also put more restrictions on what's available for purchase using food stamps.