Americans Actually Like Michelle Obama’s Healthier School Lunches

[David_42]

This doesn't surprise me.
Americans Actually Like Michelle Obama’s Healthier School Lunches

As another academic year kicks into full gear and students across the country return to school, longtime supporters of a 2010 law that updated nutritional standards for cafeteria meals have reason to remain calm amid uncertainty about its future.

A national poll shows that more than 80 percent of Americans support healthy school meals consisting of more fruit and vegetables and less high calorie and sodium food choices, requirements outlined in the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act — a law that authorized the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to set nutritional standards for food sold and distributed in schools and expanded access to healthy lunch to more than 115,000 U.S. children.

The survey, conducted by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, debunks the primary argument against the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, one of the central policies at the heart of First Lady Michelle Obama’s effort to address childhood obesity. Two-thirds of respondents rated the nutritional quality of cafeteria food as “excellent” or “good.” Additionally, more than 90 percent of those surveyed said it’s somewhat or very important to serve nutritious foods in schools and strengthen children’s cognitive abilities.”

“Our survey found that people in the U.S. overwhelmingly support strong nutrition standards and believe school meals are healthier and on the right track because of these standards,” La June Montgomery Tabron, president and chief executive of the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, told the New York Times.

If lawmakers reauthorize the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act next month, schools would receive $4.5 billion over the next decade. With time dwindling before it’s set to expire, its supporters and challengers have scrambled to make their case, drawing out a battle that started shortly after its passage and holding nothing back in the process.

Since the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act’s inception, the program has expanded, serving more than one million students across the United States not only lunch, but dinner too as part of its after-school snack offerings. The UDSA also rolled out $5 million in grants to fund programs that connect school cafeterias with local farmers. The 2014 grant cycle supported more than 80 projects in 42 states and the U.S. Virgin Islands. In total, more than $385 million in locally grown produce has entered school buildings across the country.

But GOP lawmakers remain unsatisfied, calling the law an example of executive overreach and a “one-size-fits-all” solution. Opponents also argue that adhering to the law has financially burdened some school districts, passing legislation that would allow states to opt out of changes for a year. The School Nutrition Association (SNA), a national lobbying group, called for changes including the reduction of whole grain rich from 100 to 50, stalling of changes to sodium levels until 2017, and elimination of requirements that students have a half cup of fruits or vegetables with every meal.

While SNA and other Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act opponents say that reauthorization would allow for these revisions, proponents say the law in its current form prevent students from spiraling down a road of unhealthy diet choices.

A growing body of research support such calls to keep the status quo. Last year, researchers at Ohio State University found that high consumption of fast food — often replete with salt and sugar and low in calcium, iron, Vitamin C, and zinc — causes some memory loss and slows down cognitive development in children. An unbalanced diet can also widen waistlines, especially among young people. Rates of childhood obesity have more than doubled in the last 30 years, bringing with it additional instances of cancer and higher hospitalization costs.

 

[S.J.]

Trashed: Study finds students toss veggies mandated by federal school lunch program

 

[David_42]

Trashed: Study finds students toss veggies mandated by federal school lunch program

So? They're children with a free choice, many are still eating healthy and have the option.

 

[S.J.]

Trashed: Study finds students toss veggies mandated by federal school lunch program

So? They're children with a free choice, many are still eating healthy and have the option.

Spoken like a true liberal nazi. If they don't do what you tell them, FORCE them.

 

[David_42]

Trashed: Study finds students toss veggies mandated by federal school lunch program

So? They're children with a free choice, many are still eating healthy and have the option.

Spoken like a true liberal nazi. If they don't do what you tell them, FORCE them.

What the fuck???? I literally just said children have the choice, and you say I'm forcing them. LOL.

 

[S.J.]

Trashed: Study finds students toss veggies mandated by federal school lunch program

So? They're children with a free choice, many are still eating healthy and have the option.

Spoken like a true liberal nazi. If they don't do what you tell them, FORCE them.

What the fuck???? I literally just said children have the choice, and you say I'm forcing them. LOL.

I assumed you read my link and were responding to it. I should have known better.

 

[Katzndogz]

The mandated lunches get tossed in the trash. The students MUST take the lunches. They just refuse to eat that crap.

 

[Katzndogz]

The report is from thinkprogress. Of course it's going to be a lie.

 

[Mr. H.]

Trashed: Study finds students toss veggies mandated by federal school lunch program

So? They're children with a free choice, many are still eating healthy and have the option.

They aren't eating.

I'm a substitute teacher. Students tend to open up to me more than they do their own classroom teacher.

The lunchroom has become a horrifying experience for them.

They've told me that Michelle's program wastes more food. than ever before. And I've seen it first hand.

These kids would rather go hungry than eat .

 

[jon_berzerk]

where do you find all this crap

high times magazine or similar

--LOL

 

[cnm]

Why on earth do you imagine anyone would trawl through your link trying to work out what your argument was and make it for you?

If you can't excerpt or point out the salient pieces it will continue to be wasted posting on your part to merely post links.

 

[cnm]

Are vegetables crap?

 

[jon_berzerk]

The mandated lunches get tossed in the trash. The students MUST take the lunches. They just refuse to eat that crap.

in some schools black market food has become the norm

 

[2aguy]

This doesn't surprise me.
Americans Actually Like Michelle Obama’s Healthier School Lunches

As another academic year kicks into full gear and students across the country return to school, longtime supporters of a 2010 law that updated nutritional standards for cafeteria meals have reason to remain calm amid uncertainty about its future.

A national poll shows that more than 80 percent of Americans support healthy school meals consisting of more fruit and vegetables and less high calorie and sodium food choices, requirements outlined in the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act — a law that authorized the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to set nutritional standards for food sold and distributed in schools and expanded access to healthy lunch to more than 115,000 U.S. children.

The survey, conducted by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, debunks the primary argument against the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, one of the central policies at the heart of First Lady Michelle Obama’s effort to address childhood obesity. Two-thirds of respondents rated the nutritional quality of cafeteria food as “excellent” or “good.” Additionally, more than 90 percent of those surveyed said it’s somewhat or very important to serve nutritious foods in schools and strengthen children’s cognitive abilities.”

“Our survey found that people in the U.S. overwhelmingly support strong nutrition standards and believe school meals are healthier and on the right track because of these standards,” La June Montgomery Tabron, president and chief executive of the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, told the New York Times.

If lawmakers reauthorize the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act next month, schools would receive $4.5 billion over the next decade. With time dwindling before it’s set to expire, its supporters and challengers have scrambled to make their case, drawing out a battle that started shortly after its passage and holding nothing back in the process.

Since the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act’s inception, the program has expanded, serving more than one million students across the United States not only lunch, but dinner too as part of its after-school snack offerings. The UDSA also rolled out $5 million in grants to fund programs that connect school cafeterias with local farmers. The 2014 grant cycle supported more than 80 projects in 42 states and the U.S. Virgin Islands. In total, more than $385 million in locally grown produce has entered school buildings across the country.

But GOP lawmakers remain unsatisfied, calling the law an example of executive overreach and a “one-size-fits-all” solution. Opponents also argue that adhering to the law has financially burdened some school districts, passing legislation that would allow states to opt out of changes for a year. The School Nutrition Association (SNA), a national lobbying group, called for changes including the reduction of whole grain rich from 100 to 50, stalling of changes to sodium levels until 2017, and elimination of requirements that students have a half cup of fruits or vegetables with every meal.

While SNA and other Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act opponents say that reauthorization would allow for these revisions, proponents say the law in its current form prevent students from spiraling down a road of unhealthy diet choices.

A growing body of research support such calls to keep the status quo. Last year, researchers at Ohio State University found that high consumption of fast food — often replete with salt and sugar and low in calcium, iron, Vitamin C, and zinc — causes some memory loss and slows down cognitive development in children. An unbalanced diet can also widen waistlines, especially among young people. Rates of childhood obesity have more than doubled in the last 30 years, bringing with it additional instances of cancer and higher hospitalization costs.

Wow...the Force is weak with this one........it is easy to sway the mind of the weak willed....

Darth michelle says "My lunch menu, enjoy you will..." and you guys fall right in line.....what a bunch of chumps....

 

[2aguy]

A national poll shows that more than 80 percent of Americans support healthy school meals consisting of more fruit and vegetables and less high calorie and sodium food choices,

Wow...when asked if they supported healthy meals the people said yes....wow....I wonder if you asked people if they favored continuing to breath as a good idea....what would that percentage be.......

Ask the kids if they eat the crap.......that is the real poll....

 

[OKTexas]

The mandated lunches get tossed in the trash. The students MUST take the lunches. They just refuse to eat that crap.

Yep. More and more schools are going this route instead of bankrupting their cafeteria systems.

Niskayuna School District Dumps Healthy School Lunch Regulations, Will Lose Federal Aid

School District Dumps Federal Healthy School Lunch Regulations

 

[2aguy]

The mandated lunches get tossed in the trash. The students MUST take the lunches. They just refuse to eat that crap.

Yep. More and more schools are going this route instead of bankrupting their cafeteria systems.

Niskayuna School District Dumps Healthy School Lunch Regulations, Will Lose Federal Aid

School District Dumps Federal Healthy School Lunch Regulations

It is like a genetic disease, the left simply cannot tell the truth about anything.....even Darth michelles lunch fascism........

 

[OKTexas]

The mandated lunches get tossed in the trash. The students MUST take the lunches. They just refuse to eat that crap.

Yep. More and more schools are going this route instead of bankrupting their cafeteria systems.

Niskayuna School District Dumps Healthy School Lunch Regulations, Will Lose Federal Aid

School District Dumps Federal Healthy School Lunch Regulations

It is like a genetic disease, the left simply cannot tell the truth about anything.....even Darth michelles lunch fascism........

Now it's time for the districts to sue the feds if they withhold funding. SCOTUS said in the first ACA decision that the feds couldn't withdraw existing funding for a failure to comply with a new mandate. It's time to take advantage of that disastrous ruling.

 

[Ernie S.]

Trashed: Study finds students toss veggies mandated by federal school lunch program

So? They're children with a free choice, many are still eating healthy and have the option.

Parents all want their kids to eat healthy foods. The problem is the mandated lunches taste like warmed over cow shit.

 

[2aguy]

Trashed: Study finds students toss veggies mandated by federal school lunch program

So? They're children with a free choice, many are still eating healthy and have the option.

Parents all want their kids to eat healthy foods. The problem is the mandated lunches taste like warmed over cow shit.

Hmmmm....if the kids don't like the mandated lunch meals from Darth michelle....why don't they simply have their private chef make a better lunch, like Darth michelle does at the White House....."let them eat lunch...prepared by a world class chef....."