it does not follow. truthfully i should not have agreed when you said that lifestyle was a larger factor. that encompasses a lot of things.probably. but then the government doesn't control lifestyle.but government money should only be spent to make kids fat in your opinion, right?I'm all for spending money to make our kids healthy.
I'm all for parents spending money to make their kids healthy.
Government school lunches didn't make kids fat several decades back. Obviously, lifestyle is a more significant contributor.
It follows, then, that attempts to control what kids eat for lunch at school probably won't have a very great impact on childhood obesity. Like many things coming out of Washington, the biggest impact this would have is to allow some people to feel good about themselves.
but even if you are right, that the far greater factor is outside of governmental control - is that an excuse not to do the best with what you have? even if it'll only make a small difference should that alone be reason enough not to try? i don't think so.