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Saturday, November 23, 2013

Grossest School Lunches in the U.S.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/rachelzarrell/these-are-some-of-the-grossest-school-lunches-in-the-us

Here is a link to a buzzfeed article I happened upon today that horrified me to say the least. It's basically just a bunch of pictures of disgustingly unhealthy and gross looking school lunches. I cannot believe they allow children to be fed this kind of food and there is a serious lack of fruits and vegetables on each plate. Children will be socialized into thinking that chicken nuggets, nachos and other gross looking concoctions are standard food staples if this continues and school lunches are not revamped. Hopefully in the future, students will be provided with healthier, more balanced lunches in order to combat childhood obesity and increase their palettes for nutritious foods (and hopefully they will look a bit more appetizing as well). I read another article about bagged lunches in Canada and how parents that do not provide their children with a balanced lunch will be fined accordingly--maybe this is a practice that the U.S. could adopt, yet I don't see it being something that would be well-received at all...Yet I would much rather encourage bagged lunches as opposed to what children are being fed at school...

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