I grew up on the traditional sack
lunch; peanut butter and jelly sandwich, chips, a banana, thermos of chocolate
milk, and dessert. Due to my Dad working
in the grocery business, we sometimes got samples, overstock items, and
out-of-date products. This meant my
lunch sack often had a couple of Space Food Sticks included for good measure.
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| "Good enough for an astronaut, good enough for my son." |
It was great!
Eat with friends in the cafeteria as quickly as possible – then run
outside to squeeze every last minute out of the long recess. The monotony of the school day broken up with
tag, wrestling with friends, playing marbles, and exploring every square inch
of the school yard.
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| "Trusted at birth since, well, Eden." |
Mom knew best.
She packed us just the right amount of energy to cast off the sleepy
morning and fire us up for a long afternoon.
Now, under the auspices of the oxymoronically named Hunger-Free Kids Act,
Michelle Obama has decided she is the only mother who knows how to feed
children. Schools accepting Federal
funding for their school lunch program must adhere to the new regulations. Prior to the implementation of HFKA, school
cafeterias provided a minimum of 825 calories per lunch. The regulation mandates that high school children
are now served a MAXIMUM of 750 to 850 calories. Elementary students receive a maximum of 700
calories.
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| "Umm, yeah. This is gross, can I have a burger?" |
“Hot lunch”, as we referred to school lunch, was always a crap shoot as
to if we’d eat it. The new regulations
now make the former lunches seem like a scrumptious buffet. Where kids once could eat French Fries, Michelle’s
regulations now mandate Jicama, Green Pepper Strips, half a Kiwi, and Low-Fat
Ranch “Dip”. There should be no questions
as to why $4 million A DAY is discarded in school cafeterias. Even non-picky eaters have a problem with the
food choices.
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| "Actual list of crap kids won't eat." |
C’mon, Low-Fat Ranch “Dip”?
Low-Fat Ranch tastes like thickened skim milk flavored with old gym
socks.
So, does Michelle Obama love your children so much more than you that she
needed to put the Nation on a diet?
She claims this had to be done due to the “childhood obesity epidemic”
plaguing American kids. Irresponsible
parents have turned out a generation of Augustus Gloop’s from Willie
Wonka. Fat little children gorging
themselves on butter and sugar until they have Type-II Diabetes and need a
triple bypass by the age of twelve.
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| "I am a stereotype based upon a book by which Michelle Obama stereotyped all children as fat gluttons." |
By all reports, Michelle Obama received a Law Degree – she did not minor in
nutrition. So all of this was forced
upon schools based upon her . . . opinion.
Let’s address some facts:
According to the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
conducted by the CDC, the obesity rate among children PLUMMETED 43% over the
past ten years. This occurred prior to
the implementation of Hunger-Free Kids Act.
According to Kids & Nutrition, the average 9 to 13 year old girl
needs 1800 to 2200 calories per day.
Boys in the same age range require 2000 to 2600 per day. Teenagers between 14 and 18 can require up to
3,500 calories per day depending upon their activity level.
Children are growing. They require
more energy simply because their bodies are developing and maturing. Puberty brings on growing bones for height
and build. Muscle mass increases in boys
while girls begin maturing into women.
Their bodies require food to grow.
Michelle Obama’s mandate only provides children with 30% of the calories
they need just to maintain a normal level of activity. Kids involved in physical activity are only
receiving 23% of the calories they require.
And this is only if the kids eat every item they are served – regardless
of how gross, disgusting, or vile. Based
upon the amount of food thrown out daily we can assume the average calories
consumed are much less than the maximum of 825.
Now, consider breakfast. A teen will burn between 300 and 400 calories while sleeping. Growing
bodies would rather sleep as long as possible rather than wake up to a big, nutritious breakfast. Kids will grab what’s fast. A REALLY big bowl of cold cereal with milk
has about 500 to 560 calories, and an Egg McMuffin only has 300 calories. This means many kids arrive at the cafeteria
with a calorie deficit.
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| "Actually, a pretty good way to start a morning. And kids will EAT IT!" |
Kids, particularly teens, can be moody, grumpy and emotional for no
apparent reason. They are continually learning
to interact with others, their body may hurt from growing pains, and hormones
are flooding their brains and bodies.
For kids, surviving a day can be difficult enough without low blood
sugar. Reduced calories and food they
don’t like can make them extremely irritable and not open to learning. Tired, hungry and hormonal – kids are doing
their best not to beat the crap out of each other. They’re emotional ticking time bombs when
they’re hungry. Not the best foundation
for productive learning.
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| "I'm sorry you're hungry. But Michelle Obama said it's against the law for my to give you a Snickers Bar." |
It doesn't take a village, it takes parents. Parents have been feeding children for millennia
before Michelle Obama got involved . . . and did just fine. Because what kids need in order to learn is
food – not a lecture.
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