Is new school lunch guidelines an example of govt gone wild?

Quote from nutmeg:

Also, many kid have a diagnosis to get ssi and/or extra aid for school for special ed funds. If kids take meds, some meds affect matabolism and the kids become fat by default.
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Are you starting another thread here?
 
Quote from Tsing Tao:

It's not the outrage against wanting more nutritious foods. It's, once again, some government official dictating what is to be allowed to everyone else that is the problem.
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You didn't find much junk food and crap served in the Military either. Probably a good thing overall. Now, it was pretty crappy food in many cases, but supposedly health(ier) back in the day.

Now days I think they have more Fast Food places on bases. Would like to hear from someone on Active duty now recently.
 
Quote from Brass:

Not exactly. The problem is that no one else is taking any initiative to address the problem. Meanwhile, the problem is getting worse.

http://www.letsmove.gov/

It's a good idea. And it's good that someone finally gives enough of a damn to do something about it. Sure as hell talk alone hasn't changed anything.
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So you're for things like the law in NYC where sugar soft drinks above 16 oz were made illegal?
 
Quote from Brass:

Not exactly. The problem is that no one else is taking any initiative to address the problem. Meanwhile, the problem is getting worse.

http://www.letsmove.gov/

It's a good idea. And it's good that someone finally gives enough of a damn to do something about it. Sure as hell talk alone hasn't changed anything.
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Funny thing about a nation of 330million people is the diversity. My neighborhood doesnt have fat kids. They all ride bikes and play multiple sports. But up there in Canada you can see that "nobody is taking initiative to address the problem" when people I know dont have any problems with obesity at all.

Perhaps the problem is people from really far away...like Washington DC see some trend and assume that trend applies to everybody and attempt to apply a broad brush stroke band-aid that may or may not work. Instead of applying direct pressure to the wounded areas....like addressing the amount of corn syrup(due to massive govt intervention and lobbying) in all the processed foods that the poor eat because thats all they can afford. Or the fact that physical education in schools has been offed in most places(due to the pussyfication of our kids because sometimes sports are not "fair"). The list is endless really that has brought us to this lowly state as a nation. And much of it is actually caused by the government itself. Yet we are to believe that the govt has the solutions...

If you actually believe that a government agency dictating food guidelines will work in lowering obesity, then why are we fat in the first place when they have been putting out guidelines since, what the 1950`s?
 
Michelle Obama is married to a SMOKER. As such she is not qualified to lecture others on health issues.

Clean up your own backyard first, Michelle.
 
Quote from Crispy:

Funny thing about a nation of 330million people is the diversity. My neighborhood doesnt have fat kids. They all ride bikes and play multiple sports. But up there in Canada you can see that "nobody is taking initiative to address the problem" when people I know dont have any problems with obesity at all.

Perhaps the problem is people from really far away...like Washington DC see some trend and assume that trend applies to everybody and attempt to apply a broad brush stroke band-aid that may or may not work. Instead of applying direct pressure to the wounded areas....like addressing the amount of corn syrup(due to massive govt intervention and lobbying) in all the processed foods that the poor eat because thats all they can afford. Or the fact that physical education in schools has been offed in most places(due to the pussyfication of our kids because sometimes sports are not "fair"). The list is endless really that has brought us to this lowly state as a nation. And much of it is actually caused by the government itself. Yet we are to believe that the govt has the solutions...

If you actually believe that a government agency dictating food guidelines will work in lowering obesity, then why are we fat in the first place when they have been putting out guidelines since, what the 1950`s?
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So in a nutshell, you don't want your local schools serving healthier meals. You want it to be decided by the school's accountants rather than by nutritionists. Got it.
 
Quote from wildchild:

Michelle Obama is married to a SMOKER. As such she is not qualified to lecture others on health issues.

Clean up your own backyard first, Michelle.
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She's also a lard ass herself.
 
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