I don't think that vast majority of parents have the first clue what their kids
actually eat at school.
Not exact matches
I
ate up studies (from Facebook and others) that argued the site
actually encouraged a certain kind of information diversity, because your Facebook friends are likely drawn from a wider group of people (the guy you went to middle
school with, your mom's neighbor, that rando you met that weekend
at the beach) than the people you discuss news with in real life.
Certainly there are not parties every day
at school or birthday cupcakes but candy is
actually handed out quite often
at my daughter's
school as a reward by her teacher and this may be enough to make the kids not
eat their fruits and veggies.
I encourage you to read the post, but also take a look
at the comments section, where an interesting conversation is taking place about the possible unintended consequences of shifting subsidies around, and also some practical input from me and fellow
school food blogger Ed Bruske about the critical difference between serving produce in
school cafeterias and getting kids to
actually eat it.
But
at least one study has shown that kids who regularly
eat school lunch are
actually doing better nutritionally than ones who don't.
«
At the elementary
school level we are doing some plate waste study to see what the children
actually are
eating, and in one
school we are trying a nutrition program in grades K through 3 that uses colors to help children add nutritious foods of differrent food groups to their trays.»
-- ITSMeals
at Provo
School District — when you get a moment, look
at what their Facebook page and take a look
at what they're feeding their children and make it fun for them to
actually eat the food and vegetables.
I wonder if the studies looking
at the nutrient intake of kids
eating school lunches are factoring in what the children
actually ate — or simply what they took (or had to take) on their tray?
I know some readers love to look
at these healthy
school lunch ideas with their kids so they can point out what they want (and what they'll
actually eat)!
I
ate the food several times when helping
at school and it was
actually quite good.
In fact I believe that over the past few decades
school lunches have
actually decreased in quality when I compare what I
ate as a student to what is
eaten at the
school in which I work.
Mini chocolate bites are where it's
at, and no they don't taste like brownie batter, because I am not a magician, but you WILL love them They have been the perfect after -
school work snack, perfectly - portioned dessert, my - mouth - is - bored - and - I - need - more - than - an - apple solution, and the closest protein bite I have
eaten that
actually tastes like dessert?.
«I wanted the lettuce and eggs
at room temperature... the butter - and - sugar sandwiches we
ate after
school for snack... the marrow bones my mother made us
eat as kids that I grew to crave as an adult... There would be no «conceptual» or «intellectual» food, just the salty, sweet, starchy, brothy, crispy things that one craves when one is
actually hungry.