Along with the rest of us:
"Students eventually adapt to more nutritious school lunches, survey finds" by Deborah Kotz | Globe Staff July 21, 2014
You know who is the cook.
As politicians debate whether to keep the new federal school lunch standards or grant temporary waivers for districts that are losing money, a new study suggests that over time, children adapt and tolerate school lunches just as much as in the old days.
Yeah, it's a big fight, and that is not exactly a ringing endorsement of the school lunch program.
Related: School Lunches Suck
Those were my salad days.
In a survey of 557 school administrators nationwide, researchers found that about half of respondents reported that elementary, middle, and high schools complained at first about the switch to whole wheat bread, plain low-fat milk, salads, and fresh fruit — and away from chocolate milk, pizza, and French fries. But 70 percent of the school administrators, who included principals and food service providers, said student acceptance of the meals had increased over time and their students now largely like the lunches.
Wanna break some bread, readers?
The survey, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, was conducted in the spring of 2013, about six months after the full set of standards went into effect. Results were published Monday in the journal Childhood Obesity.
“I think it’s great news,” said study leader Lindsey Turner, a research scientist at the University of Illinois in Chicago. “It really suggests that kids have adapted really well.”
It's CRAP!
Nancy Brown, chief executive of the American Heart Association, said in a statement that the study “reinforces what we have known all along: America’s school lunch program works,” and added that she hoped the finding “sends a strong message to Congress that schools should not be allowed to withdraw from or delay any federal nutrition standards.”
OMG!
This WHOLE PILE is a LOAD of PROPAGANDA POOP!
But the School Nutrition Association, which represents school food service directors and some food companies that supply school cafeterias, said the survey findings do not reflect the decrease in student participation in the National School Lunch Program. “Since schools began implementing the new requirements, 1.4 million fewer students choose school lunch, even though 1.77 million more students have access to school meals through NSLP, due to increasing enrollment at NSLP schools,” School Nutrition Association president Julia Bauscher said in a statement.
That is being spun by administrators and the government as kids accepting and liking the meals!!
Is there nothing, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING, this SHAMELESS GOVERNMENT and its GOD-DAMNED MA$$ MEDIA MOUTHPIECE will not DISTORT or LIE ABOUT?
The survey researchers found that some schools clearly fared better than others with the implementation of the new standards.
“Staff at rural schools expressed more concern about challenges involved and perceived an increase in food being thrown away and more complaints from students,” Turner said.
Meaning the starving kids in the cities will eat anything.
Schools in richer areas reported a decrease in student purchases of school meals, while those with students at the lower end of the socioeconomic scale reported an increase in student purchases.
“What seems to be coming out of this survey is that some schools might need more help and support with implementing these standards,” Turner said, “especially those in rural areas that may have a hard time accessing supplies from food manufacturers” that supply more healthful foods.
We will grow and eat our own, thanks.
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Your daily dose of absolute shit propaganda.
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"Risky health behavior including binge-drinking, unsafe sex, and use of hard drugs was less common among these youths, compared with peers who went to mostly worse schools. The teens were otherwise similar, all from low-income Los Angeles neighborhoods who applied to top public charter schools that admit students based on a lottery system. The study doesn’t prove that the schools made the difference and it has limitations that weaken the results, including a large number of students who refused to participate."
I'm about to start refusing to purchase a Globe, because this shit sucks!! Sorry.
