Completely anecdotal, I know, but here's how my childhood went:
Cereal for breakfast. Sometimes oatmeal or pancakes/french toast instead. Similar lunch to what this girl had. Dinner was generally a meat of some sort - steak or chicken, lots of fish, vegetables, rice. Plenty of fruit was kept around the house to snack on. The packaged "kid snacks" were only allowed on long car trips, field trips, that sort of thing.
When I left high school, I only weighed 100lbs. We were always on target weight. We got plenty of exercise (if it wasn't nice outside, my parents found chores for us to do). I didn't gain weight until I started working in an office, where sweets were brought in regularly and sedentary computer habits kicked in.
We can argue whether the gov't should step in with an obesity epidemic, but my point is that the actions displayed by the inspector were ludicrous. There was nothing wrong with that lunch for that child. Also, if you don't remember your school lunches - our chicken nuggets were suspect at best, the pizza dripping with grease, and the burgers bounced on the plate. Turkey and cheese on bread is the least of your worries.
Cereal for breakfast. Sometimes oatmeal or pancakes/french toast instead. Similar lunch to what this girl had. Dinner was generally a meat of some sort - steak or chicken, lots of fish, vegetables, rice. Plenty of fruit was kept around the house to snack on. The packaged "kid snacks" were only allowed on long car trips, field trips, that sort of thing.
When I left high school, I only weighed 100lbs. We were always on target weight. We got plenty of exercise (if it wasn't nice outside, my parents found chores for us to do). I didn't gain weight until I started working in an office, where sweets were brought in regularly and sedentary computer habits kicked in.
We can argue whether the gov't should step in with an obesity epidemic, but my point is that the actions displayed by the inspector were ludicrous. There was nothing wrong with that lunch for that child. Also, if you don't remember your school lunches - our chicken nuggets were suspect at best, the pizza dripping with grease, and the burgers bounced on the plate. Turkey and cheese on bread is the least of your worries.
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