Parents: School Food OK

(WebMD)  Nearly two out of three parents say school cafeteria lunches are nutritious, a USA Today/Gallup Poll shows.

The Aug. 3-5, 2007 telephone poll included 244 parents of children in kindergarten to 12th grade. The results for the parents have a margin of error of plus or minus 7 percentage points.

Only 27 percent of the parents found school lunches not too nutritious or not nutritious at all. Eleven percent had no opinion, and 63 percent found the lunches very nutritious or somewhat nutritious.

Parents split more evenly over whether schools offer too many foods that should not be served to children. Just less than half — 48 percent — said their kids' school did not offer too many inappropriate foods, while 43 percent disagreed.

But when asked whether schools should serve more fresh fruits, vegetables, and whole-grain breads, 66 percent of parents said "yes."

The poll did not ask the parents whether they would swap lunches with their kids.

By Daniel DeNoon
Reviewed by Louise Chang
© 2007 WebMD, Inc. All rights reserved

[jshmks]

What do they want schools to do, give out carrot packs, with a side of 4 oz. bottled water, and 100 calorie thin crisps for dessert?

[cmp271]

School lunches are full of fat and sugar. No wonder our kids are fat, then they are fat adults with health issues. Watch the film Supersize Me, it really wakes you up as to what is going on in the schools.

What happened to phys ed? It should still be going on at least twice a week. Kids need exercise. Parents need to get rid of the computer after school and the tv time. Enroll your kid in a YMCA program.

[starleo146]

Posted by emilymhanson at 05:55 PM : Aug 18, 2007

You know I am on a tear today sorry between China and the schools, what I intended to say they talk over and over about how our kids are overweight but WHY, WHY, did the stop P. E. what could 30 minutes of exercise do, only help the kids they cannot afford a P.E. teacher bull.

[starleo146]

You know I think every one that wants to skirt the system thinks they can because they waltz around the truth and we just sit there so help me what has happened to us we better speak up or say no more. Our kids are worth the stand they do not mind raising the price in the lunchrooms across this America. Demand it or fix your own lunches

[emilymhanson]

Yes, potatoes are vegetables, but they are high in carbs and are stored in the body as fat when people do not exercise, which most people do not do.

Potatoes are bad carbs and should only be eaten once in a while (like on Thanksgiving). This is not just my opinion, if you read up on things like nutrition, you will find this out.

People need whole grains like wild rice or brown rice, whole wheat bread, whole wheat pasta, etc. Most schools do not serve whole grains, they still serve white starchy junk food like potatoes, white bread, white rice, etc. that raises blood sugar and makes people fat.

Read up on nutrition, you will realize that white starchy foods are bad for you. Yet that is what most schools serve to our children, and that is why they are gaining weight.

[grammawhamma]

A potatoe is not a vegetable.
Posted by rmsdm4

Who are you, Dan Quayle?? LOL A potato is a vegetable and is very healthy depending on how it is prepared.

[rmsdm4]

A potatoe is not a vegetable. Syrup and waffle sticks aren''t a healthy breakfast. This survey is not surprising seeing the fact that our kids are getting fatter along with their parents.

[cantshutup]

in SPRINGFIELD MISSOURI the school district decided that f*cking DORITOS count as a serving of vegetables...during lunch at the elementary school in my neighborhood, they also sell munchies (a little bag with cap n crunch cereal, popcorn, dorito bits and i think m & m''s in it)...along with other snack items like fruit roll ups and ice cream sandwiches...so these little nutbag kids can have a lunch that includes doritos, ice cream and depending on the desert served with the regular lunch, the kids have a meal that''s packed with lots of starch, sugar, preservatives, and fat and not much if any nutritional value...what the f*ck is wrong with celery stix, carrots, apple slices, etc????????