Our nation has a problem with obesity . According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 17% of children between the ages of two and 19 are obese. That’s a lot of children. Okay, what can be done about it? I think parents have a part to play, as well as the school. However, it does not seem that parents and schools are working toward a solution to deal with this epidemic. First Lady Michelle Obama was talking about the nutrition problem in the schools. Why didn’t we hear support from the schools and parents as well? Maybe the Wall Street Journal’s, January 26, 2012 article sheds insight on our nation’s problem.
Why does the First Lady and the Department of Agriculture have to tell schools that children should eat more fruits vegetables and whole grains in their school lunches? For the first time, the Department of Agriculture had a plan by setting calorie limits on government subsidized lunch and breakfast programs for school cafeteria meals. Why wasn’t there parental support for this government initiative? Why were the parents silent? Why were school boards mum? Don’t tell me that it is only the federal government’s responsibility to tackle the problem of obesity. If that is so, we need more government, not less government.
Get a load of this. The department of agriculture has a plan to limit the number of calories served for lunch to 650 for the children in kindergarten through fifth grade? Guess what? Instead of being supportive, some people are complaining. Why don’t the parents and schools care about caloric restriction for the kids?
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