You’re on point, but that article didn’t consider the lunches themselves as junk food.

I don’t think that’s a travesty. As long as you’re serving your kid healthy fats at home, having one meal a day at day care low in fat isn’t going to hurt. The main goal is to keep those prone to eating poorly and exercising infrequently from becoming unhealthy.

I get your point but I don’t agree that a school lunch has nothing to do with the problem. Also, I was under the impression that the new regulations aren’t about portion size (actually, I’m not sure, are they?), but more about nutritional content.

Some food for thought regarding Monsanto and cancer links as well as organic farmers capability to keep up with the population…http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_18841.cfm
http://www.worldwatch.org/node/4060

I absolutely cringe when I see recommendations to give children low fat milk, or worse, skim milk. Young bodies need fat, and besides if it doesn’t taste good they aren’t going to drink it. I was raised on chocolate milk and I don’t see that it’s done me any harm. I’m stronger and fitter in advance middle age than many of my skim-milk-drinking-frozen-diet-meal-eating cohorts.

I think this is a ludicrous post. It sounds like you believe that fruit is bad for children. Fruits have a low glycemic index where as less healthy foods have a much higher score. These means that the sugars in fruit are broken down more slowly and is an indication that there is more nutrient uptake during digestion. I agree that we should cook for ourselves and our kids more in a healthful way. But keep in mind that does not mean cooking sans fruits and veggies.As for Monsanto – are you kidding? You should do some reading up on Monsanto. I can’t believe you’d support that head of an organic farmer. It seems you promote healthy eating, but don’t know what healthy eating entails.

Also, that two thousand years of agricultural science you mentioned is more closely related to with organic farming than GMO and other practices that Monsanto supports.

If a kid is a healthy weight or even underweight, then if “healthy and nutritious” = “reduced-calorie”, there is a downside.

And we are not even really talking about real potatoes, we’re talking tater tots and french fries, to which salt, sugar, Crisco and flavoring ingredients have been added to create that craving for more. Here is a recipe for making McDonald’s French Fries at home to give you an idea of how this “healthy vegetable” is prepared. Try it on your kids, they’ll love it.2 large Idaho russet potatoes
1/4 cup sugar
2 Tablespoons corn syrup
1½-2 cups hot water
6 cups Crisco® shortening
1/4 cup beef lard (or save the fat from previously cooked burgers)
saltThanks, Susan Collins, for standing up once again for corporate interests in turning our kids into junk food addicts.

Christa – the potato farmers aren’t worried about their current profits, they’re worried about their futures. They’re taking a lesson from the tobacco industry: Imprint the young. What would happen to the potato farmer if an entire generation has removed fries and chips from its diet?