Start Smart!! LOL @ my sons School!!

[grace_ou]

My sons school has improved the schools breakfast manu this year!!! Everyones probally heard me complain about this but last year my sons elementary school offered poptarts as fruit option! It drove me nuts! But this year they have a new healthy eating program! Start Smart! There goal is high quality fuels for breakfast so I'll children will feel better physically an mentally! So they will be more successful at school!!! There goal to provide one source of lean protien an one carbohydrate for breakfast (whole grains an fruits)! Sounds great right?? They are even swapping some of the foods for organic fruits!! So what was breakfast this morning you ask??!! Well lean protien... that would be the milk and fruit.... and yes I'm serious...

ORGANIC POPTARTS!!!!!! I didn't even know what to say. LOL Thanks for the improvement guys!! Oh and cinnamon rolls are on the menu tomorrow!!

[ultim8-one]

Cafeteria food has long been a downfall of the public school system. Best bet is to make sure the kids eat breakfast before they leave home and take a well balanced lunch with them. It has been proven that schools can in fact provide very healthy meals on the same food budget they already get but making a change like that is too radical .... why ?? because kids are allowed to be picky eaters at home and often don't like the healthy options.

although organic poptarts do sound interesting .... lol

[grace_ou]

Cafeteria food has long been a downfall of the public school system. Best bet is to make sure the kids eat breakfast before they leave home and take a well balanced lunch with them. It has been proven that schools can in fact provide very healthy meals on the same food budget they already get but making a change like that is too radical .... why ?? because kids are allowed to be picky eaters at home and often don't like the healthy options.

although organic poptarts do sound interesting .... lol

I'm guessing organic poptarts cost more money then regular most organic foods do... so seriously I wanna know who thought this through! Let's see how to improve breakfast... hmmm... maybe for there fruit choice we should give them fruit...No organic poptarts would be a better option!! They did however improve lunch some the kids now have salad bar which is cool... execpt I haven't seen what's on it yet so I might wanna reserve judgement on that till I go to lunch. Cause I'm thinking ya know fresh veggies, they may be thinking I don't know deep fried tomotoes or something!!

[phikappa]

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[grace_ou]

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OMG!!!! Tell me they couldn't buy apples are something for that!!!

[rpaul11]

wow...your kids get served breakfast?

[terribletriad]

Here's the thing. Young kids at home are picky eaters let alone a school trying to feed hundreds of kids. The thing to remember is that if they eat healthy while at home, and get the proper amount of exercise, what they eat at school shouldn't be that big of a deal.

[grace_ou]

wow...your kids get served breakfast?

If that what you wanna call it! LOL I only let my son eat breakfast at school 1 day a week cause the healthies thing they serve is cereal. But once a week he has a morning program he goes to before school and on that day he'll eat breakfast at school. It probally wouldn't bother so much if they weren't constantly preaching the importance of kids having a healthy breakfast before school. To improve behavior,grades,concentration,ect.... but then they offer them junk food.

[rpaul11]

Here's the thing. Young kids at home are picky eaters let alone a school trying to feed hundreds of kids. The thing to remember is that if they eat healthy while at home, and get the proper amount of exercise, what they eat at school shouldn't be that big of a deal.

I tend to disagree. lets say your child eats 3 meals per day. That is 21 meals per week. Lets say they eat breakfast and lunch at school 5 days per week. that is 10 meals at school. If 1/2 of the meals they eat are sheer garbage...then it is a big deal.

[rpaul11]

If that what you wanna call it! LOL I only let my son eat breakfast at school 1 day a week cause the healthies thing they serve is cereal. But once a week he has a morning program he goes to before school and on that day he'll eat breakfast at school. It probally wouldn't bother so much if they weren't constantly preaching the importance of kids having a healthy breakfast before school. To improve behavior,grades,concentration,ect.... but then they offer them junk food.

do you have a PTA or something along those lines? I would go and voice my opinion. If not...then the school board...they are elected

[Marius_Ursus]

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I eat the unfrosted ones. They're delicious.

[grace_ou]

Here's the thing. Young kids at home are picky eaters let alone a school trying to feed hundreds of kids. The thing to remember is that if they eat healthy while at home, and get the proper amount of exercise, what they eat at school shouldn't be that big of a deal.

The problem with this is that one of the biggest reasons they have breakfast in schools is to help provide underprivialge children with a chance to get in all meals and healthier meals.My children do eat breakfast at school 4 out of 5 school days. But there is no reason why the school can not offer them a healthy breakfast none. As for the arguement of children being picky eaters the schools that have switched over to the Healthy eating programs have not found this to true. Children will eat what you offer them. The few schools that have gone over to salad bars,fresh veggies an fruits have that children actually like them give and those schools have seen improvements in the overall behavior and greades in those schools.

[grace_ou]

do you have a PTA or something along those lines? I would go and voice my opinion. If not...then the school board...they are elected

Oh belive me I voice my opion on regular basis!! I even protested one school event last year! Now they are making improvements slowly. I'll be their yellin the whole way!! LOL

[Dad_in_KC]

I feel your angst... Our daughter's former school had a horrible lunch program, and worse, offered vending machines and soda machines. This may not be the best way to do it, but we pretty much freaked our kid out with tales of obesity, high blood pressure, and heart disease such that she was freaked out to eat most of the crap they served. This back fired on us when we got a note from a teacher saying that our kid was not eating during lunch.... ughhhh. We had another talk - this time I let the wife speak and I just nodded my head at times - asking her to imagine what mom and dad would choose if we were there eating and try to do that, if you slip up once and while - then you'll really be like us :-) Seems to work, I think. Her school now has a much better selection for her to chose from but the junk food dispensers remain....

(Imaging my kid woofing down a snickers bar with a mountain dew chaser about now...)

Good luck!

Mike

[grace_ou]

I eat the unfrosted ones. They're delicious.

But do you really consider it a fruit???

[rpaul11]

The problem with this is that one of the biggest reasons they have breakfast in schools is to help provide underprivialge children with a chance to get in all meals and healthier meals.My children do eat breakfast at school 4 out of 5 school days. But there is no reason why the school can not offer them a healthy breakfast none. As for the arguement of children being picky eaters the schools that have switched over to the Healthy eating programs have not found this to true. Children will eat what you offer them. The few schools that have gone over to salad bars,fresh veggies an fruits have that children actually like them give and those schools have seen improvements in the overall behavior and greades in those schools.

that is correct. Children will eat what is served. If they don't...they will not starve by any means. Eventually they will see others eating it and try it. And likely the will actually enjoy the new food or at least learn to be less picky. Nobody said every meal has to be their favorite. It just has to be something that they will not mind eating.

[phikappa]

I eat the unfrosted ones. They're delicious.

Ya know, they don't look too bad.

But do you really consider it a fruit???

I'd give it partial credit as a fruit, esp if it actually contains real fruit. I think OJ typically qualifies as .75 fruit.

[ultim8-one]

Ya know, they don't look too bad.



I'd give it partial credit as a fruit, esp if it actually contains real fruit. I think OJ typically qualifies as .75 fruit.

just found a link to the Cherry Pomegran ones ..... not really good for you imo ... 17 grams of sugar (out of 37 grams of carbs), 3 grams of protein, 3 grams saturated fat.

Surely the school systems dieticians can do better .. no ??

http://www.worldpantry.com/cgi-bin/n...rrfnbr=1052813

[jawter]

School lunches have never been the greatest but at least it is better than nothing. School lunch programs have a one massive flaw....... they can not descriminate. Since the school lunch programs are publicaly funded they have to be open to all students in the school system which leads to the food budget being stretched thin by by having to provide meals to all students at the same price. In the end schools have to decide were to spend the money that is most cost effective in order to meet the needs of feeding an entire school for less than $2.50 a plate. Try going to a restaraunt and feed your kid an ORGANIC and balanced meal for $2.50 and see how much you get.




BG, I am of the opinion the parents should feed their children at home before sending them off to school, parents should also prepare a lunch for their children to take with them. My parents were able to do this every day for over four years then they had me and my brother prepeare our own meals for the next eight, if we didn't we either had to spend our own money to buy a lunch or go hungry.


For more information on the school lunch program and pricing check out http://www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/Lunch/default.htm

[Marius_Ursus]

But do you really consider it a fruit???

LOL

No, it's certainly not a fruit.

[Marius_Ursus]

Ya know, they don't look too bad.

They're better than not bad. Remember what Pop Tarts tasted like when we were kids before high fructose corn syrup was added to everything?

It's like that.

[grace_ou]

LOL

No, it's certainly not a fruit.

Call me crazy but I think a fruit option should ...... I don't know include a fruit!

[rpaul11]

Call me crazy but I think a fruit option should ...... I don't know include a fruit!

damn liberals

[Marius_Ursus]

just found a link to the Cherry Pomegran ones ..... not really good for you imo ... 17 grams of sugar (out of 37 grams of carbs), 3 grams of protein, 3 grams saturated fat.

Surely the school systems dieticians can do better .. no ??

http://www.worldpantry.com/cgi-bin/n...rrfnbr=1052813

Well, there's 19 grams of sugar in a cup of cherries, so 17 grams in a cherry/pomegranate pastry is good, especially when compared with standard OTS pies and pastries.

Plus they contain whole fruit bits, not just thickened juice. You actually get lumpy fruit goodness in the filling.

[rpaul11]

Well, there's 19 grams of sugar in a cup of cherries, so 17 grams in a cherry/pomegranate pastry is good, especially when compared with standard OTS pies and pastries.

Plus they contain whole fruit bits, not just thickened juice. You actually get lumpy fruit goodness in the filling.

LMAO @ lumpy fruit goodness

[ultim8-one]

Well, there's 19 grams of sugar in a cup of cherries, so 17 grams in a cherry/pomegranate pastry is good, especially when compared with standard OTS pies and pastries.

Plus they contain whole fruit bits, not just thickened juice. You actually get lumpy fruit goodness in the filling.

lol .. you sound like a TV add for them ..... "lumpy fruit goodness" .....

[phikappa]

just found a link to the Cherry Pomegran ones ..... not really good for you imo ... 17 grams of sugar (out of 37 grams of carbs), 3 grams of protein, 3 grams saturated fat.

Surely the school systems dieticians can do better .. no ??

http://www.worldpantry.com/cgi-bin/n...rrfnbr=1052813

Those are the frosted ones, so those numbers are kind of expected.

[Marius_Ursus]

Those are the frosted ones, so those numbers are kind of expected.

I didn't even look at the link to see they're frosted. That doubles what I said before about their sugar content.

[TDetroit]

My sons school has improved the schools breakfast manu this year!!! Everyones probally heard me complain about this but last year my sons elementary school offered poptarts as fruit option! It drove me nuts! But this year they have a new healthy eating program! Start Smart! There goal is high quality fuels for breakfast so I'll children will feel better physically an mentally! So they will be more successful at school!!! There goal to provide one source of lean protien an one carbohydrate for breakfast (whole grains an fruits)! Sounds great right?? They are even swapping some of the foods for organic fruits!! So what was breakfast this morning you ask??!! Well lean protien... that would be the milk and fruit.... and yes I'm serious...

ORGANIC POPTARTS!!!!!! I didn't even know what to say. LOL Thanks for the improvement guys!! Oh and cinnamon rolls are on the menu tomorrow!!

cinnamon rolls.... mmmm.... I want to go to school there.
maybe they will come up with fruit rollups instead of fruit.(it's real fruit)

[Nikonguy]

next ur gonna say jelly donuts ain't fruit neither!!! Oh, this is sooo wrong!!