Kansans Press For Relaxing School Lunch Rules
Associated Press - Wed 02:24 PM 01/09/2013
Students were complaining that the new healthier lunches that range between 750 to 850 calories weren't cutting it.
A Kansas high school student's extra-credit assignment in a government class was meant as an exercise in expressing her views on a hot topic.
But U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts says the letter he received from Lindsey Heward complaining about new federal rules for school lunches helped sway opinions in Washington.
Heward is a senior at Osage City High School. She wrote to Roberts criticizing the effects of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's rules on calorie counts in school lunches.
The letter was among a raft of criticism that Roberts says forced the agency to relax the guidelines.
While limiting calories is one way to fight obesity, Heward and Roberts say there are better ways than leaving students hungry.
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Aurora.
Wednesday 9 January 2013 14:31 Report this comment
How amazing we elect these politicians to Washington but they have no first hand knowledge when they implement something they just do it because someone thinks its the thing to do.
JustaDude
Wednesday 9 January 2013 14:33 Report this comment
These students are hungry because they are used to an excessive amount of food. This would be why Americans are so fat, the kids need to get used to eating less then they won't be feeling so hungry. I have two kids in school, one grade school and one high school. They are not overweight and they don't complain about the amount of food they are getting at school.
imnotgonnagetu
Wednesday 9 January 2013 16:15 Report this comment
Your kids must be on Ritalin or Adderall for their ADHD and are too tweaked out to realize that they are hungry. When prisoners housed in the jail or a KDOC facility eat better then our kids do in school then there is something obviously wrong with the system.
drksu4life
Wednesday 9 January 2013 21:56 Report this comment
The problem, JustaDude, is that school lunch is often times the ONLY meal a kid gets. Sad, but true.
Aurora
Thursday 10 January 2013 00:07 Report this comment
If limiting calories don't work, then slow down or stop the highly processed foods from going to school kitchen. It's the best when served with real foods such as unprocessed meats, vegetables, and fruits instead of serving with white flour bread, white rice, sausages, hotdogs, etc.
Iamgonnagetyou
Thursday 10 January 2013 08:31 Report this comment
Who made you an expert faker. Cutting kids lunches on a witch hunt to reduce obesity is ridiculous. The fact is some people can eat for 3 and not gain a pound while others can eat very little and gain weight.
Aurora.
Thursday 10 January 2013 08:58 Report this comment
Aurora, You promised me the last time I kicked your butt you would stay off of here with your comments so why are you back on here? Disappear again before we have another family talk.