Is it time we make healthy lunches mandatory for overweight children?

[Jaylock]

One step in the right direction to curb obesity is a step in the right direction. Should public schools make healthy lunches mandatory for obese children?

Would society have less problems if good habits are built early on in a child's life?

If you have seen the movie: The Island, that is the type of regulation I am talking about for what fat children can and cannot eat.

[Deleted]

no.

Schools should educate children, not raise them. If anything way too much paternal responsibility is being shifted towards the school already.

Then agian, school lunches arent common here in europe(or atleast in holland) as it is in the US

[Grim32]

no.

Schools should educate children, not raise them. If anything way too much paternal responsibility is being shifted towards the school already.

Then agian, school lunches arent common here in europe(or atleast in holland) as it is in the US

So much this. Schools are too fucking touchy about EVERYTHING. Encourage good eating but leave it to parents to decide.

[Reeve]

No. While we should make information available to children and parents, educate children, whatever, we shouldn't violate their bodily autonomy for something as silly as school lunches.

[Deleted]

One step in the right direction to curb obesity is a step in the right direction. Should public schools make healthy lunches mandatory for obese children?

Would society have less problems if good habits are built early on in a child's life?

If you have seen the movie: The Island, that is the type of regulation I am talking about for what fat children can and cannot eat.

Fat kids buy or bring their own food, if their parents cared they would not be fat.

[Deleted]

I remember Jamie Oliver trying to feed english kids healthy food at the school lunch. The fat kids had their moms stick bag through the school fence with burgers/fries just because the poor kids was "starving".

I can already see some newspaper blowing up this attempt with the headline "School is forcing overweight kids to eat special food"

[Independent voter]

Michelle Obama caught a lot of grief for trying to make kids eat healthy. There were pictures on the news of kids so fat they looked like they were wearing fat suits crying about how they only got one hotdog for lunch.



OP might be right but good luck.

[Gamdwelf]

Skinny kids can eat junk and die of malnutrition?

[satimy]

who defines what healthy is? The people that have been pushing fructose into our diet to replace fat?

[Thirteen]

There were pictures on the news of kids so fat they looked like they were wearing fat suits crying about how they only got one hotdog for lunch.

Lolwat I couldn't even eat a whole hotdog until I was like 14.

[Lochton]

One step in the right direction to curb obesity is a step in the right direction. Should public schools make healthy lunches mandatory for obese children?

Would society have less problems if good habits are built early on in a child's life?

If you have seen the movie: The Island, that is the type of regulation I am talking about for what fat children can and cannot eat.

It isn't time to make healthy lunches for children, we're already way behind that marker. Should have been something when we turned in to the 2000's. Not only overweight children, but for all, should be part of the general choice for a family enlisting children to school.

But on top of that, school should bring parents in and teach them about it too, there isn't one side that can fix it.

[PC2]

No, liberty is more important. However if tax payers are paying for that particular kids healthcare, they should have to sacrifice and follow guidelines.

[unbound]

To be honest, schools should have healthy lunches period.

By healthy, I mean actually healthy food...fruits, vegetables, meats, cheeses, limited breads.

Schools should not, however, be in the calorie counting business as they suck at this. My daughter was an athlete in high school and was provided far too little food for what she actually needed forcing her to bring food...and most food that sits in a bag well for 8 hours is typically not the best food.

[soulzek]

All overweight people are unhealthy, but not all non-overweight people are healthy. You still have to eat properly to be healthy regardless of your weight.

[Axphism]

One step in the right direction to curb obesity is a step in the right direction. Should public schools make healthy lunches mandatory for obese children?

Would society have less problems if good habits are built early on in a child's life?

If you have seen the movie: The Island, that is the type of regulation I am talking about for what fat children can and cannot eat.

No, definitely not.

Holy crap thirty characters? That's fucking stupid.

[Draeth]

I personally don't think schools should be allowed to sell or serve junk food at all, and I say that as an adult who ate a lot of shitty fried food and candy that I shouldn't have when I was young, uninformed, and irresponsible. They also shouldn't have the ability to interfere with packed lunches, however, as that's treading on parental rights.

Basically, parents should be allowed to let their kids eat crap food if they want to, but schools should not be helping.

[Axphism]

no.

Schools should educate children, not raise them. If anything way too much paternal responsibility is being shifted towards the school already.

Then agian, school lunches arent common here in europe(or atleast in holland) as it is in the US

This. Definitely this, and only this.

[TheCount]

Forcing or making something mandatory is generally never a good thing. In some cases it works, but not in this case. The best we can do is to put more money into educating kids on healthy eating habits, how to read a nutrition label etc.

[Flatspriest]

Nobody has the right to tell another person how they have to eat. Whether or not you think someone is fat or not still doesn't give you the right to force them to do something they do not want to do. That is tantamount to slavery and you do not own that person.

[Deleted]

I remember Jamie Oliver trying to feed english kids healthy food at the school lunch. The fat kids had their moms stick bag through the school fence with burgers/fries just because the poor kids was "starving".

I remember all that stuff with Jamie Oliver. He was even on Ted Talks and gave a great speech. I don't think it had much impact though; we're years on and still we have the same health problems with the kids in school.

There's no solution apart from everyone realising that health is important.

Especially for children.

We need to do what we did with smoking: go after the advertising, make it socially unacceptable, etc

I don't think we should outlaw unhealthy food, or force kids/people to eat healthy. You can still buy cigarettes.

It's just that everyone knows cigarettes will kill you and your kids. And so will unhealthy food.