- Do you think that banning toys in kids “happy meals” or increasing fruits and vegetables in school lunches will have any role in reducing child obesity?
- Are you a capitalist or a populist?
- Which magazines do you subscribe to?
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1.) I think fast food places should be able to include what they want in their meals. I don’t think government should have a say in what types of food they sell. It is the job of the parents to make sure that their children, and themselves, are eating properly and maintaining a healthy weight. That being said, I do have a strong feeling that healthier choices should always be available in schools. When I went to school there were NO vending machines. There was no such thing as bottled water and the only drink we could buy in the cafeteria was white or chocolate milk. We stopped and took a drink at the water fountain if we were thirsty. Pizza was NEVER on my lunch plate. The lunches did seem more healthy 40 years ago, that’s for sure. But most of the time I brought a sack lunch anyway because my parents couldn’t afford to let me buy my lunch every day and we didn’t qualify for free meals. We were in between. But as far as increasing fruits and vegetables playing a role in reducing child obesity, not gonna happen. If they don’t want to eat it they won’t get it and if it’s on their plate it’ll get thrown in the trash. They’ll just bring junk from home if the parents allow them to pack it. Again, it’s up to the parents to instill in their children how to eat right and why it’s so important for your health. They need to enforce it and most of all, be a good role model.
2.) Neither
3.) My Uncle buys me a subscription to a good food magazine. I think it’s Taste of the South.
Hi Cindy – when I was in elementary school, our lunch period was long enough that many kids (including me) would go home for lunch (and we would walk or ride our bikes). I never ate “hot lunch” at school – I brown-bagged it through middle and high school. A new study came out this week that isn’t getting much press because it found no link between child obesity and school food.
The San Francisco decision to ban toys in kids meals is laughable. Those dinky little toys are not what make kids fat.
1. No. I think parents should take responsibility (limiting gameboys, x-boxes, and whatever else kids play instead of playing) for childhood obesity.
2. I’m a Catholic
3. Car and Driver (it was a gift and I like it)
But Vince, the government thinks parents aren’t as qualified as they are to raise their children. Of course more parents need to step up and take responsibility for their choices and teaching their children.
The only magazine we get is my husband’s National Geographic.
1.) Just considering those 2 things my answer is no. Again, kids will normally mirror their parents. Let’s face it, kids are not cooking the meals.
2.) Neither
3.) The Bugler is the only one I pay for. I read various articles on line from Vanity Fair, Dog Fancy, National Geographic, and a few others.
Happy weekend to you onemom and family!
Love, Cat, Chaps and Emma
Hi Cat – unfortunately too many parents aren’t cooking the meals either, but choosing to get fast food and pizza too many nights of the week. There’s nothing wrong with these once in awhile, but a steady diet of this food and no exercise will catch up with a person sooner or later. Bottom line – as you point out – parents have to do better.
Pretty cool that this month’s National Geographic features one of your favorite topics: dogs!
Happy weekend to BHT as well!
Kids mirror their parents. They are little sponges that pick up everything, especially eating habits. When I was a kid in elementary school, I ate a grilled cheese everyday for 6 years. My Mom tried to get me to try something healthy. The next day in the lunch line I ordered peas. The lunch lady looked at me and said, “you are the only kid that has ever ordered peas”. I tried them and gagged. The lunch lady was holding a plate with a grilled cheese on it for me and then winked at me. That memory is blazed in my brain! I can still taste those grey peas. I love them now a days.
Exactly … it is up to the parents! I can just picture what those “school peas” must have looked like!
I always took my lunch, and everyday in high school I ate a tuna sandwich with potato chips on it (my oldest brother’s creation … I still eat it that way). Through high school and college, I had a peanut butter sandwich and chocolate milk for breakfast everyday.
1 – Banning toys? Not a chance in the world. Changing school lunches? Not in an of itself. There might be some benefit, but what has to change is how parents teach their kids about food. Without that, NOTHING is going to improve.
2 – In the modern usage, probably neither. Heck, a friend of mine told me yesterday that I’m a socialist, so who knows?
3 – At this time, none. Off and on, I subscribe to “Popular Science.” Unless you count comic books. My eldest son is a fan of “Thor” and I’ll admit a lingering fandom for some of the Avengers titles …
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