There is a push underway for the Reauthorization of the Children Nutrition Act as it relates to school lunches that we all need to be aware of and to watch closely.

The School Nutrition Association is pushing all citizens to encourage lawmakers to follow through on S. 934 and H.R. 1324 already on the floor. While I fully understand the need and agree with increasing our fruit and vegatable consumption, it is a little tough to pick garden fresh vegatables in January in most states. We just need to be careful in what we mandate and how that may affect our schools and our kids.

 

Furthermore, the premise behind the "relook" at the school lunch program appears to really be that of moving to a lower dietary fat content.

In the case of milk, anyone who supports a move from whole to skim milk for children is simply not looking at the science at all. Here is an article summarizing the benefit of full fat milk to our nation's youth. Click here to read. If you have ever drank skim milk, read it twice. I honestly believe you can follow the health of our nation by the amount of whole milk consumed per capita. In 1945, we consumed 45 gal./person; today it is 8 gal./person annually.

 

The concept they are attempting to railroad through here is that the current Child Nutrition Act was authorized in 1996 and has not been updated since.

 

WAIT a minute what was the health status of our children in 1966? Glad you ask.

 

In 1966, 4.2% of all 6-11 year old were considered obese and 4.6% of all 12-19 year old were in the same category. Today, Colorado is only state in the nation under 20% of all children obese, and nationwide 1 in 4 kids is considered to be obese. So can we really blame the school lunch program that was established in 1966? Should we forget to mention that we have cut P.E. out of our school system? Should we forget that was the era when kids consumed a higher level of animal protein and animal fat, when whole milk was the norm and when kids were not calcium and Vitamin D deficient?

 

From WebMD today U.S. Kids May Need More Vitamin D

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