School lunches feel like they’re frozen in time. Here’s why.

As someone who completed a degree in nutrition right at the beginning of the last administration, I can tell you most dietitians were very disappointed when they rolled back the guidelines on healthiness in school lunches. The thing is, school lunches are the only decent source of remotely healthy food for many children, especially in lower income schools. There was much backlash when the Obama admin pushed healthier lunches, but don't publicly funded schools have a responsibility to feed children healthy lunches? Most parents believe what a podcaster or doctor on TV says is healthy and don't know or have the time or money to feed their children properly and school should be the one place they are fed healthy meals. I'm sure with some more work on taste and after more adjustment time, the healthy guidelines could have worked, but when soda and McDonald's waits at home, what do you think kids will choose? They should be introduced to as many healthy things as possible while their neural pathways are so readily adapted to it. Great share though! It's something I have always felt strongly about, coming from a Title 1 school district and having many food allergies.

LTC Eugene Chu https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMMHut0t-HU