Last year, about this time, I mentioned how my nephew was forbidden by school authorities to bring cupcakes to school, due to the apparent cupcake "unhealthiness." It saddens me to report that the situation has not improved, as new dietary requirements are in place, and school lunches have become smaller and more expensive at my nephew's school. Unfortunately it is not limited to just my local educational system. This is a national problem.
I ran across an article from the Journal Sentinel Online (article here) that explains how students are rebelling against school lunches. The report interviews a football playing student who uses food brought from home to obtain the extra calories that the school is not allowed to provide because of federal guidelines. The student is forced to bring in his own lunch, as the school lunch provides only about a third of his daily requirements. What was most interesting about the story was the second to last paragraph that said, "Teens need a push to make healthy eating choices..." And that is the real purpose.
A "nutritionist" spoke to my nephew's class about good eating habits. Now, every time he has something "unhealthy" he complains to his mother about it. This not just indoctrination, it's control.
The Left enjoys this "one-size-fits-all" attitude toward everything (except taxes, where they want to punish the successful). They want to control what people do, how they live, and what they eat. This is what nationalized healthcare is all about. The Left defines what is proper, and then forces it upon everyone. The students can rebel all they want and bring food from home (which is what they should be doing in the first place), but until the majority of Americans wise up and realize what is occurring, the communists will continue to oppress us.
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