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Originally Posted by AGDee
Several random thoughts:
4. Our school lunch menu now has info on "the average school lunch" and it's nutritional value. Some stats:
685 calories
26.3 G fat
7.6 G Saturated Fat
85.5 Carbs
29 G Protein
FDA recommends DAILY: (first number is age 4-8, second number for age 9-13)
Calories: 1300 1700 (making lunch HALF of a 7 year olds total daily intake)
Fat: 43 G 56 G (making lunch fat far more than HALF of what a 7 year old should eat daily)
I see a problem there.
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Part of the reason that there is so much of the daily allowance in school lunches is that that is the only meal that some kids eat. I lived in a rather well off area, but there were still the kids that only ate lunch because they got it free, and they didn't eat at home.