Trump Will Destroy Children's Lives Just For a Political Jab

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Septic said:
Since you felt the need to inject partisanship, see below for your reading pleasure. Can you connect the dots on what most of these states have in common politically?

Map: Overall Obesity
Prevalence† of Self-Reported Obesity Among U.S. Adults by State and Territory, BRFSS, 2018

†Prevalence estimates reflect BRFSS methodological changes started in 2011. These estimates should not be compared to prevalence estimates before 2011.

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It's not a coincidence that some of the poorest and most obese states in the country tend to lean Republican
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They have the most diversity.
 
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LouderVol said:
And the government can fix that?
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As a sole solution? Absolutely not.

You face a fundamental cultural issue wherein parenting is just **** nowadays. There has to be a happy medium between letting you raise your kids freely while having local or state funded resources at your disposal to prevent you from sucking at it.
 
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DinkinFlicka said:
As a sole solution? Absolutely not.

You face a fundamental cultural issue wherein parenting is just **** nowadays. There has to be a happy medium between letting you raise your kids freely while having local or state funded resources at your disposal to prevent you from sucking at it.
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Have a kid Dink then get back to us.
 
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Hog, I guess I'm surprised to see you pass on an opportunity to bitch about how other people do things. The majority of parents must be really good at it.
 
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Coug said:
Seriously! This piece of s*** human being literally has no limits.

The Trump administration announced Friday that it plans to roll back school lunch regulations that produced healthier meals for students to allow schools "more flexibility" in what they serve “because they know their children best.”
Trump admin. to roll back school lunch regulations on fruits and vegetables
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This is nothing. If federal regulations are the difference between good and bad lunch for public school kids, then we might as well light the whole country on fire.
 
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It ends up in the trash because kids have such little time to actually eat their food.

This is great for firing up the base but really means very little. A real issue to address is how many kids are going hungry at night and on the weekends. Hungry children are worse students
 
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DinkinFlicka said:
As a sole solution? Absolutely not.

You face a fundamental cultural issue wherein parenting is just **** nowadays. There has to be a happy medium between letting you raise your kids freely while having local or state funded resources at your disposal to prevent you from sucking at it.
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Having resources isnt the issue. You can be a billionaire and a crap parent. You can be broke and a great one. Usually seems like the poor seem to appreciate the kids more.

I just dont see how the .gov being involved helps. Not against school lunch programs, if they are required to be there they should be fed. There should be a minimum standard to the fare but after that open it up.

But one meal a day wont make much, if any, of a measurable difference on the kids.
 
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n_huffhines said:
This is nothing. If federal regulations are the difference between good and bad lunch for public school kids, then we might as well light the whole country on fire.
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Great. The school lunch represents 180 out of about 1100 meals a year. They could eat dog food for 180 meals , and it wouldn't make any difference.
 
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Septic said:
Weird, we had it when I was a kid in Elementary. And both in middle and high school in Florida, my kids have to take a Florida state mandated class called HOPE (Health Opportunities through Physical Education) that covers:
  • Mental/Social Health
  • Physical Activity
  • Components of Physical Fitness
  • Nutrition and Wellness Planning
  • Diseases and Disorders
  • Health Advocacy
  • First Aid/CPR
  • Alcohol, Tobacco, and Drug Prevention
  • Human Sexuality including Abstinence and HIV
  • Internet Safety
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So 10% of the class is physical exercise and the rest is setting in a chair, talking about it... even the sex which would be the most exercise is more about not doing it, or figuring our what you like than getting the exercise from what you like.
 
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DinkinFlicka said:
Hog, I guess I'm surprised to see you pass on an opportunity to bitch about how other people do things. The majority of parents must be really good at it.
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I feel no need to get all worked up over how others rear their children. Most people are generally decent parents, they just suck at being considerate parents.
 
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utvolpj said:
It ends up in the trash because kids have such little time to actually eat their food.

This is great for firing up the base but really means very little. A real issue to address is how many kids are going hungry at night and on the weekends. Hungry children are worse students
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Very true. When we started helping out with the food backpack program at our daughters school I was shocked at how many kids relied on that for their only meals over the weekends.
 
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1972 Grad said:
Great. The school lunch represents 180 out of about 1100 meals a year. They could eat dog food for 180 meals , and it wouldn't make any difference.
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There are many kids, probably some in your neck of the woods - where a school lunch will be the only meal they eat in a day. It's hard to wrap my head around that, but hunger isn't relegated to the corners of Africa.



Map the Meal Gap
 
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hog88 said:
Very true. When we started helping out with the food backpack program at our daughters school I was shocked at how many kids relied on that for their only meals over the weekends.
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This was why I posted the no meat Monday link in NY for peacecorps in our conversation and government control . I think Monday is ( or could be) the worst possible day to do that because some kids may have gone the whole weekend without meat or protein . I have it in my mind that it would make more sense to load up on meat / protein on Monday’s to cover that for those kids .
 
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Wireless1 said:
So 10% of the class is physical exercise and the rest is setting in a chair, talking about it... even the sex which would be the most exercise is more about not doing it, or figuring our what you like than getting the exercise from what you like.
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Are you suggesting it's a waste of time to educate kids, in school?
 
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Septic said:
There are many kids, probably some in your neck of the woods - where a school lunch will be the only meal they eat in a day. It's hard to wrap my head around that, but hunger isn't relegated to the corners of Africa.



Map the Meal Gap
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All the more reason for them to load up on calories at school. Pizza, cheeseburgers, fries, cokes, and ice cream.
 
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hog88 said:
Very true. When we started helping out with the food backpack program at our daughters school I was shocked at how many kids relied on that for their only meals over the weekends.
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We participate in KidsPack as well and it's a great service. Our church also offers free care in the afternoons for community kids to get tutoring and a meal. We volunteer in that occasionally and bring our sons so they experience it too. It can definitely change one's perspective
 
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