GDS kids high % obesity?

[Anonymous]

At Sidwell, they cannot bring lunch, so the option is on campus (which is actually quite good) or going out. In the old days, the kids went off campus much more than they do now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At Sidwell, they cannot bring lunch, so the option is on campus (which is actually quite good) or going out. In the old days, the kids went off campus much more than they do now.

That's odd. What's the reason behind that rule?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I really can't get over the fact that GDS does not have a cafeteria and yet charges 30k tuition. Everyday, anytime of day, apparently, upper schoolers (MANY of them overweight) clomp there over-sized bodies across a public parking lot to the Safeway to purchase fatty, sugar laden food. The thinner ones wipe the crumbs and grease off their face and hands onto their $$$ hipster clothing. It's really funny, in a sad way. How could they have built their newish facility with no cafeteria? Are parent's this desperate for some kind of fakey status? Flame away---but a lot of the alums and current students are very overweight. Couple that with the fact that sports are not very good there and boy, why have people bought into this? 10 years ago GDS was a yoga studio/crash pad apartment on MacAurthur Blvd where kids did bong hit in the hallways....

No, the GDS clothing I observed in no way, shape, or form can be considered "$$$ hipster clothing." I was actually appalled at how sloppy and dumpy so many of the kids dressed. Norwood or Beauvoir, here we come . . .

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No, the GDS clothing I observed in no way, shape, or form can be considered "$$$ hipster clothing." I was actually appalled at how sloppy and dumpy so many of the kids dressed. Norwood or Beauvoir, here we come . . .

Make sure you have an ample supply of coordinating big bows.

[Anonymous]

Setting aside the question of whether a $30K high school should or should not at least offer lunch - - -

It is entirely possible to eat a healthy lunch every single day by hitting the Safeway adjacent to GDS. They have this amazing thing there called a "produce section." Yogurt with free spoons. Single-serve skim milk. Made-to-order sandwiches. Bottles of water!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At Sidwell, they cannot bring lunch, so the option is on campus (which is actually quite good) or going out. In the old days, the kids went off campus much more than they do now.

That's odd. What's the reason behind that rule?

No refrigeration facilities, and quite frankly, between salad/sandwich bars and a variety of freshly prepared organic hot meals that are part of the tuition, why would they want to?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Setting aside the question of whether a $30K high school should or should not at least offer lunch - - -

It is entirely possible to eat a healthy lunch every single day by hitting the Safeway adjacent to GDS. They have this amazing thing there called a "produce section." Yogurt with free spoons. Single-serve skim milk. Made-to-order sandwiches. Bottles of water!!

Agreed. It's also possible to eat a crappy lunch every day of HS and not be the worse for it 30 years later. I seem to recall buying "lunches" at my HS cafeteria that consisted of 3 pieces of cheesecake and a diet Pepsi. I survived with my BMI well outside the danger zone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At Sidwell, they cannot bring lunch, so the option is on campus (which is actually quite good) or going out. In the old days, the kids went off campus much more than they do now.

That's odd. What's the reason behind that rule?

No refrigeration facilities, and quite frankly, between salad/sandwich bars and a variety of freshly prepared organic hot meals that are part of the tuition, why would they want to?

Worth noting, too, that by choosing carefully, going back for seconds, etc., any high schooler worth his or her salt can create a very unhealthy lunch even out of the best ingredients!

[Anonymous]

I agree with 22:21. In fact, best to go eat all that junk while you are young and can get away with it!! Live a little! I lifetime of eating right can start in one's twenties!!