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So my question is, what is a good alternative? This is the only thing my child would eat for lunch. Is making a sandwich, giving fresh fruit and crackers better? [/quote]

Yes.  It's not that lunchmeat cheese and crackers are not healthy, it's that the elements of the lunchables is the bottom of the barrel, poorest quality of all of the above.

When you shop for lunchmeat, do you just buy the cheapest package on the shelf or do you actually look for a product that meats whatever your personal standards are (whether lower sodium, no nitrates, lower fat, higher protein, etc)?  Same for buying cheese.  And same for crackers (we like cracker that have at least some whole grain in them).

So, buy lunchmeat, cheese and crackers and pack a lunch.  Get one of those bento-box style tupperware containers, take 45 seconds to cut the lunchmeat and cheese into smaller pieces or get cookie cutters to make them fun shapes and put them in the bento box.  You can even vary it up and put other things in the box, like maybe a handful of grapes or some diced pineaple.    I guarantee that even if you only get the same elements that are already in a lunchable but you buy them yourself that it will be healthier.[/quote]

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