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[quote=Anonymous]Of course all schools should be doing this.  But how much do you know about the foods available to your kid in school?  DC actually does reasonably well on this front, at least at the elementary level, but when is the last time you ate a school lunch?

And to the point of the target audience question, while you may be teaching your kids about healthy eating (or at least thinking you are), can you reasonably say that about all the families DCPS serves?  What about the at-risk population, many of whom may not have the same access to fruits and vegetables, whole grains or other healthy options you provide?

Our nation has an exploding rate of childhood obesity, not  least because kids are not learning about the role of healthy eating and physical activity in a way that is relevant to their lives.  And let's face it, kids spend more of their time in school than they do anywhere else, so where better to either teach or reinforce the importance of the issue?

For those of you who read the WaPo article on school lunches in Japan, the administrator's opinion there summed it up.  “Japan’s standpoint is that school lunches are a part of education,” Oji said, “not a break from it.”[/quote]

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