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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Some of the respondents on here make me ill with their exhortation to just make your own kid's lunch.  How nice for all of us who have those resources, both in terms of time and money.  But the content of school lunch (and breakfast and snack) is a HUGE issue (in all senses) for lower-income Americans.  And that's not a small proportion of children.

In 2008 [b]41 percent[/b] of students nationally were enrolled in free and reduced school lunch.   School is where many of these children get the best, most complete meals they eat each day.  Serving sugary crap and empty calories to these kids is just wrong.  And a waste of my money.  There has been a lot of effort to improve school food and hopefully this movement is will continue to gain momentum.

And BTW, my daughter's school serves only skim and low-fat regular milk.[/quote]

Former poster who mentioned packing lunches...

I realize it's a big issue. However, change isn't going to happen overnight. Until it does if you have the resources pack a lunch - it can be as simple as packing leftovers in a Thermos.

We pack lunches for a different reason - we really have no choice due to food intolerances. [/quote]

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