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[quote=Anonymous]They absolutely learn about calories in school - and most of what is taught is terrible and reflects extremely dated thinking about food. In FCPS ES (pre-COVID), my daughters came home talking about how ice cream was a "red" or "bad" food and that they were only supposed to eat 1000 calories a day. Then they started asking about the calories in different foods. I am a recovered anorexic/bulimic and this set off all kinds of red flags. I told them that FCPS's nutrition curriculum is incompetent (it is) and not to listen to the teachers, and pulled them out of the nutrition unit. We teach them to focus on protein, vegetables, and complex carbohydrates; to eat whole foods; to avoid too much sugar; and to listen to their bodies to see if they are still hungry. Ice cream is available whenever, and there are many times they don't want it at all.[/quote]
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