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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That's a terrible lunch, I'm sorry.

Sandwich = bread = carbs = sugar
Berries = carbs = sugar
Yogurt = carbs = sugar
Banana = carbs = sugar
Oatmeal = carbs = sugar

Sure, berries & bananas have natural sugar, but bananas are a fruit that has one of the highest sugar contents.

The teacher probably saw all that sugar and wanted to cut the kid back so there wasn't a crash after lunch or behavior issues. 
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There is so much wrong with this.

1. Sugar does not cause behavior issues 
2. Yogurt has fat, protein and sugars in about equal proportions  (assuming it wasn't one of the sugary yogurts but OP doesn't seem like the type.) 
3. Berries, bananas, oats and possibly the sandwich bread contain fiber which slows digestion which lessens any sugar spikes 
4. Contents of sandwich may have also contained fat and protein (unknown).

Teachers are not nutritionists and judging lunches and preventing kids from eating is not their job.    If they are concerned they can of course speak to the parent.

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