School Lunch Reform

The topic of school lunches never ceases to amaze me and thank goodness for Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution show to shine a spotlight on it.

Since the show began its been a hot topic but how come it took one show for people to realize and not the rising rate of obesity in children or other health issues due to overweight.

A great editorial in today's New York Times highlights why there needs to be a swift approval process when the reauthorization of the Child Nutrition Act goes before the Senate. Having safer more nutritious meals only further helps our society now and in the years to come. Not to mention when younger kids gain healthy habits during the formative years they will continue them as they get older.

I remember some of my school lunches as a child - french fries, pizzas out of a cardboard box and mashes potatoes if left for five minutes would harden to stones. Now that was just not healthy no matter how you argue it.



Its not just up to schools or the government its also up to the public to make better choices and provide their children with vitamins as opposed to some quick fix of a meal.



The government should reform school lunches just as they did health care ... Isn't this just another facet of making our country more healthy?