I agree with Alec, though I’m hopeful that people like Nina Teicholz, who are pointing out how bad the “science” is for the regulatory bodies, could change the tide. We need to have full fat milk and other fats in schools, and less emphasis on carbs.
Articles like these can help illustrate the issues:
Why I have read the second one… (I am curious, that’s why.)
It’s horrible. So full-fat milk (still not a super fatty item, it’s easy to drink a lit but a glass isn’t much) is bad but they put sugar into canned fruit (I never understood that one. it’s FRUIT. it’s already sweet, probably super sweet. well I saw a video about candied apples… why would anyone eat candied apples…?)…
I got reminded to Australian hospital food. Extremely much and half of the items are very, very sugary. They put sugar into Milo and that’s already is full with added sugar! They very seriously try to force sugary things on people, even at 10pm… IDK what the average hospital is, surely they aren’t all the same but my friend spent a lot of time in one and that was crazy. I saw all the meals in photos… It didn’t seem anyone who isn’t some messed up sugar addicted potentially compulsive eater could eat and enjoy the food. My high-carber SO with a huge sweet tooth were shocked even when he ignored the health part. He loves desserts, he can eat cake for breakfast but even he has limits and want proper and not sweet food in bigger amounts… Hospitals giving super unhealthy food to everyone…? Crazy. They waste a lot on money on making people sicker.
I have serious problems with Hungarian school lunches too. We had a reform too, just not a really good one. If I had a kid, they probably would bring salt and fat with them… It’s not all bad but some parts are quite horrible for the ones who aren’t suited to their low-fat, low-sodium, “grains are sacred and need to eat all the time” ideals… (But I have read about this topic ages ago, I am not up to date. But I do know dietary guidelines for my country and they are messed up. Surely the school lunches try to follow them to some extent. They are even in supermarket ad papers, whatever is the term for them.)
School food often was bad when I was a kid too but differently.
Poor kids. Poor parents, too. It would trouble me quite much. It already does a bit even not being a parent.