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YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT
“You Are What You Eat” is the
official slogan for National School
Lunch Week again this year. Stu
dents, educators and many par
ents are involved in the nation
wide celebration this week.
Jay Ober
Says
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THE HOME OF THE FRIENDLY PEOPLE
Doctor
in the Kitchen*
by Laurence M. Hursh, M.D.
Consultant, National Dairy Council
And this is as it should be, for
the school lunch program is high
ly important to each of these
groups. Certainly, a major pur
pose of our educational syitsm is
to produce functioning individu-
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als. And certainly, an important
part of functioning effectively as
an individual is knowing how and
what to eat to be healthy.
An Educational Force
Veil, school lunch is a major
force for educating students on
just that It is fine to learn about
nutrition in the classroom. But to •
actually experience meals in
which food selections are sound
as well as tasty this has to
reinforce the classroom message
And that is what school lunch
programs are all about.
Even if some kids don’t eat it
all and this happens it is
still a tangible demonstration of
good nutrition. And school lunch
rooms can and do modify menus
to try and meet the desires of
students. If there is some waste
it probably represents a resist
ance to some foods just as we en
counter in the home.
But as a nutrition-minded physi
cian I am concerned about some
thing this year. Since last sum
mer, for the first time, a new
Federal law allows Federally-as
sisted school lunch programs to
have more discretion in the foods
they serve. The theory is that
meals are to be judged on wheth
er the nutrients in them are
sound nutritionally, rather than
whether they offer specific foods
as the sources of these nutrients
That is well and good. Particular
ly, as it will allow regional and
ethnic differences that may be
preferred in making the meals in
teresting.
However, in conjunction with
this change, it is now left to the
individual states and schools to
decide whether, in addition, the
vending of certain beverages and
snack-type foods should be allow
ed in schools. The concern of nu
tritionists is that school boards,
for example, may eagerly decide
that a good way to make money
for, say, band uniforms or some
other school interest, is to start
selling carbonated beverages
through vending machines in the
schools. You may be sure they
will be encouraged to consider
this, via a share of the profits, by
beverage companies.
The Important Question
The question is this, is school
lunch simply a commercial oper
ation that a school uses to make
money for other purposes’
Those of us who for years have
encouraged and supported the
school lunch program have done
so, not just to feed kids, as ad
mirable as that may be, but be
cause of an equal interest that is
educational in nature. Parents
certainly would not endorse books
of less than high educational val
ue being used in the classroom
to finance the football team. Well,
school lunch is part of the edu
cational curriculum and parents
should make their views known
to school boards when and if this
matter comes up in their com
munity
Good Alternative
Most fish and seafood contain
18 to 20 percent protein, making
them an excellent alternate to
meat
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Somewhere I’ve read that a
mother’s power is awesome. I’m
inclined to believe it as we often
intentionally or unintentionally
affect the quality of our family’s
day.
When we send children to
school with unwashed gym
clothes or a button off a shirt it
certainly doesn’t start their day
on the right foot. Sometimes a
sharp word leaves a bitter taste
long after it was spoken.
And a small criticism grows
into a big feeling of rejection and
can ruin a relationship. Most
mothers are sensitive to life
around them but they are also
quite human and do make
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mistakes and misjudgements.
We can’t solve all the problems
of the world - poverty, over
population, and war just to name
a few. But we can try harder on
the home front to run things on an
even keel and to keep the peace.
XXX
You should see my daughter as
she sets out for school this week
She is being initiated into a
service club and stands at the bus
stop with her nose painted red.
She wears a shower cap with
curlers sticking out. There are
bobby socks on her feet plus size 9
green fuzzy slippers. She wears a
bathrobe and carries a big
stuffed animal in addition to her
books.
If I had suggested any of the
apparel, I’d have been looked on
with disdain but when it is done
by a group then it’s “okay”.
At least it starts each day with
a belly laugh as we leave for that
early 7 o’clock bus. Actually, I
admire her as I can’t imagine
myself having the nerve to do the
same thing at her age.
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