I have just been watching the English Chef Jaime Oliver doing a show on junior schools and what the education system requires American children are fed -- my fucken god unbelievable, this town Huntington has the highest rate of death through obesity in the USA -piazza for breakfast -chicken mc crap fry up for lunch amongst other highly processed foods .He is trying to introduce good wholesome foods into the school and the ignorance about good wholesome food is unbelievable and totally unacceptable , the staff have such resistance to change and think the shit they serve the young is A OK -the children didn't even know what basic vegetables were -ie couldn't identify what they were ??-corperate America killing their own young !Scarey
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Looks like the Kiwi school system did the same number on your spelling and grammar mate.
Looks like the Kiwi school system did the same number on your spelling and grammar mate.
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i dont understand what you mean? Are you trying to "underarm" me
remorah
i dont understand what you mean? Are you trying to "underarm" me
remorah
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I got lucky growing up in rural Iowa. The food at my school was pretty healthy overall. There were some dishes that were not exactly lean by any means, but the great majority of what we were served was pretty healthy. There were a few times I had to eat school food in bigger districts, and none of them were very pleasant. Five years later I still remember being served nothing but pizza and French fries one day at a school in a bigger town in Iowa. From what I've observed personally the larger schools with more mouths to feed are the ones that suffer in the nutrition department, and some of them are truly appalling. Our school cafeterias definitely need a menu overhaul. Unfortunately there is a lot of resistance to changes as ch'e mentioned.
I got lucky growing up in rural Iowa. The food at my school was pretty healthy overall. There were some dishes that were not exactly lean by any means, but the great majority of what we were served was pretty healthy. There were a few times I had to eat school food in bigger districts, and none of them were very pleasant. Five years later I still remember being served nothing but pizza and French fries one day at a school in a bigger town in Iowa. From what I've observed personally the larger schools with more mouths to feed are the ones that suffer in the nutrition department, and some of them are truly appalling. Our school cafeterias definitely need a menu overhaul. Unfortunately there is a lot of resistance to changes as ch'e mentioned.
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Ironic, though predictable, that you would blame it on corporate America, Che.
Coming from a Ernesto Guevara acolyte such as yourself, I am skeptical that you are really surprised that American public schools, run by leftwing, horse shit spewing, kool aid drinking, wage earners who largely produce nothing in their nine months of arduous shirking, yet derive great health benefits, absurd vacations and pensions for doing the least amount of work possible.
Just another example of Cloward / Piven / Alinsky / Marx, et al, to wit: Seduce them with sensual pleasures and kill the work ethic.
Fat bodies aren't well known for their industriousness.
So to be clear, the schools have more than a tangential responsibility for the crappy and unimaginative food they proffer on the inmates. One look at the kitchens of the average public elementary, middle or high school would tend to enrage anyone who appreciates excellent ergonomics and the outstanding equipment each is designed and built with.
The truly infuriating thing is the lazy bastards are right there in plain view and yet the blame falls on corporate America...
Ironic, though predictable, that you would blame it on corporate America, Che.
Coming from a Ernesto Guevara acolyte such as yourself, I am skeptical that you are really surprised that American public schools, run by leftwing, horse shit spewing, kool aid drinking, wage earners who largely produce nothing in their nine months of arduous shirking, yet derive great health benefits, absurd vacations and pensions for doing the least amount of work possible.
Just another example of Cloward / Piven / Alinsky / Marx, et al, to wit: Seduce them with sensual pleasures and kill the work ethic.
Fat bodies aren't well known for their industriousness.
So to be clear, the schools have more than a tangential responsibility for the crappy and unimaginative food they proffer on the inmates. One look at the kitchens of the average public elementary, middle or high school would tend to enrage anyone who appreciates excellent ergonomics and the outstanding equipment each is designed and built with.
The truly infuriating thing is the lazy bastards are right there in plain view and yet the blame falls on corporate America...
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: queequeg</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Ironic, though predictable, that you would blame it corporate America, Che.
The truly infuriating thing is the lazy bastards are right there in plain view and yet the blame falls on corporate America... </div></div>
Che's inability to see the obvious, and instead spew the party line that all evil is the result of the only productive people around, is itself another product of socialized, I mean, public, education.
Rick
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: queequeg</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Ironic, though predictable, that you would blame it corporate America, Che.
The truly infuriating thing is the lazy bastards are right there in plain view and yet the blame falls on corporate America... </div></div>
Che's inability to see the obvious, and instead spew the party line that all evil is the result of the only productive people around, is itself another product of socialized, I mean, public, education.
Rick
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Funny thing about all the experts and nutritionalist is that the # 3 casue of death in 1910 in US was heart disease, now its #1! Granted antibiotics took out the #1 and 2 from 1910, so with all of our awesome knowledge of what is good to eat etc, why do we still die from the same thing?
I say eat your friggin steak and chops and chicken, local raised. Yes I am a farmer, raise hogs on pasture and I'll eat them bastards till im dead before i eat that shit the govt wants us to eat! The USDA and the feds and the leftist green freaks can eat the food my food shits on!
PS Vote next week or dont bitch!
Funny thing about all the experts and nutritionalist is that the # 3 casue of death in 1910 in US was heart disease, now its #1! Granted antibiotics took out the #1 and 2 from 1910, so with all of our awesome knowledge of what is good to eat etc, why do we still die from the same thing?
I say eat your friggin steak and chops and chicken, local raised. Yes I am a farmer, raise hogs on pasture and I'll eat them bastards till im dead before i eat that shit the govt wants us to eat! The USDA and the feds and the leftist green freaks can eat the food my food shits on!
PS Vote next week or dont bitch!
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The hardest thing to stomach watching this was how those that could make change didn't have a clue either or didn't really want to change -deep fries are considered a good vegetable serving -chicken mcnugget "things" .dmschmidt has it right eating local farm grown food with a real lack of processing done to it -- STAR STREK comes to mind when the Borg coin the phrase "RESISTANCE IS FUTILE " sadly its the bad food guys saying it and the corporates that produce this shit and get it through Government agencies through some corrupt process --unless you that think I just blame it on corporate America because I'm into conspiracy which I am not -viva la salud de los ninos
The hardest thing to stomach watching this was how those that could make change didn't have a clue either or didn't really want to change -deep fries are considered a good vegetable serving -chicken mcnugget "things" .dmschmidt has it right eating local farm grown food with a real lack of processing done to it -- STAR STREK comes to mind when the Borg coin the phrase "RESISTANCE IS FUTILE " sadly its the bad food guys saying it and the corporates that produce this shit and get it through Government agencies through some corrupt process --unless you that think I just blame it on corporate America because I'm into conspiracy which I am not -viva la salud de los ninos
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you guys sound like those people I was watching , here is something for you all to consider that my mate Fidel sent me- because he cares
FACTS & FIGURES Find out more here about obesity and diabetes rates, health in Huntington WV, school meal stats and flavoured milk
Check out the health profile of your local county on the USDA’s new Food Atlas website:
“Obesity, and with it diabetes, are the only major health problems that are getting worse in this country, and they’re getting worse rapidly.” CDC Director Thomas Frieden
Obesity and Overweight
More than two thirds, 68%, of American adults are overweight (1).
One person in three (over 33%) is obese, that’s 72 million people (2).
One person in three (over 33%) is obese, that’s 72 million people (2).
If obesity continues to rise at the present rate, in less than ten years’ time, by 2018, 43% of Americans will be obese (3).
After smoking, obesity is America’s biggest cause of premature death (4).
It is also a major contributor to the health problems which are the leading killer diseases: it’s linked to 70% of heart disease; after smoking, it’s the biggest cause of cancer; and over 80% of type 2 diabetes is related to being overweight.
Obese people suffer from poorer health during their life and are likely to die ten years younger than a healthy person.
Obesity accounts for nearly 10% of US healthcare spending. This amounts to $147 billion annually (5). Smoking, by comparison, costs only $96 billion (6).
Healthcare costs are 42% higher for someone who is obese, over $1,400 each (5).
Medicare spends $600 more on prescription drugs for an obese person.
Childhood Obesity
Nearly one in three (32%, 23 million) American children are obese or overweight.
In total, 17% of children of all ages are obese, but this rises to over 25% in all but three states for ages 10-17 (7).
Most obese children (over 80%) will also be obese as adults.
Today’s generation of children are predicted to be the first which will die at a younger age than their parents due to obesity-related bad health
Diabetes (8) (9)
8% of the population, 24 million people, in the US have diabetes (of which more than 90% is type 2).
One quarter of all adults, another 57 million people, are estimated to have pre-diabetes. Much of this is caused by being obese (2).
65% of people with diabetes die of heart disease and stroke.
Type 2 diabetes is the problem. It used to be an adult disease, appearing over age 40, but it is increasingly being found in teenagers, even children as young as eight.
Diabetes can cause serious health complications including heart disease, blindness, kidney failure, and lower-limb amputations. These problems are appearing earlier than ever before, in adults as young as 30.
More than 7% of teenagers (2 million) are estimated to be pre-diabetic, with symptoms of high blood pressure and high blood glucose levels.
At the early stages, the symptoms can start to be reversed within a few weeks. By controlling their diet, taking exercise and losing weight, people can avoid the need for expensive medication.
Huntington West Virginia
Associated Press www.physorg.com/news146064523.html cited Huntington as the unhealthiest city in the U.S. after the CDC report in 2008, http://www.cdc.gov/brfss. This is based on data from 2006If you want to find out what the picture looks like now see:
http://www.webmd.com/diet/news/20100303/americas-most-obese-metropolitan-areas
SCHOOL MEAL FACTS
31 million American children eat lunch at school, funded through USDA’s Child Nutrition Program. It was set up after the war to feed hungry children and deal with surplus agricultural commodities.
It provides an important safety net for kids in low income families - more than 60% of lunches are free or reduced price.
11 million children also get breakfast at school under the program.
Federal government reimburses schools a flat rate of 25 cents per lunch, and $2.68 for those provided free.
Only about $1 of that goes on the food.
The School Nutrition Association estimates it costs more like $3 to produce lunch – still cheaper than a cappuccino at Starbucks – but schools have to find the extra money, and often it comes from the sale of nutritionally poor foods sold through vending machines and snack lines.
The federal school meals budget is $11.9 billion a year. By comparison, healthcare spending on obesity is already $147 billion.
ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT SUGAR IN FLAVORED MILK? HERE ARE THE FACTS ................................................................................................................................................................................
The recommended serving size for milk in schools is 8oz
Kids get milk for breakfast and lunch – that’s 16oz per day.
A serving of milk naturally contains 12 grams of sugar (lactose) – that’s 3 teaspoons.
The National Dairy Council (NDC) says a serving of flavoured milk has about 4 teaspoons of added sugar. If a kid drinks two servings, that’s 8 extra teaspoons of sugar per day they don’t need.
The NDC also says flavored milk has less sugar than soda, which has 7 teaspoons.
Three teaspoons of natural sugars plus 4 teaspoons of added sugar also equals 7, which means that flavored milk has the same amount of sugar as soda.
you guys sound like those people I was watching , here is something for you all to consider that my mate Fidel sent me- because he cares
FACTS & FIGURES Find out more here about obesity and diabetes rates, health in Huntington WV, school meal stats and flavoured milk
Check out the health profile of your local county on the USDA’s new Food Atlas website:
“Obesity, and with it diabetes, are the only major health problems that are getting worse in this country, and they’re getting worse rapidly.” CDC Director Thomas Frieden
Obesity and Overweight
More than two thirds, 68%, of American adults are overweight (1).
One person in three (over 33%) is obese, that’s 72 million people (2).
One person in three (over 33%) is obese, that’s 72 million people (2).
If obesity continues to rise at the present rate, in less than ten years’ time, by 2018, 43% of Americans will be obese (3).
After smoking, obesity is America’s biggest cause of premature death (4).
It is also a major contributor to the health problems which are the leading killer diseases: it’s linked to 70% of heart disease; after smoking, it’s the biggest cause of cancer; and over 80% of type 2 diabetes is related to being overweight.
Obese people suffer from poorer health during their life and are likely to die ten years younger than a healthy person.
Obesity accounts for nearly 10% of US healthcare spending. This amounts to $147 billion annually (5). Smoking, by comparison, costs only $96 billion (6).
Healthcare costs are 42% higher for someone who is obese, over $1,400 each (5).
Medicare spends $600 more on prescription drugs for an obese person.
Childhood Obesity
Nearly one in three (32%, 23 million) American children are obese or overweight.
In total, 17% of children of all ages are obese, but this rises to over 25% in all but three states for ages 10-17 (7).
Most obese children (over 80%) will also be obese as adults.
Today’s generation of children are predicted to be the first which will die at a younger age than their parents due to obesity-related bad health
Diabetes (8) (9)
8% of the population, 24 million people, in the US have diabetes (of which more than 90% is type 2).
One quarter of all adults, another 57 million people, are estimated to have pre-diabetes. Much of this is caused by being obese (2).
65% of people with diabetes die of heart disease and stroke.
Type 2 diabetes is the problem. It used to be an adult disease, appearing over age 40, but it is increasingly being found in teenagers, even children as young as eight.
Diabetes can cause serious health complications including heart disease, blindness, kidney failure, and lower-limb amputations. These problems are appearing earlier than ever before, in adults as young as 30.
More than 7% of teenagers (2 million) are estimated to be pre-diabetic, with symptoms of high blood pressure and high blood glucose levels.
At the early stages, the symptoms can start to be reversed within a few weeks. By controlling their diet, taking exercise and losing weight, people can avoid the need for expensive medication.
Huntington West Virginia
Associated Press www.physorg.com/news146064523.html cited Huntington as the unhealthiest city in the U.S. after the CDC report in 2008, http://www.cdc.gov/brfss. This is based on data from 2006If you want to find out what the picture looks like now see:
http://www.webmd.com/diet/news/20100303/americas-most-obese-metropolitan-areas
SCHOOL MEAL FACTS
31 million American children eat lunch at school, funded through USDA’s Child Nutrition Program. It was set up after the war to feed hungry children and deal with surplus agricultural commodities.
It provides an important safety net for kids in low income families - more than 60% of lunches are free or reduced price.
11 million children also get breakfast at school under the program.
Federal government reimburses schools a flat rate of 25 cents per lunch, and $2.68 for those provided free.
Only about $1 of that goes on the food.
The School Nutrition Association estimates it costs more like $3 to produce lunch – still cheaper than a cappuccino at Starbucks – but schools have to find the extra money, and often it comes from the sale of nutritionally poor foods sold through vending machines and snack lines.
The federal school meals budget is $11.9 billion a year. By comparison, healthcare spending on obesity is already $147 billion.
ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT SUGAR IN FLAVORED MILK? HERE ARE THE FACTS ................................................................................................................................................................................
The recommended serving size for milk in schools is 8oz
Kids get milk for breakfast and lunch – that’s 16oz per day.
A serving of milk naturally contains 12 grams of sugar (lactose) – that’s 3 teaspoons.
The National Dairy Council (NDC) says a serving of flavoured milk has about 4 teaspoons of added sugar. If a kid drinks two servings, that’s 8 extra teaspoons of sugar per day they don’t need.
The NDC also says flavored milk has less sugar than soda, which has 7 teaspoons.
Three teaspoons of natural sugars plus 4 teaspoons of added sugar also equals 7, which means that flavored milk has the same amount of sugar as soda.
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have a quick watch
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGYs4KS_d...&playnext=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_X-5mk3BcfM&feature=channel
have a quick watch
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGYs4KS_d...&playnext=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_X-5mk3BcfM&feature=channel
