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my kids love vegetables they even fight over who gets the last serving 
i
usually have to make DS his own bowl because he will eat the whole thing.
ever since he was a kid when he was a baby he would bring me a can out 
of
the cupboard and ask me to open it. i was very lucky because they got a 
hot
meal at day care including vegetables and they learned to eat them and 
enjoy
them i am always shocked when their friends come here and refuse to eat
vegetables .my kids stare at them like they are weird.. but they only eat
junk food or maybe meat and potatoes what kind of home did they come from
where there were no fruits and vegetables i wonder.. .. mine usually do 
not
eat school lunches they are starved when they get home but i would rather
they pass up food they dont approve of... 

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From: 
Date: 11/02/04 10:19:56
To: 
Subject: Re: [nosdiet] Responsibility


Oh, of course I agree that children are a different story entirely. I weep
when I see what they are fed! If you start out right, then continue putting
only healthy food before a child, they will acquire a taste for good food. 

I hate being around children who have always only eaten junk and turn up
their noses at healthy food.

The funny thing is that some of the same adults who feed their children
garbage will tie themselves into knots worrying about every ingredient 
or
every latest health scare reported in the news. I think that's silly and
counterproductive. That is "trying to make the food behave." I don't 
know
how to globally address the problem with school food, but occasionally 
a
particular school decides to be different--they seem to have a certain
amount of freedom to make changes. Then you hear reports about grades
going up and everyone being happier and getting along better (as you say). 

It's that evil sugar, IMHO!

Diane

-----Original Message-----
From: cat <jocee131@...>

well that is partially true but the film also shows what our kids eat at
school that is not something they can really choose... they are served 
bad
foods rather than healthy choices. and he showed that healthy choices do 
not
cost more than the junk foods many of the schools serve..kids dont really
have the freedom to choose when they are handed a tray of food..and the 
soda
machines do not need to be there etc.. also many of our institutions have
bad food choices available and he showed how things could be different 
there
also and how different the behavior was when good foods were served rather
than junk





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