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Originally Posted by sportmom
As a mom of a kid with allergies AND a summer birthday, I was relieved when our district implemented this. Our kids still have PE every day, so it wasn't so much the obesity factor for the s/d as it was food allergies. With wheat, dairy, nut and other things cropping up, there were always the kids who had to pass on treats,
This point I understand, but this isn't even their issue. They're saying to REPLACE cupcakes with other wheat-filled foods. They're not even concerned about allergies. I doubt they're even all that concerned about the kids' weight. They're just concerned about parents and the community blaming THEM that the kids coming from that particular school are fat because they only have PE once or twice a week. My son has PE twice a week MAX. Sometimes it's only once. And many times they don't even go outside for recess. They have INDOOR recess. And I asked him what they do during indoor recess. I was hoping he'd come back with, "We go to the indoor gym and play basketball."
Instead he says, "We sit around and play with Legos."
I'd so hate to jump on the food police wagon, but if my son's school should ever do this ridiculous crap, I'd walk in there and say, "Okay, then ban your corn dogs, your hot dogs, your chicken nuggets, your pizza, your fried cheese stix, and your deep-fried chicken patty sandwiches as well."
I mean, hey! If it's all about good nutrition and taking away the sweet treats, let's go all the way! Because I guarantee that deep-fried chicken sandwich and the cheese stix are gonna pack on more fat and calories than one cupcake.