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Tenlaar posted...

Schools should be feeding children healthy meals. End of discussion.

The problem, of course, is that whole-wheat reduced-fat-cheese pizza and a mandatory fruit never means that the kids will actually eat it.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/school-lunch-fruits-and-veggies-often-tossed-in-trash-study-finds/

Researchers from the University of Vermont used digital photography to capture images of students' lunch trays after they selected their food, as they were leaving the lunch line, and again at the end of their lunch as they passed the food disposal area. They found that while children placed more fruits and vegetables on their trays - as required by the USDA mandates put in place in 2012 - they consumed fewer of them. The amount of food wasted increased by 56 percent, the researchers found.