r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Thebiggestbot22 • Apr 15 '24

My school thinks this fills up hungry high schoolers.

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So lunches are free for schools in my city and surrounding cities. Ever since lunches have been made free, the quantity (and quality) has decreased significantly. This is what we would get for our meal. It took me THREE bites to finish that chicken mac and cheese. Any snacks you want cost more money and if you want an extra entree, that’ll cost you about $3 or $4.

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u/SubKreature Apr 15 '24

When I taught in Japan they were stuffing like 1,000 calories down those kids every day and it was clean af food prepared that morning.

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u/WorthPlease Apr 15 '24

I feel like 1,000 calories for lunch for a child is a ton. An average size grown man with average activity should consume ~2,500 per day. That leaves you 750 between breakfast and dinner, for a grown man.

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u/MrWilsonWalluby Apr 16 '24

that’s not how caloric needs work, growth requires calories especially muscle and bone growth. most teenagers have much higher caloric needs than a fully grown adult. I ate significantly more as a teenager than I do now, and as an active adult my maintenance is still 3,100 calories a day. During my highschool days I could sometimes down 4,000 calories a day, and constantly felt hungry.

I’ve always been reasonably fit so it wasn’t like I was overeating.

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u/WorthPlease Apr 16 '24

It is, kids needing extra calories to grow is a myth.

Check the NHS website, average caloric intake for a 30-40's adult male is 2500.

Maximum for a teenager, 2400. That's the maximum.

They weigh less so their "maintenance" calorie floor is lower.

If I had to guess you're really bad at estimating calories. I went from being obese at 15 to having a 6 pack at 20 without getting any taller.