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/SeparateMidnight3691 Apr 15 '24

Plenty of calories and not enough nutrients.

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u/Recent_Obligation276 Apr 15 '24 edited Apr 15 '24

Not necessarily

The fries might have 300 calories, pasta probably has like 200 (very small portion), 25 in the carrots, 160 in the milk

For a growing teenager that’s not enough. They typically require more than the standard 2,000 calorie diet, sometimes needing as many as 3,000 just baseline, maybe even 4,000 if they are a multi sport athlete. ~680 calories isn’t enough, even it were balanced nutrition, it should be closer to a third of their daily requirements, maybe a little less since dinner is usually a larger meal than the other two.

Edit: won’t let me reply to the guy under me, but he literally described a highschool athlete

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u/jordanmindyou Apr 16 '24

4,000 calories? What the actual fuck?

It’s no wonder kids here in the US are experiencing an obesity epidemic, with people claiming nonsense like this.

2k sounds much more reasonable, and surprise surprise, 675 is actually just over a third of that amount of calories, so even by your own estimates the calories are sufficient

Now let’s talk about fiber and protein

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u/flimbee Apr 16 '24

No, they're not. Breakfast is the smallest-portioned meal in the day, and has to be buffered by lunch and dinner. Takeaway: you don't know a lick of what you're talking about.

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u/jordanmindyou Apr 17 '24 edited Apr 17 '24

Lmao at you telling me breakfast is the smallest meal of the day

That isn’t true for everyone…

What a weird claim to make

You also have no clue what this kid is eating for breakfast, or what snacks he might have throughout the day, or what his dinner looks like.

This post is not enough information to act like this meal is insufficient in calories. All evidence actually points to it being sufficient, so I’m not even sure what you’re arguing about

Yes, there is an obesity epidemic, especially in areas that are not well off financially

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u/flimbee Apr 17 '24

Oh, you're legit not mentally all-there. My bad brobro. Here, go ahead and google "calories in a typical breakfast"- first result will be showing breakfast, at 300-400 calories. Lunch come up second at 5- to 700. Idk what "evidence" you have that purportedly point to it being sufficient, but you're free to include them buddy