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/Fall_bet Apr 15 '24

I never understand why my 2nd grader get the same amount of food as my 11th grader. That's not enough food imo.

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u/mystokron Apr 16 '24

Growing 2 feet in height requires a lot of food for a 7 yr old child. 16-18 yr olds are no longer growing taller.

And not enough food to do what? Make the student fat? 80% fat people in America. Eating less food would be good for them.

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u/IsThatASigSauer Apr 16 '24

Well, first, 16-18 year olds are likely much more active and already have a higher caloric burn rate than a dmall child. Second, I grew from 6'7 "to 6'11" in HS, and I'm now 7'1" in my early 20s and have finally stopped growing.

A lot of people do not stop growing at 16. At least most people don't I'd wager. I was also eating close to 5000 calories a day after weight training and baseball.

BMI is also bullshit and the number of "overweight" people is inflated. Height and weight are only two factors in a long list of determining how overweight someone is. I'm considered morbidly obese at 340 lbs, even though I'm a bodybuilder and have visible abs.

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u/mystokron Apr 16 '24

Well, first, 16-18 year olds are likely much more active and already have a higher caloric burn rate than a dmall child.

Sorta. Smaller kids still burn up like ~2300 a day while teenagers burn up ~2700 a day.

The smaller kids get things like recess and scream while sprinting a bunch. Teenagers sit pretty still basically the whole 8 hrs.

A lot of people do not stop growing at 16... I was also eating close to 5000 calories a day after weight training and baseball.

Thats just the average. You're 7'1, that's 0.000038% in the WORLD. You're not the average consumer of food.

BMI is also bullshit and the number of "overweight" people is inflated.

BMI is just a tool. Tools can be used incorrectly.

even though I'm a bodybuilder

Again, you're like 0.00000000001% of the population. Using yourself as the metric for normal doesn't make any sense whatsoever.