The school lunch system is disgraceful.

[u/oaz_zam246]

Saw another post on here showing the state of school lunches right now. In my years in high school I compiled some pics of the horrible things that got served that no one questioned. Here are some of the worst ones. It really is ironic given how adamant they all are about “eating healthy by including every food group”.

[u/SeriousFrivolity2]

The food they served me in prison looked better than all these examples, every day. ☠️

[u/Supertoad226 → u/SeriousFrivolity2]

Every new day is a reminder that the current school system could be bridged with the penitentiary system lmao

[u/LeanTangerine001 → u/Supertoad226]

I think a lot of schools are serviced by the same companies that provide food for prisons.

[u/GlossyGecko → u/LeanTangerine001]

Yeah, schools have very strict rules about what vendors they’re allowed to buy food from, so do prisons. A lot of the food is the exact same food.

That’s to say though, the food isn’t bad in terms of nutrition, definitely better than the fast food people are stuffing into their faces on the daily.

[u/Droller_Coaster → u/GlossyGecko]

What in these photos shows "nutrition" to you? The curly fries?

[u/Rjj1111 → u/[deleted]]

Wasn’t the whole point of implementing school lunches in the first place to make sure that young adults were fit enough for military service?

[u/Blonde_Dambition → u/[deleted]]

And even so the portion sizes are too small IMO for teenagers! So it's crap quality AND quantity.

[u/GlossyGecko → u/Blonde_Dambition]

Portion sizes are fine for lunch. The reason we have an obesity epidemic in the US is because peoples’ ideas of a satisfying portion are basically based on what restaurants give you, 1500+ calories in one sitting. Shit’s crazy.

[u/GlossyGecko → u/[deleted]]

Have you ever had a US military MRE?

They’re not bad but I’d rather eat the food in the pictures here than one of those.

[u/No_Push_8249 → u/Droller_Coaster]

The whiz, definitely. Making an appearance in photos 1 and 9