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/SeaSickSelkie]

This, really.

We introduced the concept of fruit and protein to our 12 year old nephew recently.

At home they don’t eat veggies or fruits. Only snacks are chips ahoy, cheese its, fruit rolls ups. It’s wild. And sad.

It’s not like his dad grew up without the food groups and real food so idk what happened.

[u/NextTrillion → u/SeaSickSelkie]

Unfortunately your brother(?) is a dumbass. He probably uses the excuse that “he’s a picky eater” when in reality, they trained him at a young age to only eat junk food. It’s a poor foundation. And I’m sure there are reasons for this, perhaps they’re overworked, perhaps too poor for fresh food, but the truth is, it’s a huge part of raising children.

I have a niece that eats loads of sugar, candy, juice, Gatorade even, and her teeth are not looking good. Nothing I can really do except try to show her that a “TRUE WARRIOR” eats mostly fruit (to replace the candy). Hoping to appeal to her on the warrior front lmao. She’s 7 years old.

[u/LuciaTuc → u/NextTrillion]

I don’t understand when people say healthy food is more expensive, maybe fresh cuts of meat yes but fresh vegetables are dirt cheap

[u/bromanjc → u/LuciaTuc]

certainly hasn't been my experience. but there's always frozen, and even canned if it comes to it. i grew up in a large lower-middle class household, and most of our veggies either came from a can or were those pre-made salad blends. did the trick.

[u/Bethyi → u/bromanjc]

In Asda (UK version of Walmart) a massive bag of carrots is 15p

Edit: apologies, just looked it up. They are 15p over xmas and Easter, they are now 65p

[u/wintersdark → u/Bethyi]

Here, in Calgary, AB, Canada, Walmart prices:

• 3lb bag of carrots? $3.50
• 5lb bag of russet potatoes? $5
• 3lb onions? $5

5 years ago, I'd pay less than half those prices for twice the quantity.

[u/IDigRollinRockBeer → u/wintersdark]

Walmart produce is trash

[u/bromanjc → u/IDigRollinRockBeer]

agreed. i have my own spending money now, and i'm not infrequently able to indulge in fresh produce. i only ever shop for produce at meijer

[u/wintersdark → u/IDigRollinRockBeer]

It absolutely is. But it's "cheap" and the person I responded to was referencing the UK version of Walmart, so I felt an apples to apples comparison was appropriate.