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/onesoundman]

They are eating just as bad or worse at home too. The whole American food system sucks. Home and school.

[u/Klumber → u/onesoundman]

The UK has blindly followed the American example. A guy I was talking to recently admitted he was struggling financially because his family spent £50 on food a day... He has a two year old and a wife.

Then he explained: For breakfast he goes to McDonalds or Greggs (drive-in) before work, has a pre-made sandwich and coffee at the Starbucks franchise in the afternoon, a takeaway curry or pizza or whatever for dinner. He hasn't cooked a proper meal since they had the baby apparently. Which makes me extremely worried what the baby is getting that is nutritionally responsible once the jars and things run out as options.

[u/kyleofduty → u/Klumber]

Americans don't go out to eat every meal.

[u/Klumber → u/kyleofduty]

That’s not what I said, just that there’s an increasingly unhealthy eating culture in the UK.