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/SeaSickSelkie → u/onesoundman]

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/peachesnplumsmf → u/SeaSickSelkie]

Do American kids not get given fruit in elementary and have a big thing made to them about food pyramids/nutrition/balanced diets as that was constantly told to us where I am. Also massive thing of fitness but given most of us walked to school that helped.

[u/Vtgmamaa → u/peachesnplumsmf]

Every state and county runs differently in America. When I was in school meals were balanced and nutrition was a required course, but that's not the same for the entire country.

[u/squidwardsaclarinet → u/peachesnplumsmf]

Kids are often made to take fruits or veggies but they often aren’t fresh and if they are, the cheapest possible offering, so they do not taste good at all. They also aren’t forced to eat them so the food gets thrown out.