About that "Smarter Lunchrooms" Program

[volinbham]

Turns out it was based on sham science. Oops!

Nutrition Studies That Backed Obama-Era School Lunch Programs Get Retracted: Reason Roundup

 

[SLICKYINC]

Turns out it was based on sham science. Oops!

Nutrition Studies That Backed Obama-Era School Lunch Programs Get Retracted: Reason Roundup

I can't really knock this with knocking the whole nutrition pyramid as a sham being set up by the department of agriculture.

 

[volinbham]

I can't really knock this with knocking the whole nutrition pyramid as a sham being set up by the department of agriculture.

Yes. My larger point is the government involvement in nutrition programming has proven wrong time and time again. Bureaucrats gonna bureaucrat.

 

[LouderVol]

Yes. My larger point is the government involvement in nutrition programming has proven wrong time and time again. Bureaucrats gonna bureaucrat.

Yup. but it sells. look at all the stuff we did. it must be good.

 

[Stew Cook]

Coffee causes cancer, coffee prevents cancer.. Ketchup is a vegetable, ketchup is way high in fructose..

There is a balance with smaller portions of ketchup and coffee, there has to be.

 

[SLICKYINC]

Yes. My larger point is the government involvement in nutrition programming has proven wrong time and time again. Bureaucrats gonna bureaucrat.

This is true. Government involvement in most everything is proven wrong time and time again.

 

[volinbham]

Much more detail

The Junk Science Behind 'Smarter Lunchrooms'

my favorite line

The program is full of "common sense," TED-talk-ready, Malcolm Gladwell-esque insights into how school cafeterias can encourage students to select and eat more nutritious foods.

 

[CABVOL]

This government funded research reminds of seeing the research that was done a few years back regarding which ketchup was thicker...

Seriously?

 

[McDad]

Coffee causes cancer, coffee prevents cancer.. Ketchup is a vegetable, ketchup is way high in fructose..

There is a balance with smaller portions of ketchup and coffee, there has to be.

more than a tablespoon of ketchup in your coffee is unhealthy, imo.

 

[volinbham]

more than a tablespoon of ketchup in your coffee is unhealthy, imo.

Ken M quality. Kudos

 

[tumscalcium]

This really surprises me.

 

[Orange_Crush]

Coffee causes cancer, coffee prevents cancer.. Ketchup is a vegetable, ketchup is way high in fructose..

There is a balance with smaller portions of ketchup and coffee, there has to be.

You put ketchup on your coffee? Gross, dude.

 

[Stew Cook]

You put ketchup on your coffee? Gross, dude.

That's a McDad thing , I've not tried it yet.

 

[LouderVol]

That's a McDad thing , I've not tried it yet.

sounds like the government is willing to implement his strategy especially if its untested

 

[Orange_Crush]

That's a McDad thing , I've not tried it yet.

Not everyone can do what micky-D pulls off. Be careful. You'll melt your wax wings.

 

[FLVOL_79]

Coffee causes cancer, coffee prevents cancer.. Ketchup is a vegetable, ketchup is way high in fructose..

There is a balance with smaller portions of ketchup and coffee, there has to be.

wait..what? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!1

 

[Stew Cook]

Not everyone can do what micky-D pulls off. Be careful. You'll melt your wax wings.

Or a wax cup, definitely a mistake with their coffee.

But yeah, trade secrets, mere McMortals are not meant to know.

 

[volfanhill]

wait..what? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!1

Thats why I stopped drinking it. Now when I wake up I smoke a pack of cowboy killers and move on about my day.

 

[Grand Vol]

You put ketchup on your coffee? Gross, dude.

I put coffee in my ketchup.

I want to be more alert when I have a heart attack from eating the triple stack, double bacon with a fried egg on top burger.

 

[SLICKYINC]

I put coffee in my ketchup.

I want to be more alert when I have a heart attack from eating the triple stack, double bacon with a fried egg on top burger.

With or without a bun?

 

[0nelilreb]

I put coffee in my ketchup.

I want to be more alert when I have a heart attack from eating the triple stack, double bacon with a fried egg on top burger.

Mmmm .....steak and shake

 

[Grand Vol]

Much more detail

The Junk Science Behind 'Smarter Lunchrooms'

my favorite line

The program is full of "common sense," TED-talk-ready, Malcolm Gladwell-esque insights into how school cafeterias can encourage students to select and eat more nutritious foods.

Umm...

Tactics include things like fruit before chips in cafeteria lines; pre-sliced rather than whole fruit; non-fat white milk prominent in beverage displays; giving fruits and vegetables "creative names;" providing "fruit factoids" on cafeteria white-boards; hiding cafeteria cleaning supplies; and having lunchrooms "branded and decorated in a way that reflects the student body."

Trying to figure out what that's all about or why people care.

Furthermore:

having lunchrooms "branded and decorated in a way that reflects the student body

What happens if it's a reform school?

 

[DancingOutlaw]

The kids like the salads more since we put the Pine Sol under the counter instead of with the dressings.

 

[volinbham]

we arranged the salads to look like square pizzas - they fell for

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

The whole food pyramid is one of the main culprits behind the skyrocketing diabetes rates in the past 30 years.