I have nothing but disdain for these busybody parental groups. However, while some of them are usually well meaning, most just jump on the bandwagon because it pushes the parental responsibility to someone else so they're off the hook. I remember when the frivolous lawsuit about Spongebob having his on cereal that some of the parents filing it were blaming the fact a cartoon character was on the box for their kids whining because they didn't get it. That's kinda how kids act, and I understand the need as an adult to shut them the heck up as fast as possible. Problem is, kids like to throw anything in the cart when you take them shopping. So a good amount of those parents jumping on board with these groups are essentially saying "I don't want to have to raise my kids, so let's ruin it for everyone."
Meanwhile, those looking for the magic bullet to kill the obesity problem aren't looking for real answers because they require work. Remember the episode of The Simpsons where the teachers went on strike and at the town hall meeting Edna Krabapple was telling the mob that they can't give their kids a good education and the townsfolk were livid, but when Skinner mentioned this would take tax money, the same townsfolk were even more livid (and it went back and forth)? Yeah. That exactly.
That reminds me of the big folk "hero" principal that refused big evil socialist government money because once they switched over to healthy school lunches none of the kids (some well into their teens) ate the horrible meals. The whole message was delivered as government overreach without a shred of irony or nuance. Now, what of course was missing is the fact that there's a reason crappy food that's bad for you is cheap. It doesn't take any talent to dump a bunch of below Banquet frozen dinner quality into oil, but it does take talent to make whole grain pasta not taste like garbage and grilled chicken to not turn into foam rubber. No one complained about the food service the school district was in bed with, and of course if you cook healthy foods wrong they taste bad. That's why so many adults still hate vegetables. They're treated as a chore, they're boiled wrong with all their flavor taken out, and their parents forced them to eat it because it was good for them. Healthy Food needs to be cooked specifically for anyone to want to eat it. Dumping a frozen bag of fried foods that aren't even of quality into an oven? Less work, less money, all corner cutting. And no one complained about that.
Meanwhile, those looking for the magic bullet to kill the obesity problem aren't looking for real answers because they require work. Remember the episode of The Simpsons where the teachers went on strike and at the town hall meeting Edna Krabapple was telling the mob that they can't give their kids a good education and the townsfolk were livid, but when Skinner mentioned this would take tax money, the same townsfolk were even more livid (and it went back and forth)? Yeah. That exactly.
That reminds me of the big folk "hero" principal that refused big evil socialist government money because once they switched over to healthy school lunches none of the kids (some well into their teens) ate the horrible meals. The whole message was delivered as government overreach without a shred of irony or nuance. Now, what of course was missing is the fact that there's a reason crappy food that's bad for you is cheap. It doesn't take any talent to dump a bunch of below Banquet frozen dinner quality into oil, but it does take talent to make whole grain pasta not taste like garbage and grilled chicken to not turn into foam rubber. No one complained about the food service the school district was in bed with, and of course if you cook healthy foods wrong they taste bad. That's why so many adults still hate vegetables. They're treated as a chore, they're boiled wrong with all their flavor taken out, and their parents forced them to eat it because it was good for them. Healthy Food needs to be cooked specifically for anyone to want to eat it. Dumping a frozen bag of fried foods that aren't even of quality into an oven? Less work, less money, all corner cutting. And no one complained about that.