Some Kids Give Healthier Lunches Bad ReviewsYour Health ...

From The SC Times?..

Change is never easy, but some changes are harder to swallow than others.

This fall?s returning schoolchildren saw some of the biggest changes to their lunch programs in decades. While new federal guidelines aim to make meals healthier by, for example, limiting sodium and calories, some parents and students were left with a sour taste in their mouth.

?With the new guidelines, the big issue was trying to fight childhood obesity ? and to ensure that meals are healthy, well-balanced and provide the students the nutrition they need to succeed at school,? said Connie Jopp, nutritional services supervisor for St. Cloud school district.

This year, schools are offering more varieties of fruit, dark green and orange vegetables, dry beans and peas, whole grains and low-fat and fat-free milk in their lunch programs based on new rules established by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

But many students argue the choices are too limited, and parents complain to school officials that their children are hungry or have to pay extra for foods they prefer.

?It?s really just not fair to athletes who have sports right after school ? just to get the lunch and not have a la carte or a snack before sports is really not enough to keep you going,? said Cami Doman, an eighth-grader and vice president of the student council at Sartell Middle School.

?Throughout the day, you?re still really tired because you don?t have that, like, kind of ?fuel? between meals to get the energy you need,? said Doman, who plays a variety of sports including volleyball, hockey and softball.

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