The rather ill-conceived 'Let's Move'
campaign crafted by our dear Czarina has finally been ensconced in
Federal Regulation, and our kids are not happy about it. We are being
regaled with stories of school children who are still hungry after
consuming the required 'healthy' lunches in the cafeteria. It should
be clear to everyone by now that the whole effort has been a dismal
failure.
I herewith enumerate the mistakes made
by Empress M (who, by the way, is busy swigging homemade honey
brewskies and snarfing down hot wings and 2-crust apple pies at 1600
Pennsylvania Ave):
- believing that whole-grains, fruits, vegetables, and fiber are important parts to the healthy nutrition of teenagers
- that mac 'n cheese and chocolate chip cookies have no place in a healthy, teen meal
- that limiting the consumption of carbs and protein is a good idea
- not understanding that fat, cholesterol, carbs, and protein are important to teens trying to grow into an adult body
- not knowing that eating pepperoni pizza instead of whole-wheat pita veggie sandwiches is not making them fat
- thinking that our teeny-boppers are actually going to eat different colored veggies on different days of the week
- underfeeding our kids is going to solve the obesity epidemic
- assuming that a diet suitable for a middle-aged, beer-bellied desk jockey is just as suitable for growing youngsters
Anyone with even a modicum of dignity
would, at this point: admit defeat, 86 the whole affair, and modestly
move on. This is precisely why it will not happen.
Question for the First Lady: are you
truly concerned about the health and well-being of our
schoolchildren, or more interested in hefting upon them your personal
credo, because you think that you know better?
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