Chicago school bans homemade lunches, the latest in national food fight

[gaelic cowboy]

It wouldnt have lasted long anyway someone would cut the budget for dinners and they would end up buying frozen ready meals and soft drinks etc etc, basically they would be back where they started but now all the kids would be eating unhealthy food.

[Greyblades]

Isn't it interesting that in ye olden days fatty foods were quite expensive and healthy things were cheap as dirt, funny that nowadays its the other way around.

[gaelic cowboy]

Isn't it interesting that in ye olden days fatty foods were quite expensive and healthy things were cheap as dirt, funny that nowadays its the other way around.

No I think you mean foods high in sugar were expensive, fatty food was always cheap hence poor people ate it to ensure they had enough energy to work hard.

In the old days people would eat dripping and fatty bacon or a breakfast fry no problem and never have a clogged heart cos they burned it all up in manual labour. It is today when people eat even more meat, fat, sugar and salt than they used to while only doing soft jobs that has us in trouble.

[Strike For The South]

No I think you mean foods high in sugar were expensive, fatty food was always cheap hence poor people ate it to ensure they had enough energy to work hard.

In the old days people would eat dripping and fatty bacon or a breakfast fry no problem and never have a clogged heart cos they burned it all up in manual labour. It is today when people eat even more meat, fat, sugar and salt than they used to while only doing soft jobs that has us in trouble.

That's not entirely true

We still eat more than ever before

[gaelic cowboy]

That's not entirely true

We still eat more than ever before

I wasn't disputing that the amounts of fat, sugar and salt we eat are large I merely pointed out the fact fatty food was never really expensive in times goneby.


To be honest I think they should force every kid to eat the school dinner and it should be mandated to have X amount of fruit, veg etc etc even here in Ireland I more and more hear of people especially young women not eating properly in the morning.