I just watched Two Angry Moms. It’s a film about mothers that got angry when they found out about the unhealthy school food served to their children. And how it adversely affects their attention span and learning ability. Though I have no children I’m sad and angry.
Feeding our children healthily at school, and teaching them about healthy eating is one of the most important things we can do for our country’s future. Do we want them to be the best and most alert learners possible? Have you heard the figures about how many of today’s children are going to become tomorrow’s diabetics? Wouldn’t it be better to have them become the first generation of healthy eaters? And the next generation of better students?
The beginning is disturbingly informative about the poor food choices, and also discusses the big corporations that provide the food and related services and the huge influence they have. Needless to say these companies would like to keep things as they are.
Nonetheless, action is being taken. The rest of the film is mostly about things that are being done around the country to impact this system. There are examples of schools with food gardening as curriculum and food brought right into the school kitchen. Of healthy meals being served to the kids. And though it takes a few weeks, the kids started liking the new, healthy food they were being served.
That part was very heartening.
Can we please get with the program, Hawaii?
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