Eat Right, Exercise, and Do You Want Fries With That?

Would you willingly feed your child fast food every night for dinner? Hamburgers, fries, maybe pizza with a soda to wash it all down with? Perhaps a candy bar to top it off? If you're a responsible parent, of course not! It is very possible, and highly likely, that it is exactly what your teenagers are eating for lunch...everyday, at school.

I think it is quite hypocritical for states governors to advocate a healthy lifestyle and at the same time allow public schools to offer fast food such as Carl's Jr., Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell in the school cafeteria. The other culprit, in addition to the high fat, heart- attack- on-a- bun "food" available, is the vending machine where students can get their soda on.

If the crap is available and no one is there to tell them no.... come on, we were all teens once upon a time. You'd eat it! If you were a linebacker you'd probably super size it, and if you were a cheerleader, you threw it up afterwards (wink). ...What's a parent to do?

Don't preach a healthy lifestyle and then dangle the temptation within mouths reach... now that's just plain ol' mean.




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