Comments on: Weight and Early Puberty in Girls http://smallstepstohealth.com/2009/01/weight-and-early-puberty-in-girls/ Never take orders from a cookie! Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:08:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: asithi http://smallstepstohealth.com/2009/01/weight-and-early-puberty-in-girls/comment-page-1/#comment-1421 asithi Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:55:46 +0000 http://smallstepstohealth.com/?p=703#comment-1421 <a href='#comment-1420' rel="nofollow">@The Passive Dad</a> - There are federal requirements in place for school lunches. But the the requirements do not need to be met on a daily basis. As long as their weekly average meets the requirement, then it is okay. That is why some days, you would find pizza, mac and cheese, and tater tots on the menu (all high fat and cheap). My post on "Food Advertising in Schools Contributes to Child Obesity" might be of interest to you: http://smallstepstohealth.com/2008/12/food-advertising-in-schools-contributes-to-child-obesity/ Thanks for your comment. <abbr><em>asithis last blog post......<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SmallStepsToHealth/~3/503084856/" rel="nofollow">Weight and Early Puberty in Girls</a></abbr></em> @The Passive Dad – There are federal requirements in place for school lunches. But the the requirements do not need to be met on a daily basis. As long as their weekly average meets the requirement, then it is okay. That is why some days, you would find pizza, mac and cheese, and tater tots on the menu (all high fat and cheap).

My post on “Food Advertising in Schools Contributes to Child Obesity” might be of interest to you:

http://smallstepstohealth.com/2008/12/food-advertising-in-schools-contributes-to-child-obesity/

Thanks for your comment.

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]]> By: The Passive Dad http://smallstepstohealth.com/2009/01/weight-and-early-puberty-in-girls/comment-page-1/#comment-1420 The Passive Dad Mon, 12 Jan 2009 07:01:58 +0000 http://smallstepstohealth.com/?p=703#comment-1420 Yet another reason to teach healthy eating habits to our young children. Interesting about the effect of fat cells on boys vs. girls. My daughter starts Kindergarten next year and I'm looking forward to seeing what the cafeteria sells for food. It's scary as I haven't seen a cafeteria in over 20 years. Yet another reason to teach healthy eating habits to our young children. Interesting about the effect of fat cells on boys vs. girls. My daughter starts Kindergarten next year and I’m looking forward to seeing what the cafeteria sells for food. It’s scary as I haven’t seen a cafeteria in over 20 years.

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