Six-year-old schoolboy suspended for having Mini Cheddars in his lunchbox

[TheBigD]

They're teachers, not nutritionists. They've implemented a policy of healthy eating, and the children/parents should stick to it.

Sure, you may be able to pick holes in their policy, but if the parents follow it reasonably, the kids will get a balanced lunch, which was the original goal.

Replace the mini-chedders with an apple. Probably the same cost and no additional effort.

The parents are making an issue out of somthing trivial, and the lad is paying the price.

[d000hg]

There's a lot of sugar in an apple.

Cue someone blithering on about it being "natural" sugar in 3..2..1...

[TheBigD]

There's a lot of sugar in an apple.

Cue someone blithering on about it being "natural" sugar in 3..2..1...

Yes there is. But this is a healthy eating policy for a primary school. I don't think a general teaching of...

fruit/vegetables/salad = good
processed crisps/biscuits/cake/chocolate = bad

...is worth getting your knickers in a twist for. As they get older, the teaching of nutrition should (I hope) be tailored to a more advanced level.

[DirtyDog]

A nice carrot.

Except there's sugar in those as well.

Help you see in the dark, though

[Ticktock]

Little known fact that carrots can make your poo go red too.

[MyUserName]

A nice carrot.

Except there's sugar in those as well.

Well how about, instead, a huge bowl of sugar ... oh wait ...

[d000hg]

Yes there is. But this is a healthy eating policy for a primary school. I don't think a general teaching of...

fruit/vegetables/salad = good
processed crisps/biscuits/cake/chocolate = bad

...is worth getting your knickers in a twist for. As they get older, the teaching of nutrition should (I hope) be tailored to a more advanced level.

Vegetables are generally not a problem, fruit often is and fruit juice generally is. You now see fruit juice being advised against because the good stuff is vastly outweighed by unrefined sugar... it's quite easy to get vitamins/nutrients these days but quite hard to keep unrefined sugar intake low when it's so prevalent.

Sad but true - fruit juice and milk are both as or more calorific than beer.

[doodab]

Vegetables are generally not a problem, fruit often is and fruit juice generally is. You now see fruit juice being advised against because the good stuff is vastly outweighed by unrefined sugar... it's quite easy to get vitamins/nutrients these days but quite hard to keep unrefined sugar intake low when it's so prevalent.

Sad but true - fruit juice and milk are both as or more calorific than beer.

So there you go, send him in with an apple and a bottle of beer. Problem solved.

[Platypus]

and the lad is paying the price.

That what bothers me about this whole situation - punish the child for the deeds of the parents. Poor kid.

[BrilloPad]

Beetroot!

That'd make the buggers panic.

Wee red & tulip red.

Always very alarming.

Beetroot is a triathlete superfood! Lots of nitrate! Very good for getting energy to muscles from food.