{"id":3245,"date":"2010-03-01T08:33:04","date_gmt":"2010-03-01T06:33:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.ultimatefatburner.com\/?p=3245"},"modified":"2015-02-15T09:26:34","modified_gmt":"2015-02-15T14:26:34","slug":"pop-tarts-are-better-than-brownies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/ufb-blog\/pop-tarts-are-better-than-brownies\/","title":{"rendered":"Pop-Tarts Are Better Than Brownies???"},"content":{"rendered":"

The New York City Dept. of Education apparently thinks so.\u00a0 According to the NYT<\/a>:<\/p>\n

By the time the Panel for Educational Policy was ready to vote on bake sales during its monthly meeting on Wednesday night, it was after 11:30. By then, just one mother, Elizabeth Puccini, was waiting to speak out against the new policy, which bans most bake sales but allows students to sell premade items including Pop-Tarts and Doritos.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Apparently this was done to… combat childhood obesity<\/a>.
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No homemade or unpackaged items are on the list of \u201capproved\u201d foods because \u201cit\u2019s impossible to know what the content is, or what the portion size is,\u201d said Kathleen Grimm, the deputy chancellor for infrastructure and portfolio planning, who oversees the regulation.<\/p>\n

…The criteria led some foods not normally thought of as healthy to make the list. For example, approved items include two of the 21 varieties of Frito-Lay Doritos: Cool Ranch Reduced Fat, and Spicy Sweet Chili (1 ounce packages).<\/p>\n

The city has also green-lighted one of 29 types of Kellogg\u2019s Pop-Tarts, the Frosted Brown Sugar Cinnamon (1.76 ounces)… Other highlights from the list: Nutri-Grain Cereal Bars (blackberry only); Linden\u2019s Cookies (butter crunch, chocolate chip or fudge chip cookies in two cookie packs); and Nature Valley Crunchy Granola Bars (just the Peanut Butter and Oats \u2018N\u2019 Honey varieties).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

On the face of it, it seems like a dumb move.\u00a0 Although the point is to limit the number of calories in a serving of food, there’s nothing to stop kids from buying (and eating) multiple packs.\u00a0 Not to mention that the schools are – in effect – subsidizing manufacturers of snack\/junk food.<\/p>\n

You’re going to have to work hard to convince me that PopTarts or Fritos are somehow “better” than – say – carrot cake or banana bread. Would it really be so hard to encourage parents\/families to contribute somewhat healthier items to bake sales?\u00a0 Is it so impossible to divvy homemade items into smaller portions?\u00a0 Seems to me that it would have been better to work with the parents on sensible guidelines for bake sale contributions, vs. banning homemade foods outright.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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