Why are school lunches in the USA so unhealthy?

I’m curious to know. I’m not learning in the school building because of COVID, I’m just recalling what the school lunches were like. I stopped buying them and I would pack my own. Why is it that school lunches are so unhealthy around here?

♥Sweetness♥2020-10-30T06:54:59Z

$$$$. Unhealthy food is way cheaper than healthy. It is all about the money saved, not about kid's health.

Misty2020-10-29T23:15:44Z

why are their fat people there just is

dizwar2020-10-29T12:27:30Z

Don't know. They're not even remotely as good as these, that's for sure (one is from schools in France, one is from schools in Brazil, one is from schools in Greece and one is from schools in Finland)
https://www.trueactivist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/SchoolLunchALL.jpg

kswck22020-10-29T11:38:10Z

In the US, it is all about Fast and Cheap. Nothing more. In the UK, Jaime Oliver has been trying for Years to get school lunch programs to serve quality stuff. 

Anonymous2020-10-29T02:28:09Z

They used to be healthy.  But starting in the Reagan era, funding doe schools was cut.  The first thing schools cut was funds for cafeteria workers and equipment.  Now, a lot of the food is pre-made and purchased, quite literally, from the same corporations that supply prisons with food.  Cafeteria reheat it and serve it.  They don't have the money for training, personnel or equipment for real food.

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