5 Eyewitness News (http://www.kstp.com/article/stories/S74331.shtml?cat=172) is reporting that schools in West Virginia are serving "Nutritionally Modified" Junk food to their students, in a bid to stem the rising child obesity crisis.
They are trying to justify selling "deep fried super donuts" as a breakfast item, because they have been nutritionally modified to contain "5 grams of protein and 14 minerals and vitamins".
The worst part is, it has the approval of such figures as the director of nutrition policy for Center for Science in the Public Interest.
Have they gone completely nuts?
I simply cannot believe how shallow and short sighted this entire system is. Trying to teach children healthy eating habits, by feeding them junk food will never work. Drinking deit cola does not encourage kids to choose water. It conditions them to sweet drinks, and when the choice is between water and ordinary cola only, they will take the cola every time. Eating a deep fried donut for breakfast, fortified with 5 grams of protein or not, is never, ever, going to encourage healthy eating, nor a healthy lifestyle. This feeble attempt at fixing a terrible problem will only make things worse.
I am absolutely disgusted.
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