Does a Packet of Ketchup Count as a Vegetable?
soon. As parents, we continue to be worried about the increasing number of studies and research which shows the average American school child is already battling obesity and poor eating habits at a very young age. In retrospect, the federal goverent rulings were themselves, to a large degree, responsible for the results of those findings. From my own personal experience, I can tell you this much. When we first moved to the state of New Jersey, my children were of elementary school age. Their school had an annual Bring Your Parent to Lunch day; one day, as an adult friend and I were picking over some pretty poor salad pickings at this event, she noticed what our children, sitting next to us, were eating: cheeseburgers, milk and French fries. My friend, who is a registered nurse, told me that she had always, always been frustrated by government standards that counted the small white plastic ketchup package, which her son was dousing his fries, were considered (by the State, at least) to
