A hashtag is currently circulating on Twitter that blames
the First Lady for a gaggle of gross looking school lunches being served nationwide.
Students unhappy with school meals are taking it out on the
first lady by sharing images on social media of lunches sarcastically tagged
#ThanksMichelleObama.
Some of the images depict formless, mushy blobs on a lunch
tray. Others show patties on whole-grain buns accompanied by an apple where one
could imagine a pile of tater tots residing in earlier times.
The complaints focus on taste, texture and portion sizes
under new nutrition regulations promoted by the first lady.The standards were implemented as part of Obama’s “Let’s
Move!” initiative to reduce childhood obesity.They took effect in 2012 with the goal of including more
whole grains, vegetables and fruits in school meals while reducing fat and
sodium. But students say the changes make the food unpalatable.“I could understand how it might seem ungrateful if I got
this lunch for free. But I don’t,” 17-year-old Hunter Whitney told CNN. “I feel
like many people would be upset too if the lunch they bought looked [like
this].”Backlash followed from others who said students were wrong
to blame Michelle Obama for the quality of school meals.
Instead, they suggested that students direct their
grievances at local school districts — or get their lunches from somewhere
else.Via.CNN.com reports:
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