About 30 million school kids qualify for free or low-cost school lunches through the National School Lunch Program. A dozen years ago a federal law tightened school lunch nutritional requirements with the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act. The federal law hoped to increase school kids intake of vegetables, fruits, fiber, grains and unsweetened beverages. The federal initiative was in response to findings that children who got free lunches were gaining more weight than higher income children not in the program. Prior to the tightened federal standards, low-income children enrolled in the school lunch program were more likely to have a body mass index closer to the obesity threshold than their higher-income peers. Rather than alleviate hunger, there was concern that the school lunch program was contributing to childhood obesity. According to the CDC, 21% of kids age 6 to 11 are obese, while 17% of adolescents age 12 to 19 are obese. Nearly 10% have severe obesity.
Category: Health Reform
Monday Links
Doctors file lawsuit against HHS over paying more to docs who practice “woke” medicine.
Why don’t medicines have names that are easy to pronounce and remember?
Biden Adm. wants certificate of need for charter schools.
There aren’t enough Covid boosters for everyone to have a second booster by Sept 1.
Sec. Mark Esper: Trump proposed shooting Patriot missiles into Mexico to destroy drug labs.
Monday Links
With the prevalence of home testing and milder effects, how can we know where Covid is and what it is doing? Answer: test the wastewater.
Out-of-pocket spending on medical care in Britain and America is now roughly the same. One in 14 of Britain’s poorest households now incurs “catastrophic healthcare costs.”
Libertarian views on student debt.
Are hospitals going to the dogs?
Parks, a 2-year-old Labrador retriever with a golden coat and floppy ears — boasts an impressive catalogue of more than 40 commands…. including pushing objects, turning light switches on and off with his snout, pulling ropes to hold drawers and doors open, retrieving items, and assisting with laundry by tugging the hamper to the washing machine.
Get Your Medical Care at the Mall while Shopping
Many malls are struggling financially because Amazon and other online retailers have taken away business from brick & mortar stores. The pace accelerated with Covid as non-essential retail locations faced a lockdown. However, some struggling malls are finding a new life as medical facilities.