What's for lunch?

A recent study conducted by the University of Michigan, Michigan State University and Food and Nutrition Database, Inc. in Okemos, MI found that students who consume food from school vending machines consumed an average of 253 more calories per day than students who brown bagged it. Vending machines full of snacks loaded with sugar, salt, fat and cholesterol can be found in about 88% of U.S. high schools, 52% of middle schools and 16% of elementary schools. Around 22% of students eat from these vending machines daily. It looks like we are on our way to a very large public health problem in about 40 years when many of these students start to experience the "payoff" of their unhealthy eating habits such as Type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and high blood pressure. We are wondering if parents know what their kids are spending lunch money on? Do your kids brown bag it every day? If they do buy lunch, are there certain items you expect them to purchase? Do they fill you in on what they ate if you let them buy lunch? We suspect a lot of parents DON'T know what their kids are eating for lunch or even if vending machines are available in their school cafeteria. As a parent would you be opposed to laws governing what can and can not be offered in the school cafeteria? Lots of questions for you all today. Fill us in!