Healthy Eating Programs at Schools

I recently read an article about how the American Dietetic Association and the Institute of Medicine are continuously working to launch healthier eating campaigns in schools across the country.  This has been a topic for years.  When I look around I see so many overweight and obese children and their parents do nothing to make their kids eat healthier or encourage them to be more active.  While I think it's great that the ADA and IOD are continuously working to make meals at schools healthier I'm wondering if it will really do any good.  I think educating kids on eating healthy is great but parents have to play a more active role in this cause as well.  Lunch is only one meal a day.  Most kids eat breakfast and dinner at home and eat all their meals at home on weekends.  Parents are responsible for doing grocery shopping and if parents continue to buy foods high in sugar and saturated fat I'm wondering if implementing healthy meal programs at schools is really going to be of much benefit without parents doing anything on their end.  What do you think?

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