Cupcake Ban

iVillage Member
Registered: 01-12-2005
Cupcake Ban
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Tue, 09-18-2007 - 3:36pm
In an effort to make food in schools healthier, some school districts have actually banned cupcakes at school birthday celebrations.
 
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iVillage Member
Registered: 03-27-2000
In reply to: cmamanda
Fri, 09-21-2007 - 2:13pm

I actually gave my dd a cupcake

iVillage Member
Registered: 07-23-2003
In reply to: cmamanda
Fri, 09-21-2007 - 2:14pm

<Sure possible. Just not likely. But you could send a nice letter to the corporations asking them not to use the HFCS or whatever we are talking about to make food healthier. Please let me know if they change anything.>


The question is do I have a valid point.

iVillage Member
Registered: 03-27-2000
In reply to: cmamanda
Fri, 09-21-2007 - 2:15pm

Yep, the ban at our school was precipitated by the fact that it was getting too disruptive and messy to have birthday celebrations for each kid.


We also say the pledge and pray.....but my kids go to private school.

iVillage Member
Registered: 04-27-2005
In reply to: cmamanda
Fri, 09-21-2007 - 2:16pm
Sometimes people look good to other people while themselves, do not feel comfortable. People told me that at 150 lbs. that I did not look like I needed to lose weight but I knew I did. I had a stomach that was annoying and my arms had gotten larger.
iVillage Member
Registered: 03-27-2000
In reply to: cmamanda
Fri, 09-21-2007 - 2:17pm
I agree, but she said she never had a weight problem when clearly she did.
iVillage Member
Registered: 03-27-2000
In reply to: cmamanda
Fri, 09-21-2007 - 2:18pm
Then why were you questioning the weight of mkat's dd?
iVillage Member
Registered: 03-27-2003
In reply to: cmamanda
Fri, 09-21-2007 - 2:25pm

I think nothing has changed for the better in the food industry. Only for the worse. You brought up MSG earlier but it DIDN'T go away. The food industry still uses it quite a lot. It went away from the news but not away from the food. My BIL gets migraines from MSG and has to read labels carefully since it is in quite a lot of things.

There is really only one thing that can change the food industry. Loss of revenue from a particular product. It is possible that those food corporations will scale back or stop using trans fats altogether because of various restaurant bans. But then again, they may just stop using it in foods they sell to restaurants but keep it in all other foods.

The food industry WON'T change its use of HFCS unless the market for it falls off sharply. They will not do it because of citizen outrage- they didn't with MSG. They will only stop using it if people stop buying it or if a law is passed literally outlawing it as an additive. Which is unlikely at this point given that it hasn't actually killed anybody. Your best move as a concerned citizen is to not buy products with it and to tell others. They WON'T stop using it as long as it's legal and gets them more money. So stop buying it and urge others to do the same. I think awareness has been raised in this thread alone so that is one battle that might eventually get somewhere.

iVillage Member
Registered: 09-21-2007
In reply to: cmamanda
Fri, 09-21-2007 - 2:25pm

I wish our school had a cupcake ban! My children both have acid reflux (sugar aggravates it) plus one has food allergies (milk and eggs) and in addition to the cupcakes or cake that parents bring in for birthdays, they bring in candy for treats every so often for the class (one week studying the letter "L" so they bring in licorice and lollipops).

iVillage Member
Registered: 04-27-2005
In reply to: cmamanda
Fri, 09-21-2007 - 2:25pm
There is a difference of what YOU want to weigh and what the charts THINK you should weigh. While I might not be considered overweight on a chart, I FELT overweight.
Mkat said that her dd was never on the charts.
iVillage Member
Registered: 03-26-2003
In reply to: cmamanda
Fri, 09-21-2007 - 2:32pm

I've voted in every election, local and national since I was 18.

I just don't think asking corporations to do anything is going to work. That was your idea to solve the food & obesity problems. I never said that going to the school district would solve obesity problems. I said that a few parents can effect change more easily.

I also never said one person cannot make a change.

         Vickie--mom of Marissa (10) & Vanessa (8)

 




Edited 9/21/2007 2:34 pm ET by momof2petite_filles

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