What are we doing to our kids?

I caught this video on another blog as I was searching for some information and really enjoyed it. Actually "enjoyed it" is a poor way to put it. What she said made sense to me. When she talks about the CDC's predictions about children born in the year 2000, a chill ran up and down my spine as I have a daughter of that age. As a teacher who is around kids of this age all of the time these predictions come as no surprise to me. I realize that the reason our school lunch programs across the country are the way they are is because of money. I believe however that in looking at the big picture we will end up spending more as a state or country when we have to pay for the health care that will result in feeding our kids this way. It is easy to sit back and say that we agree with what Ann Cooper says about school lunch and then complain about our government or our schools. But the easy road rarely accomplishes anything. It is our duty to ask ourselves what can we do about this situation. Maybe it is as simple as changing how we eat at home. Or maybe it is as complex as being the next Ann Cooper.