Children may not get a choice in whats on their plate, but they do have a choice in what goes in their mouth. Schools cannot force a child to consume anything, and the kids are free to toss all the food given to them into the trash, and they do, but not totally, some of that food appears in places other than the trash.
Kids, who as a category have no income, have a Hobson's Choice: eat or go hungry.
The UK also has (or recently had, I no longer follow news from there) a significant poverty rate such that lunch was some school kids' first meal of the day, and free school meals was a significant political issue.
latency-guy2|1 year ago
So now what?
ben_w|1 year ago
The UK also has (or recently had, I no longer follow news from there) a significant poverty rate such that lunch was some school kids' first meal of the day, and free school meals was a significant political issue.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/mar/01/number-of-uk...