Non-Story

After extensive DNHC staff review and analysis, we have decided that the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) report on the quality of school lunches must be a non-story (i.e. not covered by any High Country media outlet) because:

1) There are no public schools in the High Country.

2) Since there are no public schools in the High Country, there must not be any kids around here.

3) No one gets hungry around mid-day.

Had this been an actual story, you could have read/heard/seen/in/on the High Country media outlets that:

The quality of school lunches in NC has improved--from a D to a D+ since 2006.

So, what about the quality of school lunches in the High Country? Has any media outlet up here called the local school systems for a reaction? Have any local media outlets taken the initiative to evaluate local school lunch programs?

Whoops, we forgot--this is not a story (from CSPI).

“The majority of states still rely on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s outdated school nutrition standards,” said Wootan. “Those national standards limit only the sale of jelly beans, lollipops, and other so-called ‘foods of minimal nutritional value.’ Those standards don’t address calories, saturated and trans fat, sodium, or other key nutrition concerns for children today.”
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Over the last 20 years, obesity rates have tripled in children and adolescents, and only 2 percent of children eat a healthy diet, according to key nutrition recommendations by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Despite that, about a third of elementary schools, 71 percent of middle schools, and 89 percent of high schools sell items such as sugary drinks, snack cakes, candy, and chips out of vending machines, school stores, or a la carte lines in the cafeteria, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s 2006 School Health Policies and Programs Study.

Full non-story here.