New York Times says boys eat too much protein.

[Nick Delgadillo]

Your Kids' Health, or Lefty Agenda? New York Times Says Boys Eat Too Much Protein | PJ Media

[Mark E. Hurling]

The heart of the matter:

This all boils down to one aspect of the current popular culture narrative: boys and men don’t need to be bigger and stronger. In fact, it’s much better if they aren’t bigger and stronger, because that is intimidating to people who aren’t.

So it's back to microagressions merely through being and lowered self esteem of others around. Harrison Bergeron!? Your food order is up!

[Greg C]

I place this source for nutrition guidance somewhere below the National Enquirer's credibility for alien data.

[Nicholas Racculia]

The tragedy is that there is a non-zero number of parents who will listen to the NYT and restrict their children's diet. Maybe, if we are lucky, the children will sneak extra protein in the school cafeteria when their parents, Dr. Calzo or our First Lady aren't watching...

We are pathological as a species.

[Tiburon]

Maybe, if we are lucky, the children will sneak extra protein in the school cafeteria .

When's the last time you saw the school lunch program? http://www.fns.usda.gov/sites/defaul...03-06-12_0.pdf

[Barry Charles]

The tragedy is that there is a non-zero number of parents who will listen to the NYT and restrict their children's diet. Maybe, if we are lucky, the children will sneak extra protein in the school cafeteria when their parents, Dr. Calzo or our First Lady aren't watching...

We are pathological as a species.

I read the NYTs digitally. A week doesn't go by without me considering cancelling. Especially after reading Krugman.

The article about protein had an interesting reader comment. From a teacher in the Bronx who says she personally spends $70/wk on protein bars to give to her teenage boys around 2pm. She says this has been a life saver as these kids are starving by then and this carries them to the end of the day.

She is exactly right. I give her tremendous credit for figuring this out and for donating her own money. Why can't the government figure this out?

[David Lee]

When's the last time you saw the school lunch program? http://www.fns.usda.gov/sites/defaul...03-06-12_0.pdf

I didn't read all of it, but this surprised me: 8-10 oz of meats/meat alternatives per lunch meal for Grades k-5.

When's the last time you saw the school lunch program? http://www.fns.usda.gov/sites/defaul...03-06-12_0.pdf

Edit for my previous post--it's 8-10 oz. per week. I'm no longer surprised.

[Gregory Domnin]

New Study On Malnutrition Emphasizes That Protein Is Critical For A Child's Development : Goats and Soda : NPR

More than 60 percent of the kids were stunted, the researchers reported in EBioMedicine. And, compared to taller children, blood levels of all essential amino acids in stunted kids were 15 to 20 percent lower, suggesting that those kids are consuming significantly less protein. "It was more striking than we expected," Semba says.