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Big Brother In the School Cafeteria?

Posted by samzenpus on from the getting-an-A-in-cafeteria dept.

AustinSlacker writes "An Iowa school district's lunch program asks children as young as 5 years old to memorize a four-digit PIN code so it can monitor what they eat in the school cafeteria - prompting some parents to claim it's an unhealthy case of 'Big Brother.' An over reaction by parents or an unnecessary invasion of privacy?"

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  1. Re:Big Brother? Not Quite. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    By who's definition of healthy?

    If only there was some group somewhere, maybe part of the government, who employed nutritionists and could use peer-reviewed science to separate what's healthy from diet fads. You know, like a department of health or human services or something?

    And as science changes, they could maybe update the guidelines on a periodic basis.. like every 5 years or so.