Two Angry Moms Take on School Lunches

If you have children and are fed up with the highly processed, trans fat-laden, sugar- and preservative-filled lunches served to them at school, you are not alone. In fact, two moms on the east coast got so angry that they've created a film and started a movement to fight for the health of our children from coast to coast.

Amy Kalafa, filmmaker and nutrition counselor, and Dr. Susan Rubin, H.H.C., paired up to create Two Angry Moms, a documentary film about the diet and health of America's school children. Their goal is to create awareness and recruit two million moms to join them in bringing fresh, wholesome foods into school cafeterias.

Transforming the school lunch menu will not only address issues like childhood obesity, type-2 diabetes and heart disease, but also Kalafa says many school children are suffering from malnutrition from empty calories, toxic buildup, and vitamin and mineral imbalances. This is resulting in behavioral issues, learning disabilities, allergies, asthma, childhood depression and anxiety-related disorders.

If you're interested in making a difference in the health and well-being of the next generation, go to angrymoms.org. They have a list of great resources to help you take steps in your own community to bring about needed changes in the school lunch program. While visiting their Web site, be sure to check out the clips from the documentary Two Angry Moms.

Sources:
A Grain of Salt - Spring 2007 newsletter
angrymoms.org