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May 13th, 2011
10:19 AM ET
Fit Friday: Cafeteria cams measure kids' caloriesKids often toss the apple from their lunch trays and dive straight into the cookies. But, now cafeteria cameras can track what they’re really eating. Health officials are using a $2 million federal grant to install cameras that will track eating habits at five San Antonio, Texas elementary schools. The camera program will analyze the food on the trays for kids whose parents give permission. Parents can get reports about what their kids ate in school. The cameras will record what the students put on their lunch tray. A computer program analyzes the food to calculate the amount of food and calories. Then it will also take an image of the students’ trays when they are done – this will enable calculation of the nutrition that the children consumed. "Let the picture tell us a thousand words about what they're eating," Dr. Roger Echon, who helped develop the initial computer program, told CNN affiliate KSAT. This could help officials measure the nutrition children are getting to better develop programs to prevent obesity and diabetes, San Antonio school and health officials told KSAT. Sound off below: Should we track what children eat to get a better sense of their overall nutrition, or is this nanny state gone amuck?
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Wait a minute.They're more than willing to spend 2 million dollars on a camera that will already states the obvious but they won't provide that extra money so that teachers all over San Antonio...hell all over texas.....won't lose their jobs?
No wonder our country is broke. If I had a child in those schools, the government would not be taking his/her pics. I still believe in individual rights.
But they could also use the information to figure out which healthy options are simply getting thrown away and need revamping. Just because healthy foods are offered doesn't mean they're getting eaten.
2 million dollars on camers, but can't invest in higher quality, healthful food?
Exactly. There are lots of healthy alternatives out there that they could employ with the money they are wasting on these cameras. Kids need an assortment of fruit to choose from, not just 1. Watch Jamie Oliver's specials on school menus-they are real eye openers and it gives you an idea as to how the food industry dictates Americas diet and the lies they tell us about real nutrition.
It's a parents responsibility to watch what their kids are eating, not big brother, funded by the taxpayer. Also, it's only one meal out of the day. What a waste!
BIG, TREMENDOUS waste of money! San Antonio would love to see this money used for better uses than on cameras to monitor calories consumed! I'd Love to have a conversation with the nimwits who approved this!
This is one great example of of why I'm glad I homeschool.
This is wrong in so many ways. School officials choose to turn their backs on drop out rates, poor academic performance, gangs, bullying, drug use and a myriad of other problems teachers and parents struggle against every day to funnel money in accordance with the nanny-state mentality. School officials, apparently unable to address the issues cited above, have chosen an easier course, thanks to the largesse of the US taxpayer. I suggest another focus: teach the students, support the teachers, set aside politically-driven distractions from your worthy core mission.
America is number one! The government wastes money on crap like this and the citizens eat it up with a shovel. As we all know monitoring children during lunch will guarantee straights A's and perfect attendance. San Antonio..hmm....I guess they need a burrito count to ensure adequate caloric uptake. It sure is nice the American government forces its citizens to endure bullcrap like this. Greatest country in the world by reckon. 5% of the world's population with the highest incarceration rate of any country. Yup....number one all right.
Just remove the junk food and feed the kids healthy meals at school.... what a complete waste of money!!
hahaha
dont eat too much fat@ss. Big Brother is watching.
really though, once people get to college, they'll diet insanely because they realize that fat is really unattractive.
I think we might as well give it a try. Spending 5 millon dollars in grant money to make sure your kids are healthy is nothing compared the 150 billon dollars that obesity cost is tax payer money. Not to mention the quakity of life that kids and adults have when they are obese.
It is not the business of the government to take pics nor monitor my life or my family.
Why don't the schools just cut the cookies and only serve healthful foods. Then they wouldn't have to worry about being held accountable for student obesity. Then they could write a 2 million dollar grant to buy books.
What's wrong with cookies? I eat them all the time and I'm not fat. Actually, I'm very heatlhy. Cookies won't hurt you as long as you are eating your fruits and veggies and getting plenty of exercise.
since when did school need to be so high tech? since when did simple survance cameras cost 2 million dollars? for that amount of money you could have hired 100 nutritionist/personal trainers to monitor/coach these children on eating correctly.
these schools..these parents all want to play the blame game when it comes to child obesity...noone wants to be seen as a bad parent for having a fat kid. Since when did being fat become a crime
Since when did we need the "mommy" state to watch over us..do we really need "big sister" to govern what these kids eat or hell throw away. This sounds more like a program one would find in a socialist country.
Kids are kids. Of course they want to eat cookies, if the school has them. The school should be having more fruit, and healthier lunch meals. Instead of spending two million on cameras, they should spend two million on better lunches.
This is so stupid, kids aren't getting fat at school, it is all the after school burgers, and milkshakes.
Typical. As a teacher, I know why kids are obese. They feed the kids fat laden foods that are upalatable at best and at least in the elementary grades, require them to eat it. Then they add so much crap to the school day in order to meet the "testing" standards, that they cut out all or most of the recess and physical activity. Just another govt attempt to justify giving away all of this free food and not requiring parents to be parents. I see it daily.
anyone also notice in this video that the kids throw the trays away?! what lesson are we teaching them there?
As someone who is well versed in public health matters I think this is a waste of resources. We already know that kids arent eating well and are not exercising enough. Why would we need to record it to confirm AGAIN? We need to do something to rectify the situation not pay for studies to confirm this over and over again.
Wow, I agree.....this is a waste of resources. It is not new news that children are not eating well in school. I have to say that I would not want to see what my child is eating while in school........if they didn't take their lunch from home, I already know that they will be consuming an unhealthy lunch. School lunches being unhealthy is NOT new news folks......
This money would be more useful being put towards programs that would increase students activity. So many times I hear of schools having to eliminate sports because there isn't enough money! Why not invest the money in more activities for students to choose from during P.E. class? The schools I attended only offered the basic baseball, football, basketball and running for activity during P.E. class........and I went to school with SEVERAL kids that hated these sports with a passion. These kids today are obese, and I wonder if their lives would be different if they had other options to choose from. My neice told me the other day that her teacher has setup a WII Fit in her classroom, for kids to use when they are finished with homework. I want to give this teacher a pat on the back!! I know the Wii Fit doesn't exactly measure up to running a mile during P.E. class, but it atleast gives kids some type of physical activity.
1. Obesity is not caused by excessive food intake.
2. Weight gain/weight loss is not about calories.
3. Weight loss is not about “burning calories”.
The science of obesity is based on embarrassing misconception. Here is the link to the article “Misconception about Counting Calories and Weight Management” that explain more: http://www.biomechanicsandhealth.com/calories.htm
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