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user-inactivated  ·  4443 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Make it through to 52 seconds of this video

I know Reps have problems with reality-checks but...

The video says "active teens require between 2000-5000 calories a day according to kidshealth.org" and carries on... "school lunch policy (OMG! commies even in my plate!) mandates all teens receive only 750-850 calories per lunch".

- Well first 750 calories for lunch means you can still eat the 4250 remainder (5000 cal seriously?) at breakfast + afternoon break + dinner

- Plus looking at Nemours' kidshealth.org for info, I see http://kidshealth.org/parent/nutrition_center/healthy_eating... (page 3) : "typical lunch 980 cal ; nutritional upgrade 725 cal (OMG! even less than Michelle's sharia!)"

- And best of all is that http://kidshealth.org/kid/nutrition/food/calorie.html (page 2) mentions "as boys enter puberty, they will need as many as 2,500 to 3,000 calories per day"

So... all in all Steve King's battle for health is rather a battle for anybody-to-make-whatever-he-wants...