Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Back to School - Pizza Pizza?

This morning driving to work I saw something that almost made me cry. This little boy, clearly his first day of school ever, had a spiderman backpack and was waiting at the corner for a bus with his mom. It was 8:40 so I thought it was kind of late... so there was a problem.

A bus stopped at the lights and I saw the mom walk over to the bus and start talking to the driver. A few minutes later the bus drove off and the little boy threw his backpack on the ground and started crying. Oh boy!!! Poor little guy!!! Hopefully he got to school.

Interesting story about Pizza Pizza in the Toronto Sun today. The company has apparently revamped its recipe and portion size ahead of time to meet the stricter healthy guidelines the Ontario government is putting into place for next September: 80% of food sold in schools must be healthy. To achieve the healthiest rating food must have lower levels of salt, sugar and fat, and contain more essential nutrients... and apparently Pizza Pizza has. Great policy. Healthier living and examples of healthy living has to start early!!

Still don't like the idea of pizza day or pizza at schools, but if it has to be, then a healthier version is better.

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