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Since new academic year the native state has made for rising generation let and not expensive, but very useful gift free school dinners for first-graders. |
For a school food, the government is more true for its quality, to see, has decided to undertake seriously. In November, 2006 so-called unhealthy products have been forbidden to sale in school buffets: chips, lemonades, Coca-Cola etc. the Government has so attended to health of schoolboys, what even has stated intention to establish at schools automatic machines for carrots and radish sale. However, it is difficult to imagine turn of schoolboys behind a carrot. Unlike hares, children still prefer till now “snickers”, etc. to sweet. Fortunately or unfortunately, but morkovno-redisnyj the automatic machine while at schools and has not appeared.
Despite financial difficulties, the Cabinet nevertheless has found 1,1 million латов for free dinners for 20 thousand first-graders which this year for the first time have sat down for school desks. Such sum has been allocated from calculation, that the school dinner will cost no more than 80 centimes. And before it interrogation at the Latvian schools has been spent: in how many it the dinner for the schoolboy last educational year managed? It has appeared, that the prices were different, but on the average the dinner price has made approximately 73 centimes.
Obviously taking into account inflation also have defined cost of a school dinner this educational year. However on it the government not намерено to stop. It plans to enter next year free dinners and for pupils of the second classes, and in the long term and for all pupils of the basic school. And business, probably, here is not so much in philanthropy or special love of our ministers to children, and in sober calculation. After all if not to provide to children a high-grade food, not to avoid problems with health, and it will manage to the state more expensively. Last year, for example, 23 % of first-graders used services of school dining rooms only. Than they ate on переменках? Everything, everything, but who is rare healthy and wholesome food, and more and more any chips, “марсами” and to that similar substitutes, washing down it is Coca-Cola, фантой etc.
In the EU countries have already sounded the alarm concerning promptly worsening health of schoolboys, the reason for that not in the last instance a wrong food. In the European Union of 20 % of children have a problem of the raised weight of a body. And it means additional risk of diseases of cardiovascular system, a hypertension etc. At us this problem yet so is sharp, as in Latvia the tradition of a healthy food when into a diet enter black bread, porridges, vegetables, fortunately, has remained. And if the state does not take care of preservation of this tradition today, would not provide to children a healthy food at school in the future it would incur the big expenses, but already on treatment of sick children.
How business with a food of children at schools of our city is? This question ЭН addressed to the expert concerning health of Management of formation Руслану Беспятому.
Dinners for schoolboys prepare according to the principles of a healthy food developed by the Ministry of well-being and Ministry of Health. In the documents accepted by these structures it is spoken, what products are forbidden to use. These are products with dyes, preservatives, подсластителями, containing caffeine, and also what contain more than 1,25 г salts on 100 г a product.
In the same place following recommendations are given: to use dairy and sour-milk products, oil, sour cream for salads, and here to use mayonnaise or ketchup it is undesirable. As well as sausages, sausages, meat and fish canned food. And on the contrary, it is very desirable to use fresh vegetables not less than 100 г during the lunchtime, and fruit not less 50г. Kashi, macaroni please, but a potato фри to include in the menu it is impossible.
Dinners or in school dining rooms or firms with which the school administration concludes the contract are made. And firms get out on a competitive basis. Behind quality of cooking, behind observance of sanitary norms experts of Management of formation and two more services Agency of public health and Prodovolstvenno-veterinary service watch besides school administration.
Whether it is possible to make for 80 centimes today a high-grade dinner?
Groats, bread, a potato which the most expensive foodstuff is in the basis of a pyramid of a healthy food for the present not. Carrots, a beet too. Milk, meat are rich with fibers, but them not too it is required in day, these norms small much. Also we will consider, that a school dinner it only third of day diet of the schoolboy, and in the morning and in the evening it eats at home. And it too should be meant, has explained R.Bespjatyj.
Yes, the government has forbidden to sell products which are recognised by physicians as not promoting health strengthening at school. Also what? Frequently schoolboys are reserved by all it in nearby booths from school. Leaves, an interdiction have entered in vain? The majority of experts consider, that knowingly. Time has shown, that the decision was correct. The use among schoolboys of every possible erzats-products has considerably decreased. And still many children prefer given by it parents money to spend for something “вкусненькое”, but is far not useful to their health. How here to be?
Dinners “on the bill”
Mum of the schoolgirl of one of city schools shares the parental experience with readers.
We weekly allocated for a food of the daughter 4 лата. Somehow time I have come to school and have seen, than feed children. I have been very surprised. The portion was simply scanty. As I understand, the dinner should consist of the first, the second and the third. What gave to children? 100-150 grammes of the meat salad seasoned with mayonnaise, a slice of bread and compote. And it is called as a dinner? We began to give to the daughter of in addition a few money that she could buy something else. But the daughter began to spend this money for sweets. I have decided to finish with this business. Fortunately, by this time in buffet have entered the power supply system “on the bill”. What is it? the Child comes to buffet and itself chooses those dishes for a dinner which he usually eats houses: soup, a cutlet, etc. the dinner Sum registers “in the bill”.
And in a weekend parents pay off for dinners. Thus, the child had a choice possibility, and we any more do not give cash. And any snickerses have stopped. By the way, at school the former system of dinners has remained also. But we do not participate in it any more.
Boris ЛАВРЕНОВ