What does how many bites it is have to do with anything?
It's more than enough protein, and I think any kid would be FAR better off with some other source of protein, or less protein in lunch than that even provides, than eating chicken nuggets.
Many, many people do have a very skewed idea of what people need nutritionally, and how much is in various things and etc.
Especially protein. People are like, obsessed with it and Americans, in general, eat far, far too much protein. Eating too much protein causes kidney problems, as well as other issues, depending on what kinds of protein.
You say above the government said we should eat carbs and doctors say this is what's making us fat - that's ... not true? I don't really even understand what you mean as you later say people should eat good carbs, which is what the RDA has always stressed, grains, fibre, etc.
A lot of people are saying kids can have up to four choices of produce, and a previous thing said those servings had been upped to a cup. A cup of broccoli, one of carrots, a cup of lettuce, an apple, a couple of nuggets (
) and some rice or a roll or whatever is plenty for lunch.
That's the other thing - I've seen people talking (both here in numerous threads and in some of those articles) about kids not being full enough.
There was a thread a while back from someone asking what to pack for lunch because her elementary kid wasn't "full enough" with a sandwich, an apple, crackers, a drink and a dessert. It was like....
There's clearly a distorted expectation or two there, that eating a meal should leave one feeling some version of stuffed, that eating will lead to an immediate feeling of 'fullness' and when it doesn't, keep eating until it does (which will inevitably lead to overeating, as it takes a decent while for that information to register), etc.
