To think cheese is a healthy snack?

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Maybe I am. I gave my LB cheese chunks in a little pot and a small bottle of water for his Break today on his first day in Primary school. He loves this and has it at home. He came home with a note saying in future to send a healthy nutritious snack in future.

Can I ask what u would send as a Healthy snack to school please?

I'd definitely say cheese is a healthy snack. Protein and fat is satiating.

Cheese is healthier than grapes, all they are is sugar water. I really doubt he can digest celery or raw carrot sticks anyway. Sheesh.

Cheese is an excellent snack and is healthy. The idea of fat being bad is outdated.

Of course cheese is healthy, lots of lovely protein. Next time put in a mix of apple slices and cubes of cheese to keep them happy but feel free to roll your eyes at them here.

Yes schools gone mad with the health brigade! A few cubes of cheese with either grapes / apple or veg is so much better, my mum works in a school and tells me the kids who get sent in with carrot sticks and rice cakes are always tired (and the first to dive into the puddings at lunch or the jam sarnies in the after school club)
Kids need energy, I give my 2 cheese with fruit / veg as a snack and both healthy

I would ask them why cheese is unhealthy.
Then say that you shouldn't look at a single piece of food in isolation but look at the diet as a whole.
Then say that healthy food is not binary but exists on a spectrum - most food has its merits and its downsides.
Then practice your DM sad face look with a pack of cheese.

Cheese (as part of an overall balanced diet) is a healthy snack. I'd be pretty pissed off at receiving that note.

You can't win.

The teacher who wrote the note probably had a quick fag round the corner for their break.

When one of my kids needed a filling, the dentist asked if she ate many sweets. I said no, but a lot of fruit. She told me to substitute a piece of fruit with a cheese sandwich, because it would be better for her teeth.

Cheese or a hard boiled egg or something containing more fat and protein is a far better snack than the instant sugar high from fruit and veg.

Fruit and veg are obviously good for you but high in sugar and not filling really if your child needs to last until lunch.

They should save the concern for the kids with cans of red bull or massive bars if dairy milk. Far more worthy of concern than some poor sod with some cheese

Send them in with a flapjack...

Then give them bangers and mash with baked beans for tea

Of course cheese is a healthy snack, natural fats are good for you much better than low fat rubbish loaded with sweeteners!! I would be pissed off too op!!

Maybe pop some apple slices or grapes or cucumber sticks in with the cheese and see if you get another note. Cheese is a great snack but if accompanied by some fruit it may be more acceptable to the school food police!

Next time personally i would send a mix of chopped cheese and chopped cherry tomato's /apple slices

Just tell them that cheese is 'calci-yummy'

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Fat and protein - needed by a growing child!

So glad I don't have children so don't need to deal with this stuff - misguided Food Police!

Send a note back saying your dentist recommended cheese as a snack. And get ready for 7 years of ignoring everything schools have to say about food.

I'd be happy to see cheese cubes.

I'm a TA, next week I'll be looking in lunch boxes as we settle children into the new routine. We encourage the children to eat the sandwiches first before they touch anything else.

• Looking in Lunch boxes because we're sitting with them in the Dining Hall.

That's crackers! (Whoops bad joke). Two of my children need to put on weight and cheese is one of the best things for this! Not everyone is fighting obesity. What is healthy for one person is not healthy for another. I am a teacher. I would refuse to do this policing of food!

Yes its healthy, a child actually needs some fats in their diet and a few chunks of chees is fine. Of course you could add some veg batons or a cracker/breadsticks etc.

A friend of mine was actually gently told off by thier dentist for letting her little girl eat so much fruit as snacks as it was affecting her teeth and he recommended cheese instead

Tell the school to look up 'healthy snacks' !

Natural fats and protein are so important in a child's diet. A few cubes of Cheddar/Cheshire is a great snack, nutrient dense and filling. Far better a bit of cheese than an additive-laden Muller yoghurt or sugar-filled Penguin.
For adults, cheese is not the enemy either, however, if we eat loads of bread, pasta or potatoes with it, we will be prone to weight gain. It's all about the carbs. I say this as a LCHF follower : although I would never restrict a child's carbs, I would try to make sure the bulk of them were 'good carbs'.
I am a teacher and do not 'police' lunchboxes but do try to encourage healthy eating habits (No, I do not recommend my pupils to follow LCHF as I do because they are children). IMO most children will listen and actively do want to develop heathy habits but it isn't always followed up by parents, or there is a huge misunderstanding of what is and isn't healthy even with the best of intentions.
The gov't healthy food plate/pyramid makes my blood boil.

It's not great for you but perfect for a four year old

I'd also wonder who sent the note from school. We had a bit of a 'to do' with some lunch supervisors going 'gung-ho' in lunch box forensics. They were all on a diet and thought the 0% fat, low calorie gubbins was the way forward for the kids too. They took it upon themselves to berate/celebrate lunches in completely the wrong way. There were certificates and stickers for all the wrong stuff. They meant well and thought they were actively encouraging healthy habits- they were wrong. Had to field a fair few complaints after that. Anyway, a bit of cheese is definitely a healthy snack.

2rebecca by that logic apples are sugar spheres and cucumbers are water tubes, surely?

Fat fills you up. Therefore it's a good snack in sensible quantities. Cheese also contains calcium and vit d (which is rarely found in food), as previously mentioned.