U.S. students fed up with the slim pickings at their school cafeterias are once again taking to Twitter to share pictures of unappetizing -- and sometimes unrecognizable -- food using the hashtag #ThanksMichelleObama.
Michelle Obama has been the public face of a years-long campaign to improve the nutrition content of the national school lunch program, after vowing to help tackle childhood obesity. The new guidelines that came out of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act require meals to contain fruits, vegetables and whole grains, and limit sodium, fat and calories.
Many students and schools have not exactly warmly embraced the new rules, with some choosing this week to revive last spring's #ThanksMichelleObama hashtag to post photos of their unappetizing meals.
Yum school lunches #thanksmichelleobama pic.twitter.com/eS27j75Oae
— Jess Sency (@Jess_Sency) November 18, 2014
Yum school lunch part 2 #ThanksMichelleObama pic.twitter.com/y8qY680qwR
— Jess Sency (@Jess_Sency) November 21, 2014
@EAGnews pic.twitter.com/CL2EYNMte6
— Marissa Garrett (@marissajgarrett) November 19, 2014
This is my lunch. I'm in high school. #ThanksMichelleObama pic.twitter.com/02t4MScBIe
— Maya Wuertz (@wuertznightmare) November 17, 2014
Still, others offered their support to Obama, saying she shouldn't be asked to shoulder the blame for the poorly prepared meals from school lunch programs.
Teens using #ThanksMichelleObama should be tweeting at their school complaining, not at Michelle. Your schools can do way better.
— Laura Heying (@weird_culture) November 21, 2014
If your school district has no idea how to meet health requirements properly, maybe take it up with them.#ThanksMichelleObama
— Jen (@JuanaBlanca) November 21, 2014
#ThanksMichelleObama for trying to do something positive with the little autonomy you have in the situation you're in.
— tabgirl (@tabgirl) November 21, 2014