Trying to fight childhood obesity starts at home, but a good portion of the battle happens in school as many parents know. The quality of school lunch offerings can be disgusting and pleasant depending on where you live.

If your local schools supply fatty, unhealthy lunch items, you can speak up and see if you can change things. But, once you get to a certain grade, buying several different items (like in a mid-high) can be possible to the student -- both healthy and unhealthy. How do you know what they are buying?

If you're into trying to teach good nutritional habits to your child, would it be convenient to deposit funds into your kid's lunch account and have access to seeing what they eat every day? This isn't invasion of privacy -- it's good parenting if you're trying to teach one of the most important lifelong skills you can. Check out MealpayPlus and see what you think. It might just be good enough to being to your local school board the next time it convenes.