The argument parent councils put forward are that pizza days are a necessary and lucrative fundraiser. When I explored this with my youngest daughter’s school principal I learned that. Either of those things are true.

Weighty Mutters sees Obesity MD Yoni Freedhoff yammering into the ether (sometimes with friends and special guests) about the intersections of weight, nutrition, marketing, research, medicine, science, industry, and public policy. Fair warning, I don’t subscribe to any diet-ligion and think your best diet is another person’s worst.