Archive · 30 Jan 2026
Viral Video Shows Changing School Lunch Habits
A video on X (formerly Twitter) shows what kids are eating for lunch at school these days.
It's different from what kids ate in the 1990s.
Back then, lunch boxes had simple, healthy home-cooked meals.
Now, many kids have packaged and instant foods like biscuits, doughnuts, and chips.
Only a few have fruits or a proper meal like roti and vegetables.
A teacher in the video is worried about this and says unhealthy foods shouldn't be allowed in school lunch boxes.
Many people on the internet are talking about this, some feeling nostalgic and others concerned about kids' health.
A viral video on X shows a teacher inspecting students' lunch boxes, finding mostly processed foods like biscuits, doughnuts, and instant noodles.
The video contrasts current lunch habits with the 1990s, when home-cooked meals were more common.
Only a few lunch boxes contained fruits, and just one had a healthy meal of roti and vegetables.
The teacher expressed concern and plans to ensure unhealthy foods are not brought to school.
Netizens reacted with nostalgia and concern, debating modern parenting and children's health.
- Who
- Students and their parents
- What
- A viral video showing unhealthy school lunches
- When
- January 24, 2026
- Where
- Social media platform X (formerly Twitter)
- Why
- To highlight the shift from home-cooked meals to processed foods in children's lunch boxes
- Platform
- X (formerly Twitter)
- Poster
- Lakshay Mehta
- Date Posted
- January 24, 2026
- Main Foods Found
- Biscuits, doughnuts, cakes, chips, French fries, instant noodles
- Healthy Foods Found
- Fruits, roti and vegetables