Parents Don't Want Teachers Talking to Their Children About Unhealthy Food Because It's Triggering (VIDEO)

Colorado parents are asking the state to make teachers stop talking about nutrition in ways that “trigger” them into body image and health crises.

One parent told the Colorado State Board of Education that his daughter was triggered by a teacher remarking that fat in food becomes fat in the body.

The Denver Post explained helpfully that this was medically inaccurate, since a “body stores any calories beyond its needs as fat, and our bodies need some fat stores for insulation and to protect our organs.”

Another father said his daughter was triggered when a teacher made their students use an app to count caloric intake. . .

Another example of “triggering” classroom lessons was one where students lined up to have their body mass percentage measured.