Schools are very good at buying whole foods in boxes, bags, and cans. But they are not so good at making things from scratch. “The majority of school kitchens in New York and elsewhere don't cook from scratch; they reheat prepared foods. “When I came every piece of chicken and fish was breaded, or fried, or has some coating on it,” he says.”(Spake, 4). The food that teens and children are served every day is bought from a factory and shipped to the school. What goes on in that factory is a mystery to most. How the food is made and breaded is a good question but all the cafeteria workers know is that it is easy to put in the oven. More information should be provided on where the food that students eat at school comes from. Another problem for teens and kids is the time crunch. Most kids don't eat lunch because they do not have time to. There is homework to be completed, places to be, things to be done. Some kids spend their lunch periods in the library studying or in an extra study hall. Lunch is a necessity for teens and children in school. They need that food to keep their brains functioning properly and their energy levels high. Vending machines have become very popular in schools. Most of the time, they are a substitute for a real lunch. “Soda machines are an easy way to distract kids from eating healthy meals,” says Michael Leiding, RD, LDN clinical research
Schools are very good at buying whole foods in boxes, bags, and cans. But they are not so good at making things from scratch. “The majority of school kitchens in New York and elsewhere don't cook from scratch; they reheat prepared foods. “When I came every piece of chicken and fish was breaded, or fried, or has some coating on it,” he says.”(Spake, 4). The food that teens and children are served every day is bought from a factory and shipped to the school. What goes on in that factory is a mystery to most. How the food is made and breaded is a good question but all the cafeteria workers know is that it is easy to put in the oven. More information should be provided on where the food that students eat at school comes from. Another problem for teens and kids is the time crunch. Most kids don't eat lunch because they do not have time to. There is homework to be completed, places to be, things to be done. Some kids spend their lunch periods in the library studying or in an extra study hall. Lunch is a necessity for teens and children in school. They need that food to keep their brains functioning properly and their energy levels high. Vending machines have become very popular in schools. Most of the time, they are a substitute for a real lunch. “Soda machines are an easy way to distract kids from eating healthy meals,” says Michael Leiding, RD, LDN clinical research