Are School Lunches Really Helping Kids?
School lunch regulations are not helping kids. The regulations limit the number of healthy fat that is needed to have a healthy child, not letting them reach their daily amount of calories per day by having a decent amount of calories for lunch, and by forcing students with certain food borne illnesses to eat a smaller meal because of their problem. School lunch regulations have really started to uprise in the past 8 years. This is due to the fact that there has been more regulations set by the program Michelle Obama is running as she has been the first lady for the past few years. Her role in high school lunches has been to make them healthier for all kids. Even though she has been trying to make school …show more content…
Different activity levels among students and gender mean that most students have different allowances for a daily healthy amount of calories per day. “Students consume 19 to 50 percent of their daily calorie intake in the school cafeteria” (“School Lunch Programs May Encourage Poor Nutrition,” 2012). That is a fair amount of the amount of calories. But are those calories that the students getting beneficial? Schools must follow dietary guidelines set by the USDA in which those say the limit to calories from fat must be at 30% and no more. Also, saturated fats must be at 10% or less (“School Lunch Programs May Encourage Poor Nutrition,” 2012). That is barely enough fat based on the amount students get when eating fast food or eating dinner with their families. Just imagine if that’s all that some kids eat that day. Just a small school lunch needs to fill them up until tomorrow. Besides a couple of snacks they may get throughout the day, if that’s all they eat then they definitely are not getting any healthier. I’m not saying school lunches should hold enough food and calories to withstand an entire day’s RDA for students, but in most cases. More food is …show more content…
When creating meal plans for schools, people do not think of these people. They usually base the meals for students who can eat anything and everything. This is a problem for many. It is said that 21% of students have some sort of eating disorder or are vegetarians (Trautmann, 2008). Vegans and vegetarians are not allowed to either eat vegetables or eat anything produced from an animal. Most food in school lunches come from animals. The base meal usually comes from an animal or is meat. Therefore, vegetarians and vegans receive less calories than a normal person eating the entire school lunch. People who think of the lunch meals must think ahead of people who are vegans or vegetarians and make alternative lunches for those
School lunch regulations are not helping kids. The regulations limit the number of healthy fat that is needed to have a healthy child, not letting them reach their daily amount of calories per day by having a decent amount of calories for lunch, and by forcing students with certain food borne illnesses to eat a smaller meal because of their problem. School lunch regulations have really started to uprise in the past 8 years. This is due to the fact that there has been more regulations set by the program Michelle Obama is running as she has been the first lady for the past few years. Her role in high school lunches has been to make them healthier for all kids. Even though she has been trying to make school …show more content…
Different activity levels among students and gender mean that most students have different allowances for a daily healthy amount of calories per day. “Students consume 19 to 50 percent of their daily calorie intake in the school cafeteria” (“School Lunch Programs May Encourage Poor Nutrition,” 2012). That is a fair amount of the amount of calories. But are those calories that the students getting beneficial? Schools must follow dietary guidelines set by the USDA in which those say the limit to calories from fat must be at 30% and no more. Also, saturated fats must be at 10% or less (“School Lunch Programs May Encourage Poor Nutrition,” 2012). That is barely enough fat based on the amount students get when eating fast food or eating dinner with their families. Just imagine if that’s all that some kids eat that day. Just a small school lunch needs to fill them up until tomorrow. Besides a couple of snacks they may get throughout the day, if that’s all they eat then they definitely are not getting any healthier. I’m not saying school lunches should hold enough food and calories to withstand an entire day’s RDA for students, but in most cases. More food is …show more content…
When creating meal plans for schools, people do not think of these people. They usually base the meals for students who can eat anything and everything. This is a problem for many. It is said that 21% of students have some sort of eating disorder or are vegetarians (Trautmann, 2008). Vegans and vegetarians are not allowed to either eat vegetables or eat anything produced from an animal. Most food in school lunches come from animals. The base meal usually comes from an animal or is meat. Therefore, vegetarians and vegans receive less calories than a normal person eating the entire school lunch. People who think of the lunch meals must think ahead of people who are vegans or vegetarians and make alternative lunches for those