A machine cannot perform at its best on bad fuel; likewise, people cannot perform at their best on a poor diet. Unfortunately, the typical American diet brings a troubled look to nutritionists nationwide. Typical for lifestyle habits, eating patterns begin at a young age. Considering that over a billion school meals are served in the United States annually, there is good reason for concern about its impact on the health and eating habits of our future society. Although we keep increasing funding and demanding schools to provide healthy food for our kids, obesity rates continue to flourish for our children, and we continue playing the same old song and dance without real progress in our program. Currently, America's public school lunch program is failing to meet the potential the upcoming generations deserve to have. Unhealthy Bodies
In recent years, we are standing among the most obese countries in the Western world, and the issue is beginning to bloom in …show more content…
To provide an example, children were not eating adequate amounts of fruits and vegetables, so schools required students to choose either a fruit or vegetable before leaving the lunch line because the predicted result was an increase in consumption. However, the spike in trash cans filled with untouched produce shows that the requirement does not correspond with high consumption rates (Cha). With the majority of the hundreds of pounds of wasted school food composed of untasted fruits and vegetables, one would be lying to themselves if they blamed a lack of eating time or appetite. It is clear to see that students have become conditioned to toss perfectly edible and nutritious staples, carrying an unhealthy eating pattern into their adult
In recent years, we are standing among the most obese countries in the Western world, and the issue is beginning to bloom in …show more content…
To provide an example, children were not eating adequate amounts of fruits and vegetables, so schools required students to choose either a fruit or vegetable before leaving the lunch line because the predicted result was an increase in consumption. However, the spike in trash cans filled with untouched produce shows that the requirement does not correspond with high consumption rates (Cha). With the majority of the hundreds of pounds of wasted school food composed of untasted fruits and vegetables, one would be lying to themselves if they blamed a lack of eating time or appetite. It is clear to see that students have become conditioned to toss perfectly edible and nutritious staples, carrying an unhealthy eating pattern into their adult