Lunchbox Differences In Schools

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The video, ““Lunchbox Differences in Decile 1 and Decile 10 Schools,” point out a study that was done to see how many children in schools received adequate food nutrition. The first school, decile 1 had 24 children in the classroom. The 24 children in this first classroom come from middle class families. Out of the 24 children almost all ate breakfast and all ate breakfast every morning, that for the most part showed the healthy food groups. The second classroom children come from lower class, poverty families (Clayton, 2012). out of the 27 children at poverty level from Decile 10 school, 21 had a minimal to poor breakfast, 14 came with a lunch but poor nutrition food included, chips, small snacks and soda. (Clayton, 2012). Poor

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