As a result, if the National School Lunch and Breakfast Program were modified to include lower calorie options, such as by implementing lower calorie sweeteners instead of regular sugar and more fruit and vegetables, it would impact a wide variety of students with differences in socioeconomic status and ethnicity.
Since the National School Lunch Program was historically established for the purpose of battling hunger in the under fed the impact on children and adolescents of essentially revising the purpose of the program must be considered. One possible concern with modifying the National School Lunch Program to address the issues of obesity is that there could be a rise seen in the percentage of underweight children as a result. One proposed method to prevent this incidence was to encourage underweight children to enroll in the school breakfast program. Schanzenbach stated that “underweight children who attend schools that offer the National School Breakfast Program are less likely to participate in the program than their classmates that are of normal weight” (Schanzenbach, 2005). Encouraging underweight students to increase their …show more content…
It has been shown that having a customized electronic medical records (EMR) template with a component specifically created to prompt the PCP to assess BMI increased the occurrence of screening children for obesity in the healthcare setting (Vine et al, 2013). PCPs need to be made aware of the obesity data and trained on what medications and lifestyle changes are specific to children and
Since the National School Lunch Program was historically established for the purpose of battling hunger in the under fed the impact on children and adolescents of essentially revising the purpose of the program must be considered. One possible concern with modifying the National School Lunch Program to address the issues of obesity is that there could be a rise seen in the percentage of underweight children as a result. One proposed method to prevent this incidence was to encourage underweight children to enroll in the school breakfast program. Schanzenbach stated that “underweight children who attend schools that offer the National School Breakfast Program are less likely to participate in the program than their classmates that are of normal weight” (Schanzenbach, 2005). Encouraging underweight students to increase their …show more content…
It has been shown that having a customized electronic medical records (EMR) template with a component specifically created to prompt the PCP to assess BMI increased the occurrence of screening children for obesity in the healthcare setting (Vine et al, 2013). PCPs need to be made aware of the obesity data and trained on what medications and lifestyle changes are specific to children and