Obesity In Public Schools

Obesity has become a huge problem in our society, yet no one has made an approach to make things better. I believe that the schools need to make a change in the way they feed their students. There has been changes made in the school menus over the past years, but none of it was for the betterment of the students. They always go for what is cheapest or easiest to make. If the schools would simply stop serving the students processed food there would be a difference in everyones health. Majority of schools can get left over food from fast food places to cook and feed to the students. None of this food is cooked from scratch which means it all comes prepared and all the cooks have to do is warm it up then serve it to their students. The only healthy thing the students will get is a bag of carrots or a piece of fruit on their trays. At Corcoran High School the students are allowed to go off campus for lunch. This means about half of the student body eats fast food on a daily basis. Corcoran High has McDonalds and Taco Bell across the street, so students can easily get there fast enough to get food during lunch. There is also a Little Caesars, Pizza Factory, and Super Drive In a couple blocks away …show more content…
They can use off-campus lunch as a privilege or reward for the students and only give it to them once a week. Since they are keeping the kids on campus they will need to start serving healthier food. In order to make a change like this they would need an actual kitchen and real chefs. Many people would argue that the school can not afford to make those changes, but Corcoran High has been able to get grants for technology then they should be able to get grants for feeding their kids better. There are many things the schools can do to earn money to build a good kitchen and hire chefs. The students health should be worth figuring out something to do to keep them as healthy as can