Usually in movies, the lunch lady is portrayed as a gross looking person with a hairnet with a big nasty mole on her face that scoops up a pile of slop and dumps it on a student’s tray. Well, this is what students see today with their school lunches. Yes, the students are exaggerating a bit because it is not slop or a gross lunch lady, but the new supposedly healthier school lunches are not appetizing, tasty, or helping child obesity. What is the point of making this new transition to healthier lunches if the children are not going to eat them? Some students will not eat this food because it does not taste good or look appetizing. Students also have other lunch options, for example, they can bring a lunch from home, get something from the
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In an article on politicalinsider.com titled “Families Are Outraged to See Michelle Obama - Approved School Lunches (YUCK!)” written by Kosar, it states, “This lunch isn’t enough for a typical growing and active student.” Students are still growing and being active so they need bigger portions of food. A lot of students in high school have around two hour practices for sports after school. If they are not getting served enough food at lunch, then they are most likely going to be hungry again before they get home. The school’s proportions of food are not enough for high schoolers. Kosar goes on in her article to talk about how unbelievably small the school lunches are. At a school in Oklahoma, they served a few pieces of sliced ham, two sets of crackers, a slice of cheese, and two pieces of cauliflower. One of the students at this school was pregnant and that was all she had to eat. Clearly, that is not enough to feed a pregnant mother. By eating healthy, the school lunches should consist of lean meats, vegetables, and plenty of options (Kosar). It is also not fair because the teachers can get however much food as they want. Some high school students are as big as the teachers and would also like to eat more but they are stuck with the small servings given in student lunches. Some people might claim that bigger portions of food are the reason for child obesity, therefore, the children should adapt to healthier habits and need to take the time to get used to small portions. They think that it might take some time but eventually students will get used to eating smaller healthier portions of food. Serving sizes are actually much smaller than people realize and most people end up eating way more than they are supposed to. Yes, most people do tend to eat more than the actual serving size, but high school students need bigger portions that elementary students.
In an article on politicalinsider.com titled “Families Are Outraged to See Michelle Obama - Approved School Lunches (YUCK!)” written by Kosar, it states, “This lunch isn’t enough for a typical growing and active student.” Students are still growing and being active so they need bigger portions of food. A lot of students in high school have around two hour practices for sports after school. If they are not getting served enough food at lunch, then they are most likely going to be hungry again before they get home. The school’s proportions of food are not enough for high schoolers. Kosar goes on in her article to talk about how unbelievably small the school lunches are. At a school in Oklahoma, they served a few pieces of sliced ham, two sets of crackers, a slice of cheese, and two pieces of cauliflower. One of the students at this school was pregnant and that was all she had to eat. Clearly, that is not enough to feed a pregnant mother. By eating healthy, the school lunches should consist of lean meats, vegetables, and plenty of options (Kosar). It is also not fair because the teachers can get however much food as they want. Some high school students are as big as the teachers and would also like to eat more but they are stuck with the small servings given in student lunches. Some people might claim that bigger portions of food are the reason for child obesity, therefore, the children should adapt to healthier habits and need to take the time to get used to small portions. They think that it might take some time but eventually students will get used to eating smaller healthier portions of food. Serving sizes are actually much smaller than people realize and most people end up eating way more than they are supposed to. Yes, most people do tend to eat more than the actual serving size, but high school students need bigger portions that elementary students.