Should Lunches Be Allowed To Eat In Schools

Children in America are beginning to become overweight and schools are taking action. Yes, obesity is an issue all over America, however should schools feel obligated to change their students’ eating habits? Although the new school lunch system is extra nutritional some students do not receive enough calories, afterwards feel sluggish and more than anything schools are losing income and dropping out of this new program.
This is most affecting high school students, athletes especially. They aren’t getting the calories needed with the lunches that are being provided for them. Wallace County High School made a video that went viral about how these new lunches aren’t helping everyone. Students feel so strongly about a matter and decided to tell the world about it. A TIME article by Alexandra sifferlin states that high school students felt the lunches were “too skimpy” and unsatisfying. This shows how much schools think they are helping but in reality aren’t. In 2013 the USDA removed limits on the amount of protein and grains in foods for high school …show more content…
The school’s lunch guidelines were developed 15 years ago, according to Bonnie Taub who wrote for US News. It hasn’t been an extended time for them to feel the need to change the entire system. An obvious issue that no one addresses, is that children are eating things they don’t like. Children in large are not eating these foods and not getting proper nutrition. Many schools are saying that parents should have parents should give children replacements for sugar. However, they are right in the sense of it being a matter for a parent and not a school’s. Childhood obesity is an issue in America many are trying to resolve including schools, some districts will lose $975,000 each year creating a butterfly effect of schools shutting