The obesity rates among teens have been rising due to the fact that they have no idea what they actually consume. Most of the food that teens and children consume come from the school lunch that they receive and their home. Nearly one in three children in our country is overweight or obese because of the consumption of school lunches.The student ate 857 calories in their school lunch, but they have changed it to 850 calories which now come from healthy foods. California has about 27.2-30.5% of teens and children between the ages 10-17 that are obese in 2011. We are petitioning for physical nutrition labels on the school lunches, even though they are offered online it may be difficult to access them if the students don't actually know where
