If one thing is for certain about the people of the United States of America, it is that Americans love their food. It does not take much effort to realize this fact, for in the country just about every type of restaurant imaginable beckons hungry eaters to their doors through the use of elaborate, blinking signs, mass-advertising, and specials that include low-cost meals. Unfortunately, a good majority of the food consumed in America is highly processed, contains unhealthy amounts of sodium, or is just plain terrible for human health. Because of this, the number of Americans, especially children in grade school, suffering obesity is immensely growing. It has been proven by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that about 18 percent
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It is a well known fact that healthy food is typically way more expensive than that of processed food, which is normally full of sugar or high in unhealthy, saturated fat. As a result of this, schools are being urged to buy more of the healthy, nutrient enriched food, such as whole wheat grains along with fresh fruits and vegetables. However, because this kind of food is so much more expensive, it is no surprise that some schools are having a tough time with their meal budgets (Jackson.) Not only is there so much money being put into purchasing the healthy food, but a great deal of money is also being wasted due to students not eating their meals. School lunches had a bad reputation as it was before the act, especially in television where any kind of meat was referred to as “mystery meat” and casseroles moved across lunch tables. But now, many students are skeptical of their meals because of the darker pasta and the teeny-tiny, wheat bread rolls. This uncertainty leads to many students discarding, and therefore wasting, their uneaten food. For example, at a middle school in Boston, the children were not getting the recommended number of nutrients in their school lunches and ate under 85 percent of their meal, which was a waste of money for the school(Cohen.) Not only are the prices for ingredients of the meals …show more content…
The school has no jurisdiction over what kind of food is being put into the students’ mouths while not in school, therefore the children could be going right back to the processed, unhealthy food. Even though some would argue that these meals from the schools could be the only nutritious meals many students receive in a day, there is no guarantee that the children are actually eating the food. Just because a student goes into the lunch line and purchases the food, does not mean that the food is really consumed by the child. Furthermore, a child should not be forced to eat food that is good for them. They should be encouraged to make right choices when eating, but demanding a student to eat broccoli and pears when they do not want to do so could produce a negative effect and prohibit the child from wanting to make better food choices. The program has a small chance in succeeding through making students eat certain nutritious foods, but it that does not mean it will prove to be efficient in impacting a lifestyle change in the
It is a well known fact that healthy food is typically way more expensive than that of processed food, which is normally full of sugar or high in unhealthy, saturated fat. As a result of this, schools are being urged to buy more of the healthy, nutrient enriched food, such as whole wheat grains along with fresh fruits and vegetables. However, because this kind of food is so much more expensive, it is no surprise that some schools are having a tough time with their meal budgets (Jackson.) Not only is there so much money being put into purchasing the healthy food, but a great deal of money is also being wasted due to students not eating their meals. School lunches had a bad reputation as it was before the act, especially in television where any kind of meat was referred to as “mystery meat” and casseroles moved across lunch tables. But now, many students are skeptical of their meals because of the darker pasta and the teeny-tiny, wheat bread rolls. This uncertainty leads to many students discarding, and therefore wasting, their uneaten food. For example, at a middle school in Boston, the children were not getting the recommended number of nutrients in their school lunches and ate under 85 percent of their meal, which was a waste of money for the school(Cohen.) Not only are the prices for ingredients of the meals …show more content…
The school has no jurisdiction over what kind of food is being put into the students’ mouths while not in school, therefore the children could be going right back to the processed, unhealthy food. Even though some would argue that these meals from the schools could be the only nutritious meals many students receive in a day, there is no guarantee that the children are actually eating the food. Just because a student goes into the lunch line and purchases the food, does not mean that the food is really consumed by the child. Furthermore, a child should not be forced to eat food that is good for them. They should be encouraged to make right choices when eating, but demanding a student to eat broccoli and pears when they do not want to do so could produce a negative effect and prohibit the child from wanting to make better food choices. The program has a small chance in succeeding through making students eat certain nutritious foods, but it that does not mean it will prove to be efficient in impacting a lifestyle change in the