According to our instructions we are to be sensitive to our Saudi Arabian guests and their culture, since my job is working at a school in the nutrition department, my speech today will be to inform the Saudi Arabian government why the United States government provides free and reduced price meals to students that qualify and to explain how important nutritious food is for children to learn.
The meeting takes place in a rather large meeting hall with approximately one hundred guests; there is a projector and screen to show slides. Since I am a woman, consequently, I am dressed in a loosely fitting, ankle length, business skirt, with a jacket, no collarbones or cleavage is visible and my hair is pulled back into a low bun, since this meeting …show more content…
(Hoyland, Dye, & Lawton, 2009, p.221) Moreover, there will be documented evidence shown, that proves when children eat a hot breakfast before a test, their scores will go up. (Mahoney, Taylor, Kanarek, & Samuel, 2005, p. 636)
The United States offers free and reduced price breakfast and lunch to children that qualify based on a program started in 1946. President Truman understood the importance of feeding children when he signed the National School Lunch program into existence, (Gunderson, 2014) but it wasn't until 1966, that finally the importance of breakfast was also beginning to be understood. The School Breakfast Program started off as a two year pilot study and was so successful, that it never ended. The program was finally signed in as a permanent act in 1975. (USDA FNS, 2013)
Today, I would like to emphasize how important regular school meals are and how all governments can assist children in their learning, by providing nutritious meals to their students either free or at reduced prices.
Moreover, school canteens should provide breakfast so children are not late going to a nearby cafe to get breakfast or going without. (AL-HAMID, 2015) Since obesity is on the rise, nutritious school meals and especially breakfast is more important than …show more content…
Additionally, I understand that all government, including the Saudi government cares deeply for their children and wants to ensure their future is healthy and bright. Today, our school nutrition staff would like to offer their wealth of knowledge to implement a better system to feed the future of not just Saudi Arabia, but any government, and with some changes in the system that governs the canteens in the schools, better access to healthier foods can be a reality in schools across the
The meeting takes place in a rather large meeting hall with approximately one hundred guests; there is a projector and screen to show slides. Since I am a woman, consequently, I am dressed in a loosely fitting, ankle length, business skirt, with a jacket, no collarbones or cleavage is visible and my hair is pulled back into a low bun, since this meeting …show more content…
(Hoyland, Dye, & Lawton, 2009, p.221) Moreover, there will be documented evidence shown, that proves when children eat a hot breakfast before a test, their scores will go up. (Mahoney, Taylor, Kanarek, & Samuel, 2005, p. 636)
The United States offers free and reduced price breakfast and lunch to children that qualify based on a program started in 1946. President Truman understood the importance of feeding children when he signed the National School Lunch program into existence, (Gunderson, 2014) but it wasn't until 1966, that finally the importance of breakfast was also beginning to be understood. The School Breakfast Program started off as a two year pilot study and was so successful, that it never ended. The program was finally signed in as a permanent act in 1975. (USDA FNS, 2013)
Today, I would like to emphasize how important regular school meals are and how all governments can assist children in their learning, by providing nutritious meals to their students either free or at reduced prices.
Moreover, school canteens should provide breakfast so children are not late going to a nearby cafe to get breakfast or going without. (AL-HAMID, 2015) Since obesity is on the rise, nutritious school meals and especially breakfast is more important than …show more content…
Additionally, I understand that all government, including the Saudi government cares deeply for their children and wants to ensure their future is healthy and bright. Today, our school nutrition staff would like to offer their wealth of knowledge to implement a better system to feed the future of not just Saudi Arabia, but any government, and with some changes in the system that governs the canteens in the schools, better access to healthier foods can be a reality in schools across the