Unhealthy School Lunches

America is criticized from all over the world for our school system. But, not even just our system, our lunches too. People everywhere have had great ideas to fix this obstacle in our overall school system. Even though people have great ideas to solve this, the government usually throws them away, or the people do not stand out and put effort towards resolving the dilemma. Well, here I am, taking a stand. America needs to change how much, when, and what we eat as students, and I believe we can. The major problem that everyone recognizes is how unhealthy our lunches are. We are served processed foods that are high in fats, sodium, and sugars. All foods are processed in some way, but the food we usually think of as processed has been chemically processed. That means that is it made from artificial substances and refined ingredients. Processed foods are one of the top causes for obesity in the US. “A recent study found that children who regularly ate school lunches were 29 percent more likely to be obese than their peers who brought lunch from home” (Reader’s Digest Editors). Accordingly, if the school is going to provide lunch, it should be benefiting our health. …show more content…
Conversely, the food we are served contradicts that because we aren’t served those healthy foods schools advertise. In countries around the world, kids are served a healthy proportion of veggies, fruits, grains, and meats. In Thailand, some lunches are served for free and are full of benefiting foods. “School lunch today: Fried rice with pork, chicken soup, fresh cucumber, and black jelly (liquorice flavoured) for dessert” (World Vision). Ordinarily, most of the primary schools in Asia make lunches that are complete with all different kinds of flavors, like fried eel and jackfruit. Therefore, America has one of the worst school lunch systems in the entire