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Also, processed food is becoming a large issue. If it is not grown, it is most likely processed which is really a tragic thing. Because kids don't want carrots or apples, they want French fries and hamburgers. Obesity is a very large and rapidly growing problem in our nation. It starts out when you are young but most people still struggle with it when they are older. Childhood obesity is the beginning of obesity so we need to control it at a young age. “What a horrible place we've come to in this country. We're in the throes of an obesity crisis, and diet-related illness is on the rise. The CDC has stated that of children born in the year 2000-- those ten-year-old kids in fourth or fifth grade this year, one out of every three Caucasians and almost one out of every two African American and Hispanics will contract diabetes in their lifetime, most before they graduate high school. This means that one-third-- yes, one third-- of all children will become overweight or obese. Not only that, these younger children will be the first generation in our country's history to die at a younger age than their parents.”(Cooper, 2). The activity of parents and teachers trying to fix this is slow
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Schools are very good at buying whole foods in boxes, bags, and cans. But they are not so good at making things from scratch. “The majority of school kitchens in New York and elsewhere don't cook from scratch; they reheat prepared foods. “When I came every piece of chicken and fish was breaded, or fried, or has some coating on it,” he says.”(Spake, 4). The food that teens and children are served every day is bought from a factory and shipped to the school. What goes on in that factory is a mystery to most. How the food is made and breaded is a good question but all the cafeteria workers know is that it is easy to put in the oven. More information should be provided on where the food that students eat at school comes from. Another problem for teens and kids is the time crunch. Most kids don't eat lunch because they do not have time to. There is homework to be completed, places to be, things to be done. Some kids spend their lunch periods in the library studying or in an extra study hall. Lunch is a necessity for teens and children in school. They need that food to keep their brains functioning properly and their energy levels high. Vending machines have become very popular in schools. Most of the time, they are a substitute for a real lunch. “Soda machines are an easy way to distract kids from eating healthy meals,” says Michael Leiding, RD, LDN clinical research
Schools are very good at buying whole foods in boxes, bags, and cans. But they are not so good at making things from scratch. “The majority of school kitchens in New York and elsewhere don't cook from scratch; they reheat prepared foods. “When I came every piece of chicken and fish was breaded, or fried, or has some coating on it,” he says.”(Spake, 4). The food that teens and children are served every day is bought from a factory and shipped to the school. What goes on in that factory is a mystery to most. How the food is made and breaded is a good question but all the cafeteria workers know is that it is easy to put in the oven. More information should be provided on where the food that students eat at school comes from. Another problem for teens and kids is the time crunch. Most kids don't eat lunch because they do not have time to. There is homework to be completed, places to be, things to be done. Some kids spend their lunch periods in the library studying or in an extra study hall. Lunch is a necessity for teens and children in school. They need that food to keep their brains functioning properly and their energy levels high. Vending machines have become very popular in schools. Most of the time, they are a substitute for a real lunch. “Soda machines are an easy way to distract kids from eating healthy meals,” says Michael Leiding, RD, LDN clinical research