Obesity and School Lunches Essay

still in some schools today, cafeterias have had a tendency to serve meals containing high amounts of sodium, fat, and calories as opposed to a more nutritious meal. As a result, children have been put at risk for developing heart disease, diabetes, high cholesterol, high blood pressure and other serious health issues. In addition to this, teenagers will face nutrient deficiency, poor academic performance, and obesity during high school. In fact, over the past forty years, the obesity rate in…

students at Sierra Vista High School that eat school lunch every day. For some students, the school lunch is the only thing they eat until they get home, and it is sad that most times the students are utterly disappointed at the food they are being served. The students wait in line to get their lunch, and are severed burnt or raw hamburgers, fries that don’t look that they are made of potatoes and many other disgusting food choices. The lunches that are served at the school cause many to turn to…

an organization focused on decreasing childhood obesity in America. Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta strives for change in the early lives of children through public awareness, changes in policy, and through school programs. The advertisement was published to their website strong4life.com, but linked to youtube.com for viewing on September 18th, 2013. Focusing on the bad eating habits from infancy to adolescence for people who struggle with obesity created a broad audience ranging from those…

every few months as a desert for school lunch. Now many years later, the cinnamon rolls served at school are much smaller, have far less frosting, and have turned “whole grain”. Unfortunately, cinnamon rolls are not the only things that have been changed. Since elementary school, my classmates and I have noticed smaller serving sizes, fewer varieties of food choices, and more canned or frozen food. The change in cinnamon rolls, along with almost every other school lunch item can be blamed on the…

Michelle Obama is a leader that has more impact that most women. She is the First Lady of the United States, this means she is always in the public eye. Michelle has been pioneering a change in childhood eating habits along with educational rights for all. She is a determined woman that here to help the world for the better. FLOTUS, Michelle Obama is striving to create a better country by promoting healthy families and eating habits along with better access to education. Michelle Obama is…

Well-being Linh He Edgewood Jr./Sr. High School HOSA Chapter: 15951 Florida Dietary Control: The Choice to Expand Waistlines or Well-being Recently, as the image of the government degrades in the face of politics and media, society’s tendency to dismiss policies and implementations remains high. That is, today, personal choices based on democratic ideals oppose regulatory efforts made by government. However, in the context of the nation's health, obesity rates and diet-related…

Food habits in the U.S. have gone from bad to worse over the last decade and it 's only now starting to decrease in severity due to government intervention in school food programs, which is only providing a small punch to success. Only a small portion of success is being seen in these programs because of what children are eating out of school. Parents are becoming lax toward what children are doing. Allowing them sedentary hours using modern technologies such as TV, cellphones, and computers, as…

to the realization that they do not have endless power over the people of the United States. America’s government should not regulate the people’s diets because we have free will, citizens should be allowed to make their own informed choices, and obesity cannot be regulated it must be something that is educated. Not only the people of the United States but the people of the world are granted free will at birth. The bible tells us in Proverbs 16:9 “The heart of man plans his…

We cannot allow children to eat foods that have been refrigerated and re heated a thousand of times to eat. There has to be changes made in school lunches. Every parent wants the best for their child, especially for them to be in the best healthy condition. Most parents don’t even know what is given to their child for lunch. The simple fact that it is free makes them happy. This problem is a major issue for the health of children and students because most of them will eat chips and candy instead…

Other students call them rude names and bully them because they are heavier than they should be. Childhood obesity and adult obesity is practically the same thing except for age-wise. Adults who are overweight are bullied as well, and could be made fun of on a daily basis. Co-workers could be the bullies along with anyone they pass in the street or in the store. People…