Obesity and School Lunches Essay

percent of the people across the country believe schools should offer only nutritious drinks, such as white milk, water, and natural fruit juice, to students. I strongly agree that adding nutritious beverages to school lunches is a logical and reasonable idea. To begin with, when products are locally sourced, the local economy around the school will also receive a boost. Also, when a parent of a school student sends their child, or children, to school, they should not have the need to worry…

December 2007, Ann Cooper, gave a speech at "EG 2007" In Manhattan concerning "What's wrong with school lunches." Ann Cooper is a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America, as well as an author, public speaker, educator, and advocate of healthy food for all children. Cooper stood before a small group of people showing her anger and frustration and working diligently to protect children from living unhealthy lifestyles. She used different tones to interact with her audience. Coopers' tone was…

poverty and the word obese don’t even belong in the same category. Obesity is defined as being overweight or grossly fat. Nearly one-third of the world’s population is obese or overweight , which is 2.1 billion people and 30 percent. People becoming obese have increased substantially in the past 30 years. In “The Obesity-Hunger Paradox,” by Sam Dolnick the article discusses how poverty and being insecure of food increases the cause of obesity. Many people argue over this topic and how it can end…

Childhood Obesity Have you ever seen any youngsters who are massive on their weight? If you have seen them, in what way did you feel for them? Well, when I see them being overweight; I feel quite uneasy and sorry for them. Because being obesity can cause problems in their lives and may lead them to death sometimes. What would you do when you child are suffering from being overweight? Would you take them to the hospital for checkups? We all might know that obesity has been increasing. What can…

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As a result, if the National School Lunch and Breakfast Program were modified to include lower calorie options, such as by implementing lower calorie sweeteners instead of regular sugar and more fruit and vegetables, it would impact a wide variety of students with differences in socioeconomic status and ethnicity. Since the National School Lunch Program was historically established for the purpose of battling hunger in the under fed the impact on children and adolescents of essentially revising…

generation. Obesity in the United States initiated in the early 2000’s when artificial and processed foods became popular. In fact, there are about five fast food restaurants for every grocery store today in the United States. The fast food industry serves over twenty five percent of working Americans every day. As a result, over one third of the children in the United States are obese and unhealthy. Parents around the United States do not realize that they are the major cause of childhood…

about the obesity rates in the United States. Yes, I believe society fails us as a whole by all of the unhealthy food options like fast food and processed food. Society fails us when we are forced to turn to these unhealthy food choices due to our busy lifestyles. If there is ever a time to show real concern for our people’s health, it should be for our growing children of the United States. Where does a child spend…

Childhood Obesity: An Exploratory Paper In recent years, the increasing rate of childhood obesity has more than tripled in the United States since the 1970s. Therefore, said that children ages 6-19 have a one out of five chance of being obese. In discussions of childhood obesity, one controversial issue has been who is to blame for the increasing rise in child obesity. On the one hand, health experts’ argues that parents need to take responsibility. On the other hand, parents’ contends that the…

A Supersized Situation Obesity is a growing problem in this country which trickles down to our children. The CDC reports “approximately 4.7 million, or 11% of youths 6-17 years are seriously overweight.” This statistic demonstrates why we need to tackle this issue head on and prevent this lifestyle from continuing into adulthood. Childhood obesity prevention starts with educating parents, offering nutritious school lunches and healthier options by manufacturers. Furthermore, the…