Obesity and School Lunches Essay

government is taking action in the obesity problem. Michelle Obama, first lady of the United States of America, set regulations on school lunches all throughout the country. Many high school students are not fans of this change. Most lunches at school are nasty and unappealing. The bread is wheat, the salad dressing is fat-free, the meat is unknown, and there is no dessert. School lunches meet all of the nutritional needs under the regulations, though. Mrs. Obama believes obesity is caused by…

Forty percent of children attending United States public schools are overweight, with more than twenty percent classified as obese. Improving the school food environment will only be improved by strengthening school policies and acts which have been the major concern and priorities both locally and nationally (DeJong, Cozier, Greece, Kratze, Quatromoni). School lunch was not a nationwide event, but rather something that took place in individual states and cities over an extended period of time.…

School lunches are not as healthy as they seem. Most kids do not even like the lunches they serve at schools anyway. Most fast food restaurants have better quality of food than schools. That’s why fast food should be served in school lunches. But eating better quality of food isn’t always healthy. Fast food can hurt children’s ability to learn. Eating too much fast food can cause not only obesity but can hurt kids academic performances. If you eat too much high-salt and high-sugar meals found…

Walking around the tables of any U.S. school cafeteria, it doesn’t take much more than a glance to tell that the lunches being served to students are not the healthiest meals around. Lunch room staples such as cheesy breadsticks, hot dogs, and pizza stand as students’ main source of sustenance during the school day; these foods are not only unhealthy no matter which way you look at them, but they can also hardly be considered proper meals at all. Posters showing the food pyramid and colorful…

directly related to the high obesity rate in the United States. Obesity can be directly attributed to the convenience of fast food restaurants. The easy availability of more calorie heavy fattening fast food restaurant is arguably the sole blame of the obesity crisis especially in American children. Childhood obesity in the United States has reached epidemic proportions in the last couple years creating a high mortality rate and directly related health issues. Obesity is a condition…

every kid is never made fun of eat right and enjoy life overall. Every single kid. The junk that is sold in school cafeteria would prevent this from happening and anything close to it. The vast amount of fat and unwanted sugar is overwhelming. It is a necessity to at the least cut down on repulsive foods like these for children across the nation. Although some think that junk food in school cafeteria are not causing any conflicts among students, the reality is they are actually exposing…

One out of three kids are considered overweight in the United States (Obesity Youth). Today’s society faces many challenges, one of which is childhood obesity. Childhood obesity has become a major epidemic in today’s society. Obesity to an average healthy individual may seem like no big deal, but in reality it is the second leading cause of mortality in the United Sates. Childhood obesity is a problem that needs to be controlled now before it escalates into our future as a society as a whole.…

“Childhood obesity has more than doubled in children and quadrupled in adolescents in the past 30 years [and] more than one third of children and adolescents were overweight or obese” (Childhood Obesity). These statistics have increase too much and are to high . I believe that schools across the United States should do something to prevent childhood obesity. My opposition is that schools should not do anything to prevent childhood obesity because it is not schools responsibility to monitor…

literature review is to look into the efficiently of the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and other regulated school programs. The National School Lunch Program is a federal assisted meal program operating in public and nonprofit private schools a residential child care institutions. It provides nutritionally balanced, low cost, or free lunches to children each school day. The program was established under the national school lunch act, signed by President Truman in 1946. Adding to this…

Government Impositions on School Lunches Despite the belief that the government is making the lunches within schools better for the students, it becomes more of a bane in the end. Allowing the government to impose their opinions and beliefs on what children should eat during school should not be allowed at any point. Although there are both benefits and difficulties with following the lists of allowed food products, it becomes a bane for the school board. As Michelle Obama once said, “You…