School Lunches Essay

Throughout our world, child obesity has become a prominent issue that is in need of greater attention and focus in order for positive resolution and impact to occur. Child obesity is influenced by many different factors, and school lunches that children are eating each day while achieving an education is one of the many factors that can ultimately lead a child in the direction of becoming obese. Implementation of healthier eating and the incorporation of healthier food options for children to…

For students who go to college whether they live on campus or they travel from home to school, most of the time they are in a tight budget where they cannot afford to be buying meals every day. They only can eat what is there in their school. Some campuses do not have lunches and only have vending machines. So what good does that food do to them? Others have only one meal a day which involves eating from the vending machines. All these poor choices student have do not really help them maintain…

School lunches are an issue that the federal government has taken note of. Last year Michelle Obama implemented a program called “Let’s Move” mandate for healthier foods in schools. In 2014, there is a mandate that all unhealthy non-nutrient meals be taking out of school as well as vending machines with sugary snacks and sugary beverages have been removed. The occasional fundraiser such as bake sales are allowed but when schools don’t comply like in the example of Houston, Texas High Schools…

Schools are now serving healthier choices. Programs can be put in place for children to learn the healthier choices. The goal of the program will be met if more children begin to choose fruits and vegetables in comparison to soda and chips. Education is…

ever walked into your school cafeteria, starving and looking forward to a good meal, just to find a mound of glop on your tray, and next thing you know you hear the words child obesity in the lunchroom, It is today that we change school lunches. School lunches have shaped the way how we eat today. A lot of people talk about how bad there school lunch is, they also explain and give examples on how there school lunch is bad. School lunches have an impact on many subject in school in general.…

The issue of governmental involvement in regulating school lunches is divided between opponents and supporters. The argument against the government’s involvement in promoting healthier lunches is largely due to the potential significant increase in cost of funding the programs and the assumption that changing the menu in favor of healthier foods will lead to more wasted food. However, because malnutrition is a major issue affecting many people in poverty and it can have devastating effects on an…

There are over 25 million adolescents in America according to NCCP. This means there are millions of students daily relying on the meals provided by schools. There are kids who don 't know their vegetables because they are not provided at home or school. When I was in elementary and middle school I received school lunches daily. There were absolutely no vegetables or fruits provided other than the occasional grapes or small apple. Children will never know how to eat healthy, unless they are…

against unhealthy school lunches in order to receive healthy meals instead. Thesis: Instead of schools serving unhealthy lunches to students, we should feed the students with healthier foods that way they can stay away from certain health problems and have a better start towards their nutrition and academic performance. I. The Attention Step A. Attention: Ever wonder why a third of the kids living in the U.S are overweight or why your child loses attention so quickly during a school lecture.…

Healthy School Lunches A balanced diet for a child helps contribute to their physical and psychological development. The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) is the main source of food in schools, reaching around 31 million children (Jeon, Kim, and Kim). Children consume around a third to a half of their daily calories in a school setting (Schanzenbach). Schools are the best place to implement policies to provide students with nutritionally balanced meals, as children consume a large portion of…

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…