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at War”. Moreover, this was a federal program that enlisted the school-age population to join the war effort on the home front. In an effort by both the Department of the Treasury and the Office of Education, the program gave children the opportunity to “save, serve, and conserve.” Moreover, the children saved their money in the form of war bonds and stamps while serving their communities, schools, and nations as volunteers. Additionally, the children ate all the food on their plates, utilized…

“The new standards require schools to add more fruit, vegetables, and whole grains to school meals. School food environments play a critical role in affecting students’ food consumption and weight status. Many children especially those from lower-income families, depend on school meal programs for up to half of their daily calories. (Turner)” “In 2006 there were improvements made in the schools…

Jeremy Seifert brings awareness about the amount of food waste in America by filming his lifestyle choice to dumpster dive. Jeremy Seifert both protagonist and director, along with his family and friends explain why they choose to dumpster dive. Not only do they discuss their lifestyle choices, they also try to have grocery stores and food banks work together to combat hunger. This film had good intentions to bring awareness to the amount of food waste there is in America; however, he often…

The American diet is said to be one of the most extreme diets on the planet. At the beginning of the 20th century, the average American ate around one hundred pounds of meat and three hundred pounds of dairy a year. As of 2006, those numbers had doubled to over two hundred pounds of meat and six hundred pounds of dairy per person annually. Today, the average American’s calorie intake is only 10% plant based, half of which comes from potato. This steady diet of cholesterol and saturated fat has…

School lunches have the pro’s and con’s about the amount of food they receive or about how much they can have per lunch days. School lunches need to have more improvement on their meat .Also they need to make school lunches more fulfilling and schools need to lower the price of how much you pay just to get a little portion. Lunches needs to improve on how they make their meat.Also i don’t think they should have overly grease pizza and have topping that no one eats.they should really go…

terms; I believe I fall under the Contemplation line item, this is where you recognize your problem/habit and begin to work on it. I recognize that I have a problem and I am working on a ways to stop my fast food habits, I’ve put a budget in place where I can only spend so much at fast food place and my other habit on not eating at all I’ve placed reminders on my phone to remind me that I should start eating a meal. I believe as long as I stick with my plan I will be…

Children in Poverty (NCCP), there are 16 million children in the United States living in families with low incomes below the federal guidelines. Vending machines should not be banned because some students cannot afford to buy lunch or sometimes they don't have time to eat at home. The vending machines can also be used to raise money for the school. First, spending money to buy food can be expensive at times especially when you can't…

The child nutrition program (CNP) staff in a K12 school system is an important part of the school culture by creating a healthy, nurturing lunchroom environment within an already positive learning environment. Danielson (2002) says, support staff such as CNP employees adds warmth to the school environment by being another adult role model for students. Mannion (2017) said CNP staff determines the “climate for the entire school building”. Our role in child nutrition is to provide students’…

For this Paper I have chosen to write about the Pros and Cons of food additives. Many people think that food additives are harmful for their health or even unsafe in general. Through out this paper I will provide factual information about food additives and then tell my side of it, whether I believe it is beneficial or harmful to one’s body. During my research I have found out that they can be very useful, but in some cases damaging just depending on what one is consuming. According to the…

This indicates that fast food restaurants meats contains preserved skeletal muscle, cartilage, adipose tissue, blood vessel, bone, connective tissue, peripheral nerves and plant material. Yuck how disgusting!!! And us citizens still eat at fast food restaurants why is this? Observing myself I know that fast food restaurants is poor on nutrient, but we still go back to the fast food industry because we are in a rush at times and there prices are very affordable…