Canady 1 Taylor Canady Mrs. Freeman 7th Period 28 April 2015 Healthier School Lunches School lunches around the world need to be healthier for our body’s health. The things the world needs to work on is that kids are not eating the fruits, vegetables, and grains they need to eat in a day. The people in this world need to help the kids break their habit of eating junk food all the time. The world need to start by taking away some of the junk food in schools and exchange it with fruits and vegetables. School lunch ladies need to give the kids the nutrients they need so they do not gain weight.
According to a Toronto Star survey, children who get to choose their food at lunch ate more fat and calories than those who were only offered one meal choice. Students who don't get adequate nutrient intake at lunchtime are at risk of poor progress in class and decreased cognition, says University of Toronto. Lack of adequate nutrition means children aren't getting the energy they need to perform in school and aren't able to focus. They are also at an increased risk of getting sick, which means missing school and falling behind. A nutritious midday meal is vital for learning new things and keeping the brain healthy.
Vending machines can also be implemented with other things other than just chips, cookies and other junk foods like that. There are vending machines that are refrigerated so these schools can also put in things like bags of carrots or a bag of sliced apples. As Grainger, Corbett, Senauer, and Runge stated, “Simply offering nutritious foods does not necessarily improve students’ diets, if the foods are not appealing. Students will avoid these choices or leave them uneaten. There are certainly outlined strategies to increase the appeal of school lunches and breakfasts, suggesting that schools expand the offerings available, allow student input in food service decisions, improve the
In general, children and adolescents are eating more food away from home, drinking more sugar-sweetened drinks, and snacking more frequently. Convenience has become one of the main criteria for American’s food choices today, leading more and more people to consume ‘away-from-home’ quick service or restaurant meals or to buy ready-to-eat, low cost, quickly accessible meals to prepare at home. Also, from the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation Health and Human Services website, research shows there has been a decline in breakfast consumption - especially for children of working mothers over the years. Another study, from the same webstie, showed that soda consumption increased dramatically in the early to mid 1990s. Thirty-two percent of adolescent girls and 52 percent of adolescent boys consume three or more eight ounce servings of soda per day.
Comment: I would like to submit my comment on the proposed rule related to changes in National School Lunch Program. I believe that FFVP is beneficial for children’s growth, development and building future healthy eating habits, as well as decreases risk of health problems. Most children do not achieve recommended intake of fresh fruit and vegetables. This food group provides a variety of micronutrients and fiber; it is also emphasized by 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans to maintain excellent health and fight obesity and eating disorders. In my opinion, proposed 15 % of founds for non-food supplies and operations may not be enough, maybe something could be done to reduce administrative cost, to ensure the resources get to the right group.
After decades of lies and industry propaganda, the truth is finally coming out: junk food kills. Even after the effort of some states to tax soda pop, require healthier school lunches, or mandate calorie information in chain restaurants, obesity rates are still growing. Studies have shown that school organic gardens, salad bars and healthy lunches improve the health and academic performance of young people. Healthy eating habits and gardening skills nurtured and developed at an early age most often have a lifetime impact. A 100% tax on junk food and beverages would help pay for the collateral damages of this industry: the $150 billion in diet-related disease and health-care costs now incurred by the public and taxpayers for obesity and diabetes.
(1)“Studies have shown that there are, in fact, healthier alternatives to these school lunch programs.” Although these programs are more expensive for the school, they are nutritious and well worth putting a little more money into changing. I think public schools should provide healthier school lunch programs for their students. (2)”According to the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, an organization that works to improve the nutrition of school lunches, a nutritious school lunch can help prevent your child from gaining an unhealthy amount of weight.” The numbers of children that are overweight keep sky rocketing as well as the number of children developing diabetes. More and more children are eating unhealthier by the day. (2)”Studies have shown that school lunches have tons of saturated fat and calories in their pizzas, cheeseburgers, chicken
America has increased in childhood obesity. By minimizing fast foods restaurants such as McDonald’s, Burger King and Taco Bell and enforcing physical activity on a day to day basis such as running and working out, obesity can come to an end. Decreasing childhood obesity means providing a healthier life style for kids, whether food wise or physically active. Providing is giving, maintaining and making life genetically and environmentally better for children. Children in America have bad habits and food choices, which are influenced by their parents hereditarily and environmentally such as my little cousin Grecia.
When trying to keep a child at a healthy weight, there are multiple things parents or guardians can do to help their child stay healthy. Most of what a child eats depends on what the parent or guardian bring home from the grocery store. Foods that are low in fat and high in fiber are the more preferred foods. Most foods today are having certain vitamins the body needs added to our normal foods that usually don’t have those vitamins. Fiber is a grain being added to our daily foods, because most people don’t get enough fiber in their
Laquita Janifer Professor Matthew Norsworthy Eng 115 The Public Needs to Know (Revised) What's For Lunch? School health programs are becoming more and more popular as health concerns grow . Students need to be aware at younger ages of the concerns that face our society , and the ways that they can combat these concerns through good health knowledge. Several school districts have implemented comprehensive health curriculums and programs, and many states have standards regarding health education. Throughout the years children of all ages have become obese from the lack of nutrition, as well as exercise.