Sure it might be a hassle to get kids to eat healthier school lunches, but is it worth it in the long run. Who wants to live a long and healthy life if so healthy lunches are the way . “Overweight children are at higher risk of developing a variety of diseases, including heart disease and diabetes” (William Rice page 1 ). This sentenced quote proves that kids who eat healthy school lunches have little or no risks than kids who do eat unhealthy school lunches by stating the consequences of unhealthy eating . Eating healthy school lunches can decrease healthy issues and save the nation millions of dollars .
Fast Food Nation, by Eric Schlosser, discusses the changes that the United States has gone through in recent years due to the development of fast food restaurants. Fast food places have led to Americans desiring more efficiency in their lives as well as changed many of the traditional values that Americans used to have, such as family and the role that youth play in the workplace. This book also agrees with what we have been learning in class about the fact that our industrialized food production has aided in our moving from dependency on others and family to being a highly individualized society. The efficient mechanisms by which fast food places run have drastically changed American values, economy, and health.
By not spending more money on healthier food the school could spend the money on new textbooks or even tablets for students that will better their education and most likely higher grades. Consequently brightening the future and opening new doors for the students that they most likely would not have been achievable without the better education and higher grades. Another important factor that needs to be accounted for is the school environment and the mood of the school. By taking away students favorite foods it may have a very negative affect on the school.
In America, people need to be eating healthier. Most people don't know what they are putting in their mouth while others think they do but don't. The obesity rate in America is 37.5%. That means this percentage of people have a BMI over 30. That's gross!
“Food Inc.” is a documentary which uncovered the truth about food industries in America. Contrary to the images they are showing to the public, animals like cows and chickens are no longer raised on the field but in unsanitary and infectious houses. Cows are forced to eat corns instead of grass, which caused them E. coli, and instead of abandoning this new technology companies just use more chemicals to erase virus out of meat. Farmers and workers are forced to work underpaid and not allowed to talk about the companies’ policies. Slaughterhouses are getting bigger and bigger, thus it is easier for virus and bacteria to pass from one animal to the other through the hand of the workers.
Children go home sick because of the low quality lunches. If the school really cares about the welfare of their students, making a change to what they eat is a great start. Finally, don’t feed students’ food that someone wouldn’t eat themselves. Parents don’t enjoy having to drive to their son or daughter’s school to pick
If a school has unhealthy lunch, the kids might be happy for the time, but their life won’t be happy in the future when they grow up to be obese. All of this information proves that schools are a lot healthier now and they should keep it this way for many years to come. This healthy food also gives kids enough energy to get through the day. If they eat unhealthy lunches they won't have enough energy to make it through the day so they won't learn as much as they could if they eat healthy school lunches. In the end, schools are better off with healthy foods rather than unhealthy foods for many
Healthier lunches would help control kids weight because over the years obesity has grew in the population of kids and adults. Public schools in the United States has gone to health foods to control the weight of people in the population. Eating healthy is a good thing but I don’t think students should force someone to do that. With healthy lunches students will pack their lunch more ,and it will cost the schools money.
Let's make America healthy again! Are you one of those people who try to lose weight, but can never seem to lose any no matter how hard you try? Do watch the nutritional details of all the food you eat? Most restaurant's and fast food places' menus do not include nutritional information on the food you are eating. A law saying that all eating places should be required to have nutritional details on their menus should be made.
“Today approximately 16% of America 's youth are classified as obese,” in that case, changing one meal a day could prevent as much as 6% of America’s youth from becoming obese. The main issue in the cause to start making school lunch the healthy option of a students day is the undeniable fact; people love debilitating foods. Even when you are an infant in the womb, the one, only thing you crave is sugar. The best
Cafeteria food in schools is made to be healthy for students, but is it really healthy for students if they think it is foul and do not want to eat it? Should schools change the healthy foods to foods that students would actually want to eat? School food’s job is to be healthy and tasty to get the students through their day, but sadly school lunches tend to miss the mark on both accounts. Public schools rely on money from the government to supply food to their students, but due to several cutbacks the thing served in the cafeteria is hardly food at all. We all know the stereotypical school food mystery meat Monday or a slab of grey mush and sadly that is not too far from what it is in reality.
Susan King Mrs. King 8th hour 07 April 2017 Breakfast Is The Best For You Have you ever wondered how bad it is if you skip breakfast? Skipping breakfast can be really bad for your body. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day because it gives you energy and nutrients to have a good start to the day and you have not eaten for a good 8-12 hours when sleeping.
The issue has arrived concerning the definition of “junk” food and whether or not the government should be able to control it. The committee seeks to prevent the nation from falling into this trap of confusion. The topic of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP has been a recent issue and we as a committee seek to address it. The major question is, Should the government be able to control what people buy or do not buy with food stamps? As a chairperson of the United States Department of Agriculture exploratory committee, we would like to present our information.
Fast food is quickly becoming America 's cigarette, causing more death related diseases than a packet of smokes. Take a look at the food you’re eating and what does it do to your body. ' “Parents are working more than ever before, and unable to monitor what kids are eating at home, schools are selling astronomical amounts of junk food in order to supplement shrinking budgets. It 's a ticking time bomb, and America 's children are exploding”. Food business has been one of the successful economic fields in United States.
“Fast food restaurants have us hooked on to their tasty food. You See a lot of people buying fast food because how good it tastes. Well let me tell you it is not good for your health. Why do fast food places lower their prices because they know people will buy it if it doesn’t cost that much and most people buy it cause that`s how much they can afford”. Fast food places is a way to not cook every week I feel bad for people when I go to McDonald’s and ask them, do you know what you’re eating in they say
