Crownover Middle School Executive Summary

First and foremost, many students and teachers go on a diet and when they go to school they have to break their diet. Many teachers say in the morning they do not have time to pack a nutritious lunch, because many teachers have

The harsh stereotypes of cafeteria food and negative connotations of assumedly horrible lunch ladies are as old and traditional as the American school system itself. Interestingly, the concept of the school lunch is one that has been revolutionized over and over to fit the needs of American youth. The overarching program that oversees and occasionally refurbishes the American schooltime meal is the National School Lunch Program, put on through the United States Department of Agriculture. In 2012 this program provided over 30 million children meals that were nutritionally sensible as well as fiscally responsible (United States Department of Agriculture, 2013), frequently offering these meals at reduced or no cost to children otherwise unable to afford them. In addition to keeping costs low to accommodate low-income students, the National School Lunch program has found that it must also balance an increase in highly-nutritious foods to battle childhood obesity, with the task of appeasing the increasingly picky eaters that comprise American youth. It is within the realm of trying to strike this precarious and delicate balance that the National School Lunch Program has created the problem of children refusing the nutrients they are being provided, therefore wasting insurmountable amounts of food and learning incredibly unhealthy nutritional habits along the way.

During the observation day at the middle school the nurse had many students come in for different reasons, but one of the more popular reasons was students with upset stomachs or stating “feeling like they’re going to faint” from not having the proper nutrition. The nurse offered them a snack and used the time in the nurse’s office to teach the students about the importance of eating breakfast and having the proper nutrition to be able to function well during school. According to Perry, Hockenberry, Lowdermilk, & Wilson (2010), “Health care education of school-aged children is

Health and nutrition are also important to a student’s education and future. Most school lunches do not meet the expectations from students of having a healthy and appetizing lunch. K.C.M.L School of the Arts not only to meets students expectations in nutrition, but even exceeds them. For example from Ames Community School District explains some important nutrition objectives “to provide nutritious, well balanced, attractive meals at a reasonable cost in compliance with federal, state, and local regulations and the Districtʼs Wellness Policy” (Ames 1). This means that students must have balanced and nutritious meals in order to fuel them for their next courses. Though this standard must be met at all schools, this is extremely important for

A slice of pizza, a cheeseburger, chicken strips, chocolate milk, French fries, or spaghetti: these all may sound like delicious options, but are they healthy to be serving students for school lunch? All of these foods are common items one might find in a school lunch line, whether it is elementary, middle, or high school. Normally these foods may not be seen as nutritional, and because of this, school lunches are often not viewed as healthy. The people who have this opinion about school lunches may not know the facts and the guidelines that food and nutrition departments need to follow when cooking for students. Thus, it is important that the lunches served to students are nutritious and healthy for them so that they can perform

This report has been created to inform educators and families of the importance nutrition plays in young students lives, in particular how nutrition can affect school outcomes. The report draws on statistics, provides a brief overview of resources available to educators and recommendations in relation to improving students nutritional intake and understanding of the importance nutrition. Research and statistics discussed in this report are retrieved from Government bodies and peer reviewed journals published within 10 years, due to limited information in research of Australian students aged between five and eight the age range may show wider gaps. The recommendations made in the report in relation to improving nutritional outcomes for students

The new school breakfast and lunch program focus on providing students with nutrient-dense meals that is low in calories. The program is targeting to reduce childhood obesity and improve the diet and health of school children. With the increase in fruits and vegetable consumption along with the decrease in sodium and fats consumption, this program is also favorable among parents because it is a means to prevent the risk of cardiovascular disease, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, stroke, and type 2 Diabetes (Federal, 2012, p.3). The National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs require schools to make changes to their menu base on the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies recommendations. Schools need to increase the availability of variety of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and non-flavor reduce fat milk; reduce the levels of sodium, saturated fat and trans fat in students’ meal; and stay within the recommended range of calories intakes.

Children consume most their daily meals from school, therefore it is important policy makers to ensure that school foods are health and nutritious. Like most people, children main eat 3 meal per day, breakfast, lunch and dinner. Every morning during the weekdays, children across the United states head to school before eating the most important meal of the day, breakfast. American schools are required to serve student a breakfast and lunch. Students in grade school obtain breakfast from their cafeteria upon arrival to school. The breakfast, along with other meals provided by the school has a great impact on the health status. Food as well as refreshment (i.e water, juice, carbonated drinks) are considered as two of the most important determinant of health. These substances fall under the individual behaviors which is a factor

Nutrition is a very important topic for children and adolescents to understand, especially in West Virginia where 35.7% of adolescents ranging in age from 10 – 17 suffer from obesity (West Virginia State Fact Sheet, n.d.). It is critical that the importance of nutrition be understood, because obesity is the cause of various health problems. Creating an intervention for nutrition can be tricky because like most other aspects of physical health, a great deal of nutrition is learned at home. You have to look at the different factors that contribute to nutrition and try to pin point exactly what aspect needs changed the most. Luckily, The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition has already created an intervention that uses both subjective and objective measures to obtain accurate results.

Children today are in much greater danger of health issues related to poor nutrition and diet than seen in previous generations. As children continue to face the dangers of issues like obesity, more and more programs are aiming to address the issue with effectiveness. It is clear that something needs to be done in regards to helping improve the nutritional intake of school in the state and across the country. Changes to breakfast and lunch menus within districts are directed at improving health and nutritional intake of school children across the state.

Even though schools do not all have vegetarian lunches, or anything else that is healthy for them, some parents believe that a school should. There are multitudinous parents that accredit a school should have healthy food, to moxie along with their child’s lunch. For example, adolescents could eat fruit or a salad, or anything else that is healthy for them.

To begin, HMS’s cafeteria needs to have more food options. They should have more options for people who are picky. If students are not liking what they eat than they will complain. For example, chicken fingers or hot dogs would be an excellent option. Second, they need more options for people who are allergic to wheat HMS’s cafeteria should give grilled chicken, or more salad options. Finally, there needs to be more options for people who are allergic to meat. HMS’s needs to serve veggie burgers or fish. The school wants everyone to enjoy their lunch even if they are allergic. Some students and staff believe that there doesn’t need to be more options without meat, however, there are wrong because the school needs more meat options. If students

Daily, 30.4 million children are fed due to the National School Lunch Program (NSLP). These children may not be getting any nutrients that they need throughout the day. Some schools may use fresh fruit while others use canned. Children have to rely on the food that the school provides to get them through the day. They then have to take tests and take part in a teaching environment when their brains may not have the necessary supplements to fully comprehend and partake in the teachings. Breakfast is considered the most important part of the day but is lunch equally important? Furthermore, while they may all get roughly the same food, girls generally have a higher mental capacity in the younger ages and have earlier mental development

A complete nutrition assessment should include a survey of the all available medical, psychosocial and laboratory data. Detailed information on general dietary intake and adequacy, as well as information specific to the identified health risk, should be obtained through rigorous dietary assessment. For example, an underweight teen should be assessed for level of physical activity, history of metabolic disorders, and criteria for body image or eating disorders as well as adequacy of energy, carbohydrate, protein, fat, iron, zinc and B-vitamin intakes, whereas a teen with hyperlipidemia would need to be assessed for weight-for-height status, physical activity level and adequacy of energy, fat, carbohydrate and cholesterol intakes. Choosing the best dietary assessment method for use in nutrition assessment is very

Upon analyzing this situation, there may be an issue that is unresolved as I did not further assess the child 's eating habits beyond from what I have seen in the classroom and lunchroom. From what I have seen, this child has regular healthy snacks such as crackers with cheese, apples, oranges, and bananas. A hypothesis about the key issues is that parents with a low socioeconomic status are more capable of purchasing larger quantities of unhealthy food as compared to healthier food, and may not have an adequate knowledge on nutrition for children to comply with recommendations such as the Canada 's Food Guide. I chose to formulate this hypothesis because I have come to acknowledge that the student 's mother was unable to pay for the school 's snack program as she has a couple of children in the school. I am also unaware of the dietary teachings that her caregivers promote.