Essay on Lunch versus Dinner versus Supper

How much time do you usually take to eat lunch? A half an hour maybe more? Well, at the Mount Pleasant High School, we get around five minutes. Saying were rushed is an understatement, at the least. The amount of time we get, from the first bell, to the ending bell, we have "20 minute." By the time we actually get to start eating, there's five minutes left. I think the Mt. Pleasant High School should have a longer lunch period, because collectively all around it helps staff and students.

Childhood and teenage obesity has been an issue in America for more than twenty years now. The percentage of obese children has nearly doubled in this time, according to the article “Is Your Kid Failing Lunch?”. Today’s generation of kids is recorded as the fattest generation in history. One of the main causes of this is believed to be fast food kids are exposed to every day in school lunches. Schools are now starting to serve fast food in their lunches as more kids demand it, causing an increase in the schools profit. Outside of that, Americans are currently spending more than $100 billion a year on fast food. Each day one in four Americans will eat at a fast food chain (Beaver). This is easy to believe as the global fast food industry spent

associate the preparation stage with childhood, cooking as growing up, and the eating of the meal

America’s lunch program has been established ever since President Harry S. Truman signed the National School Lunch Act on June 4, 1946 in order to ensure the health of children. (Rafidi 1) Providing lunches for students is essential in order for them to receive the nutrition they need but if one think deeper about this, is the current lunch program really beneficial towards the youth that will soon shape the future? Just recently in 2010, First Lady Michelle Obama stepped up hoping to maintain the growing problem of childhood obesity by inspecting the food that was sold in schools. In a 60 years time frame, school lunch has become an issue that was once thought to help reduce malnutrition to food that may be harmful to teens’ body. This should

A hour lunch would enable high school students to excel in all aspects of education. The students would have time to take advantage of all available resources to enhance both educational and social skills. High school lunches should be an hour because they will receive social and educational opportunities.

The dining table stood in front of me, consisting a variety of food and a bouquet of brightly colored flowers in the centre. It was a gloomy day accompanied by a grey sky and, I was eating dinner with my brother that I came to visit and the commandant's family. My hands were sweaty and my heart was beating as fast as a cheetah. My brother was a soldier at the camp and even though I did not agree with what he was doing, I had to support him. Looking back now, my father fought for what he believed and now he is known as trader. I was terrified to pick up my fork, terrified to eat. I was shaking and could not believe my eyes. Did my brother just beat the chef to death? I thought.

Buddha once said, “ To keep the body in good health is a duty...otherwise we shall not be able to keep our minds strong and clear.” A trend started across the United States several years ago towards improving the quality of food provided for students eating school lunch. “School lunch has evolved quite a bite over the last century”(Avey). In spite of this evolution, there are many reasons why the public school system should further improve their daily lunch program. These changes would still include the daily recommended balance of fruits, vegetables, proteins, and carbohydrates. The top three reasons to improve school lunches include: obesity rate, overall grades, and lifelong habits.

As I look around the cafeteria the happy students of cherokee peacefully enjoy their only true break they have from the various stresses of school in their day. Suddenly the 5 minute bell runs through the halls at 10:56 completely and utterly shattering the false illusion of happiness that lunch has created. A intense panic erupts, countless students simultaneously start shoving the large remainder of their lunch down their throats. Smiles turn into tears as students who lab day it is must leave their friends, their food, and their time for only relaxation in between the times of 7.35 to 2:26. At the same a whole separate panic occurs. Students who have lab first half of lunch face the problem of trying to find their friends eat their lunch and somehow make it to their next class all within

Recently, parents began to swap out sugary cereals for ones that claimed to “contain less sugar” and filled their pantries with snacks that had “less artificial additives” (Kellogg Company). What parents may not know is that some of these substitute foods, like Welch’s reduced sugar fruit snacks, and fat-free turkey, are not nutritious and actually contain more sodium than the daily requirement, are highly processed, loaded with even more sugars, fats, and chemicals like diacetyl than the original product. (Jacques). It is no secret that processed foods are harmful and unhealthy for us, nevertheless, processed products dominate natural food in America’s kitchens and cafeterias. Our country needs to see strict regulations for school lunches that are FDA

When I was younger, I vividly remember the vast amount of delicious food that was offered every day in my school lunchroom. The food that I use to describe as “good” food, I am beginning to undoubtedly recognise for the unhealthy junk that it actually is. There are countless others who also notice how horrible these foods are to feed children in school cafeterias. Today, those same cafeterias are tremendously different from the ones I remember from when I was little, and they are always continuously changing. The amount of options we are offered have not lessened, they have simply changed. Instead of having the option to purchase nachos, we now are given the option of baked fries. Also, instead of having a dessert of an innutritious brownie, we now are given a large variety of sweet fruits to choose from instead. While some students distinguish these changes as a catastrophe, I can understand the importance of having students skip dessert during a school lunch. Allowing the NSLP to regulate what is served in school lunches would help parents trust that their children would be getting healthier foods at school, help to combat the epidemic of obesity and malnutrition in the United States, and assist in educating children on healthy diet choices.

Many child care centers require parents to pack lunches and snacks for their children. This ensures your child has food that they like, enjoy and fits their dietary restrictions throughout the day. As you pack your child’s lunch and snacks for daycare, make sure you are making sustainable choices. Children’s lunches can generate around sixty-seven pounds of waste each year if you don’t make sustainable choices.

The students of our school should rally together and hang the cooks in the Cafeteria. Well, maybe that is a little too dramatic, but something has to be done about the school lunch. The stuff that they serve the students is truly awful. Students should not be forced to eat in the cafeteria because the meals are not prepared well, there are foreign objects in the deserts, and many kids have gotten ill after eating certain items.

Is the school lunch room a place to observe religious freedoms? If so, school systems need to be aware of the religions observed in their regions in order to fully provide healthy, adequate meals for all enrolled children, but this may prove to be more complicated and less cost effective than one would think. Some states are in fact attempting to follow religion based guidelines for meal preparation in their schools. California for example is utilizing instructions from the US Department of Agriculture and Food and Nutrition Service(FNS). These instructions address “Variations in meal requirements for religious reasons” (California Department of Education(CDE)), specifically for “Jewish schools, institutions and Sponsors” (CDE).

In walked Chef Gilbert with a long, white ceramic platter in his hand. On it was the most beautiful and colorful version of bacon wrapped scallops I could’ve ever imagined. The scallops were beautifully assembled on top of a rich, bright green pesto puree (I am a huge fan of pesto). The honey bacon was crispy, and in tact, wrapped snuggly around the scallops. The scallops had a beautiful pan sear on each side, completely diminishing the mental picture I had stored in my head of white, pale, raw, and almost depressing scallops. “WOW!!”, I thought, eyes opened wide. It was then that with no hesitation I decided to dig in. It was perfect. The sweet yet salty bacon wrapped around the scallop really complimented the rich herby taste from the pesto puree. The dish harmonized beautifully. He picked the perfect size scallop too, a little bigger than bite size, but smaller than a mouth full. I felt eyes on me as I dug in for a second scallop. I looked up to see both chefs looking at me with grins on their faces. “So? What do you think?” Chef Gilbert asked. “They’re amazing! The perfect dish to compliment the VIP menu!”, I said, my excitement was sincere. “I thought you’d say that!”, He replied with a grin on his face. I found that ironic, because not even I believed I’d ever say

breakfast be back in a few minutes." "Ok I'll be ready by then," I said. My parents left