School Lunch Research Paper

School cafeterias have been notoriously known for having unhealthy, unappealing food. Students at schools are being forced to eat these foods, when parents cannot provide regular lunches for their children. These lunches usually include the following: pizza, soda, cheeseburgers, chicken sandwiches, and others, all filled with artificial ingredients and preservatives. To address this problem, there should be a switch between the foods and drinks being served, and I have just the ideas that will be delicious and healthy. Authors Alice Waters, Katrina Heron, and Mark Bittman all agree that some initiative needs to be taken to fix this unhealthy food problem, and so do I. Together, the student body and parents will address the school board with healthier food options that are better tasting and better for the body.

Minden, Cecilia. Lunch by the Numbers. 2008 ed. United States of America, 2008. 28. Print.

As you know, you have recently changed the lunch schedules at your high school. This has caused a lot of confusion and frustration for me and my fellow students. I personally think that the previous lunch hours were working great, and I am sure many students would agree.

School lunches should be in better condition before fed to students. As we know, schools don’t have the best lunches. There have been expired food, “fresh meat”, etc. This is very unhealthy towards kids health. If anything happens to them, the school would be responsible (McClatchy Tribune News Service) . Even though, school lunches are “told” to be healthy they should increase the foods’ healthiness/ freshness.

Unfortunately obesity is a battle that the citizens of the United States are fighting. Over 68.8 percent of our adults have been diagnosed as being over-weight or obese and this usually initiates in their teenage years. America is second in the world for the heaviest people. Every year obesity is becoming an increasing problem in our nation and particularly in our schools. A huge factor is what we feed our students junk for breakfast and lunch.

Students are taking it to social media to demonstrate against the meal rules lobbied by First lady Michelle Obama. Lunches include tiny portions, mushy and unrecognizable menu items, a lettuce-and-cheese sandwich and chicken nuggets void of any chicken. School nutrition directors say the rules have proven to be costly and restrictive. House Republicans are making a final push this month to give schools a temporary break from the meal standards. School lunches have never been known for being appetizing — but these ones are particularly disgusting. Students across America are taking it to social media to demonstrate against the school meal rules championed by First Lady Michelle Obama.They're using the sarcastic hashtag 'Thanks, Michelle Obama'

Do you know that school lunch is bad for children? Have you ever packed lunch because the food looks fattening or gross? Do you want healthier food? Has school lunch ever made your tummy hurt? I believe school lunch is bad for children because they serve food that is fattening which causes obesity, food that causes stomach viruses that will cause students to get sick and does not feed children enough.

Logic suggests school lunches should be changed. While they may taste good, many choices in school cafeterias are unhealthy, or high in calories. In fact, many school districts don’t follow codes for school lunches made by the government, making them high in fat, carbohydrates and sugar content. As a result, American children who eat unhealthy meals at school will make the same unhealthy choices later in life as adults. In 2012, the U.S. Government updated the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs or NSLP (Angela). This set of standards stated that going forward, school lunch programs had to count fruits and vegetables as separate meal groups, offer fruit every day, make half of grain choices whole grains, offer different 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

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.

Equally important, there are lots and lots of foreign objects in food like, mold, cockroach, hair, bugs and finger nails. You can maybe have a hair in your nose and it falls into the food, or you can be cooking and a cockroach comes on the tray and into the food. When they share the food they can’t see the bug and when the kids start to eat they feel something crunchy in their mouth. That would have been nasty. Nearly, ½ (a half) of my school may like the school lunch, but I don’t. Even the new kids on the first day are shocked to see so many foreign objects in the food. Clearly, the kids and the teachers may have stomach ache and maybe it disgust the teachers so bad that they bring their own lunch.

When I had to change schools I was excited. I was nervous too. There were things I got told that would be good or bad. Some of it was, some wasn't. I was told what teachers were good or bad. I like almost all of them. If a friend asked me what it is like I would say the truth.

“What the heck is on my plate,” all around the nation, kids are saying exactly that, when the cooks of schools are plopping down blobs of food on their plate. The USDA has made new regulations to what the schools can serve their kids. This is a problem that schools don’t realize, they are causing. These so called healthy meals are just being wasted, put down the garbage shoot by kids, who refuse to eat the muck they give us. Therefore, these new regulations they gave to schools is causing problems, the food the USDA is supplying to the school is being thrown down the drain, and this problem is not helping obesity.

Most people remember school lunch, whether it be a good memory or bad. Sometimes it was mystery meat, or the mac and cheese that stuck to the tray even when flipped over. But, occasionally I would splurge for a double lunch if the meal was actually edible that day. As an adult, I’ve decided to recreate Turkey-gravy and Mashed Potatoes. It is not only my favorite, but my daughters as well. It may take a few hours to make, but it’s easier than it sounds and is well worth it. All that’s needed is a roasting pan, crock-pot, and a few ingredients to make a classic the whole family will love.

Why should middle school kids get more food? Here's why. Middle school kids should get a higher proportion on food at lunch because we are still growing. Between the ages 8 and 14 is when you grow the most in your life. You typically stop growing between the ages 15 and 20. When we do grow we tend to eat more. We can’t grow with such a small proportion in food at school. Small proportion and a big appetite don’t mix.