School Lunches Research Paper

School lunches all around America are not appetizing to the students. According to New York Times, “More than 30 million children trundle through school cafeteria lines every day in the United States and thanks to the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, which took effect in 2012, they are no longer served greasy pizza, salty French fries and sauced up chicken wings. Meals must now be lower in fat, calories and sodium and contain lean proteins, more fruits and vegetables and whole grains. And kids from coast to coast are wrinkling their noses.” (Gonchar) This quote is telling the reader that students from all around the United States are disgusted by lunches. They would rather bring a cold lunch instead. As kids get lunches and hardly eat the trash cans fill up every day and almost over fill with the main course of the lunches for reasons like, it was too cold, it was gross, and it

What is does every kid look forward to during their school day? Lunch and recess. What kids eat at lunch reflects on the rest of their day. That includes energy levels, academic performance, and how much they engage. Meaning a poor lunch that is high in fats and lacking nutrition results in a sluggish child and some claim is a factor of the childhood obesity epidemic. School lunches should be reevaluated to provide students with a nutrient balance diet to help supply children with healthy brain functions to increase productivity in school, promotes beneficial future eating habits which can prevent further obesity issues in children, and it promotes an increase of attendance. To change what the schools here in the United States serve children food we have to take a deeper look into who is in charge, analyze the current standards and policies, and compare it to what a proper diet should be for children.

A solution to have better school lunches is to increase the budget of school spending for children, this mean having more better quality food which children will enjoy more and have more nutrients. Nutrients and low fatty content is what is being aimed for here, since we are trying to prevent children from eating harmful foods to there bodies. Also if not able to get better quality food at public schools, they should implement a law where children have to physical activities like exercising inside or

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.

Over the years, school lunches have become a very large issue in our country. Not only are they disgusting, they are unhealthy and should not be served to anybody let alone kids. In the video, “What’s wrong with school lunches,” led by Ann Cooper, she held several very strong arguments regarding school lunches. Ann cooper made several important points on what is wrong with school lunches. She mainly spoke about how it is very necessary to expose kids to healthy foods, and that we have to teach them why it is so important to consume healthy foods rather than foods that are processed. She explained that the way that all of these unhealthy/processed foods are advertised, play a very large role on not only children’s lives, but also everybody’s

About 77% of 1,300 high school students surveyed said that they did not like the food, and about half said they ate school lunch 2 days a week or less. My first reason is that students say that they do not like the school food. Of those students who did eat the food, “only 13% said that the food taste good, compared to the 54% of school staff and 47% of parents”. My second reason is that some of the school food is not freshly made and doesn’t taste like it is either. Factory food took over most American schools in a rolling, greasy wave of chicken nuggets and pre-prepped everything over the last few decades.

"The purpose of the National School Meal Programs should be to meet student’s needs. For that to happen it must be accepted that parents know what's best for their children. Neither First Lady Michelle nor our leaders in congress should think they do." (unknown) If children are eating school lunches parents can’t control what their children are eating.

After the government has recently introduced new lunch restrictions, many schools say they would be better off leaving the program entirely, instead of paying the millions on extra healthy food, just for it to be thrown away. Some people think that the new restrictions that have been made on lunches are a good thing, while other people think that it is wasteful and unnecessary. School lunches are a big part of a students day and are changing for better or worse all the time. The obama administration had made one of the strictest plans for school lunches, these are the some of the problems with the plan.

Elementary through high school students complain about how poorly made the food is and how they are still hungry after lunch. “Kids get seconds if they are still hungry, but they choose unhealthy selections”(citation) Schools are basically starving students by not giving them enough protein and nutrition. Schools in America need to step up their game. They all need more fruits and vegetables in their school lunch lines. They should gradually add more and more healthy foods, so the

If students ate healthier school lunches, it would result in healthier food choices at home. Children who are provided with sugary, fatty foods at school can develop poor eating habits at home. School lunches that provide more calories than a child needs to maintain their body weight can lead to weight gain and obesity. Overeating can not only compromise the child's health, but lead to health problems in the future. Children who are overweight have increased risks of developing health problems and become obese adults. Healthy lunches with appropriate portions can help support a healthy

Think back; is there a school lunch that comes to mind? There may have been at least one school lunch that the lunch ladies would dish up that made a majority of the students excited to eat. Kids that routinely brought their super-hero lunch-box and thermos would leave it at home and jump in line for pizza or burgers and fries. Kids were also allowed to go back for “seconds” and for some students, it was the greatest meal of the week, including what their family served at home. The federal government has been involved in the NSLP (National School Lunch Program) since 1946, with the implementation of the National School Lunch Act. These initial programs developed the commodity distribution program for schools, institutions, needy households, summer camp, and other eligible outlets (USDA Food and Nutrition Service). Since this initial deployment, there have been various changes, the most recent being “Healthy Kids Hunger-Free Act” passed in 2010. This was an initiative of the First Lady Michelle Obama. The act was part of her plight against child obesity and also part of her “Let’s Move” action. The impact of the government controlling what is chosen for the school lunch menu has decreased student participation, increased waste, and decreased healthy eating among the students.

a) The motivation is to convince the readers that school lunches have become healthier as to erase the perception that cafeteria food is terrible. As well, these statistics are being used to determine if healthier school lunches "will help ease the obesity epidemic among the nation's children." This study was done as to determine the influence of school lunches on the obesity epidemic and to show whether the government has taken the right approach to lower obesity rates or need to take a different approach.

However, parents are not the only ones to blame. One of the primary culprits of feeding our children junk is the common school cafeteria. School lunches have become one of the most prominent political debates. Nicholas Confessore in The NY Times, shows the problems of school lunches that contain “exceeding amounts of fat and salt in their products” and even count pizza as a vegetable

School lunches at your local elementary, middle, and high school may not be healthy and nutritious as it seems and the taste does not make it any better. We should want our children to strive in everything, not just academics. School lunch programs needs to focus on giving the children

In this deliberation theater, we had two sides, opposing and in support of Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act. We talked about 4 key topics: food waste, education, nutrition, and the welfare state. On the supporting side, we had personas of nutritionist, low-income mother, teacher, and school principal/director. On the opposing sides, we had cafeteria operator, low-income mother, pediatric, and school administrator. A lot of the discussion presented was well thought and planned. The issue presented was whether school lunch program was effective and to see the pros and cons of school lunch program. I always supported school lunch programs just because I had friends who were on the program in elementary school. I never thought it would be embarrassing for the kids who were on the program. At that age, I was jealous that they got to eat the school food. The school food provided for us looked good which shows the evolution of foods in the school lunch program. I remember getting an allowance from my mom to buy school lunch because like the mothers on the supporting side, my mom was too busy to make food for me though we weren’t in the situation where we did not have enough money. I loved eating the cafeteria food because they had foods such as spaghetti, chicken nuggets, lasagna, and mini pizzas. I remember loving the pizza the most. Of course, I also was served side dishes of fruits and beverage choices of chocolate, strawberry, and plain milk and apple or orange juice. I remember