Should School Lunches Be Shorter

Obesity can often be the consequence of living in a household that instill unhealthy eating habits. Schools can be a positive influence on teens early in life so that obese teens can lead into their adult lives with healthier habits. With these healthier habits, they may likely have more energy to become positive influences in others lives to be healthy and be able to do more. If schools can make such an impact on students’ lives, they should try, even if they needed to sacrifice extra money or instructional time. In 2007, there was a study that only one fifth of high school students had eaten fruits and vegetables at least five times a day in a week (Wexler, 2010). While it is unreasonable to force someone to eat these foods, if they are regularly offered as part of school lunches, students may eat them if they have finished the rest of their lunch and are hungry. Schools should be encouraged to even add fruits and vegetables to vending machines for healthier options.

Childhood obesity is a serious health issue currently affecting America’s population. School lunches have gained a spotlight in the search for prevention of child obesity because the majority of America’s youth eat two school meals a day during most of the year. Although the nutritional standards of school meals have been changed over the years, there is still room for improvement. With additions such as a la cart and vending machines, school meals quickly fall from the federal nutrition standards. As children grow they spend an average of 7 hours a day at school over half of the year. With almost 95% of America’s children attending school, it is one of the most stable and influential aspects of their life. With so much of a child’s time spent

In the article, “Are Our School Lunches Healthy Enough?” the author, William Rice, states how healthy school lunches are superb and should be accepted by all Americans. William Rice specifically writes about how too many American children are affected by obesity, and how students, as well as parents, should be educated on this matter. Throughout this essay you will learn the PROs of healthy and should be convinced to be on the PRO side.

In 2010 a law was passed so that students would be able to have healthier lunch choices but how can students eat healthier if they don't have the time to. According to the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Students who have over 30 minutes for lunch tend to have healthier meals because it takes more time to eat an apple then it would applesauce, so if students were able to have longer lunches then they would be able to eat a lot more fruits and vegetables and get the nutrition that they otherwise would not usually have during the school day. The law that was passed in 2010 was seen as a good thing because students would be able to eat healthier but according to the article Eating and lifestyles at school, thought that law was passed with good intentions students still aren’t actually eating better, students are consuming less calories than they should be at lunch because the foods are

On a warm sunny day at Palm Desert Middle School, I was having fun playing tag with my fellow students and friends during lunch, when suddenly we were called in to sit back in the cafeteria. Time had seemed to have just flown by. I had barely any time to finish my lunch. Because of all this, I feel that we should have a six to twelve minute longer lunch.

The goals,is to improve school food, teach nutrition, support sustainable food systems, and create an education program focused on understanding the relationships between food, culture, health, and the environment.By the time today’s kindergartner finishes high school, she may have eaten well over 4,000 school meals—4,000 opportunities to strengthen her body and mind, introduce food pleasures that will make her a lifelong healthy eater, and deepen her engagement with the natural world. The more than 5.5 billion lunches and nearly 2 billion breakfasts served yearly in school programs, along with complementary education programs, can have a profound effect on issues of public health, academic performance, economics, justice, national security,

Students very often waste their money on school lunches that they don’t eat or enjoy. If a student doesn’t like the lunch that the school is producing he or she may often not even eat the lunch or sometimes just let it sit then throw it away. By the end of the day the student goes hungry because he

About one in three american students who eat school lunches daily are in some way obese or overweight as of 2015. People in general have been experiencing a new problem in the last decade; obesity rates have been drastically increasing. School lunches may be a big contributor to these increasing percentages in overweight and obesity. The percentages have increased about 18% from tests in 1973 to 1974, to tests in 2003 to 2004. Many schools in other countries have a lower obesity rate because they server non processed foods. If schools were to change their lunches to non

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.

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.

Meals at school make up a large portion of a child’s dietary intake, anywhere from one third to one half of their calorie intake happens at school according to Schanzenbach. Changes in school lunch have indeed changed over the years, but to what degree has it affected childrens health? In a study conducted by Schazenbach,

Do you think students should have longer lunch period? One reason is in Social Studies, Study Hall, Science, Math, and Literacy are the classes we have assigned seats and are not allowed to talk and or socialize at all. So students should have additional time during lunch in order to avoid eating quickly, allow students to socialize, and to give students time to relax during the day.

Have you, ever wanted to know why your school lunch tastes the way it does? Yes? Well if you have then it’s time that you find out what is REALLY in it. I believe that not all of the schools in the U.S. have a very low quality in their cafeterias but, the ones that do got investigated by the USDA because, of their food content that they serve. Most people should question the type of food that is in schools some of the types of food they serve are pizza, chicken nuggets, nachos, hamburgers, etc. (Just to name a few that they serve) To improve school lunches the U.S. should go to more schools and see if they are up to par. It is a known fact that most schools have many obese children in schools.

If we want our students to eat healthier and be healthier, we need to start by improving school lunches. With the rise of obesity occurring in our school, we must, as a community, take action to provide students with a school lunch that keeps everyone healthy. Other schools have done something about what they eat, so now it’s our turn to cure obesity in Paramus High School.

The government has tried to improve the school lunch systems a little bit. The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act began in 2012. This required meals to be lower in fat, calories, and sodium, and have more lean proteins, fruits, vegetables, and whole grains (Murphy). Unfortunately, this act also caused the food to be not as bland and un-enjoyable. Schools have noticed that most kids either throw away their meals or simply just pack their lunch (Murphy). The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act must be revised to allow the meals to be edible or at least enjoyable to the students. Just because the food is slightly healthier now, does not mean that the students will eat it. If they have the option of healthy food but it is unsatisfying, they will probably choose to either buy foods from vending machines or just pack their own unhealthy processed food from home. The