...having a healthy school lunch, while others think having a healthy lunch will reduce obesity in America. Here’s what America had to say about this! Some people think the government should regulate school lunch, because it will be healthy and it will reduce obesity. Regulating school lunch was first challenged by Michelle Obama. .The first lady wanted to improve the nutritional content of food. Some citizens love the idea. Some people think if they regulate school lunch it will get rid of they fatty foods “The big difference is that the calories are from healthier foods....
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...Eboli Knight George McGeehan English Composition 115 May 21, 2015 To be healthy or to not be healthy is the question? Today kids are not always eating a healthy meal and to make up for the loss the national school lunch and school breakfast program was established. I do believe that this is a good idea to keep our kids from being obese and teaching them healthier eating options. The National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs were established to align them with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Most schools are increasing the availability of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and fat free and low fat fluid milk in school meals; reduce the levels of sodium, saturated fat and trans fat in meals; and meet the nutrition needs of school children within their calorie requirements,” (Federal Register, 2012). Our kids will still be able to enjoy their breakfast and lunch, it’s just a little healthier than what it used to be. To improve lunches and breakfasts, schools are required to offer fruits and vegetables as two separate meal components. Fruit daily at breakfast and lunch, vegetable daily at lunch, including specific vegetable subgroups weekly. A daily meat/ meat alternate at breakfast, fluid milk that is fat free (unflavored and flavored) and low fat (unflavored only). Students are required to select a fruit or a vegetable as part of the reimbursable meal. “The National School Lunch Program supports student nutrition in over 101,000 schools and residential facilities...
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...question of how to prevent this issue has been asked time and time again. As a way to address this question, Michelle Obama decided to push for a change. In 2010, Michelle devised the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act. In simplified form, this act was put into place to change the school lunch standards to include meals that were higher in nutrients and lower in fats, among other things. Some, out of the many, new regulations include replacing white bread with whole-grain or wheat, including either a fruit or vegetable in every meal, total fat of every meal must be less than or equal to 35% of the total calories, and total sugar levels must be less than or equal to 35% of the total calories or less than...
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... School Lunch Programs With the new and improved “heathier” lunch menu most students and teachers would rather turn down this free meal, and head over to their next period class instead. Others see this change to be remarkable and a great way to help kids balance what they eat. Since this act passed in 2010 and was sponsored by first lady Michelle Obama the disputation of a healthier menu has been a nonstop argument between schools and the NCLP (National School Lunch Program). With nothing but good intentions involved most students would rather stick to their bad eating habits. Trading in those fried potato wedges for a whole wheat sub was not so easy for some, and the controversy of a healthy school menu aroused quickly. Kids and even staff seemed uneasy about the change and thought it was a bit drastic. With unhealthy lunch and snacking taking from kids, they look at lunch to be a disadvantage to get rejuvenated for next two to three classes. Most kids are no longer waiting for the bell to dismiss for lunch anymore because of the unappetizing school menu. With nothing but good intentions involved with changing the schools menu kids feel otherwise. National School Lunch Programs thought the idea of what you do should balance out with what you eat and that idea should apply to students as well. Knowing students have no in school activities that requires major movement like running, jumping, etc. Their school lunch now reflects that. Students look at lunch as their time...
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...eating. Everything I ever eaten here is below 500 calories. This is what brought healthy food choices to my attention. I turn my phone on, and google search, “Deaths from obesity.” I found the website World Health Organization, and a statistic caught my eye, “Around 3.4 million adults die each year as a result of being overweight or obese”(who.int). I had no idea someones diet can kill so many people, and I knew things needed to be changed. I admit, watching what I ingest was not my first priority as a child. Whenever we stopped by a fast food restaurant, I was not thinking how much work it would take to burn all the calories off. Big Macs; Whoppers, Orange Chicken from Panda Express, you name it I ate it. Not just the main course was unhealthy, the drinks and the sides were just as bad. It all added up to more than 1000 calorie meals, which my body could not handle. An average person only needs 2000 calories daily, these meals through off your digestive system. Yet besides, most of the meals had little to no basic nutrients I needed on a daily basis. Veggies and other healthy choices were not important to me. The result of my crazy diet was laziness, overweightness, and depression. I never fully recovered from it, I still eat unhealthy sometimes. But as I age, my diet will be totally different. I believe kids all throughout schooling need to be taught about food. The subjects include making healthy consumption choices, food preparation, avoiding unsafe food providers, and direct...
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...unpleasant school lunch has been around for as long as any high schooler can remember, however, they are unaware of the long lasting dietary habits school lunches are or are not placing into their minds. Unlike the Physical Education department at Central DeWitt, which provides multiple classes such as regular PE, Personal Fitness, and Lifetime Wellness to help students create and maintain lifelong workout routines, the lunch provided is not as beneficial. While there are nutritional guidelines supporting the department, lunches students consume are still high in carbohydrates, sodium, sugar, and other ingredients. According to...
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...School Lunches Remember those school lunches that they used to provide for us throughout elementary all the way up to high school, and if they did not they were about $2.50 a meal. Some kids hated them, others liked them and others just didn’t care as long as they had something to eat in between classes. The importance of school lunches is very high. Many kids always complain about the food, but for some it’s a blessing to them because that’s often their only meal due to their parent’s income. The lunches usually contained a milk, a juice of your choice and a small meal. Breakfast meals varied from cinnamon rolls, to French toast, to burritos, to pizza bagels. Lunch consisted of burritos again, salads, chicken, burgers, macaroni and cheese, chili cheese and beans with crackers or tostadas. And again, any of those meals along with a carton of milk and a juice were only $2.50, of...
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...Marketing Strategies 1) Product Strategy: Al-Ain water set up many creative ideas to add it to the product strategy. Our strategy is to enter to a new line of products that target kids and other lines that target healthy and sporty people. We will design a special bottle packages that attract kids, as mini colored bottle, also for the sporty people we are planning to create a new shape that allow them easily to drink while they are playing. For healthy people we will add some vitamins to the sparkling water and lunch it in glass bottles. 2) Pricing Strategy: We will not do any changes for the current products that we have to stay in our level and keep our customer from shifting to another brand by increasing the price. Our pricing strategy is a value based pricing strategy, so we will put higher prices for the new products. But only the kids’ products will keep it normal price. In addition, the glass bottles will have higher price as well, like 5% above the normal price. 3) Place Strategy: We are planning to distribute glass bottles of water in the super markets and make it available everywhere as a luxury product. So we will expand the distribution of this item and not determine it only in hotels like before. Also we will distribute the kids’ products in the schools kids’ centers and kids’ entertainment places. Additionally, the healthy products will be available in the sports’ centers and super markets. Our distribution strategy to the hotels will...
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...enough food anymore. Superintendent Gary Lewis from Catlin, Illinois stated that “The standards quickly generated controversy, both for their cost and because kids were less than thrilled with the food” (Schulzke). Kids aren’t being fed enough, and they don’t pay attention as well in class. Lewis also said that “Some of the stuff we had to offer, they wouldn't eat, so you sit there and watch the kids, and you know they're hungry at the end of the day, and that led to some behavior and some lack of attentiveness” (Schulzke). Are these school lunches really as “healthy” as they are portrayed to be? It’s depressing that, not only adults, but children are also having to put up with the government regulating their food. For some children, school lunch is the only meal that they get each day, and the government is making their portion sizes smaller and smaller. Participation in school lunches are slowly dwindling down. Students have started bringing their own lunches so they can still enjoy their food instead of dreading what the lunch lady will slop onto their tray. “The School Nutrition Association’s own data proves that student participation in school lunch is abruptly down in 48 states despite rising school enrollment and 30 years of steady program growth” (Schulzke). Some children are even waiting until they get home to eat lunch because of the poor choices they are offered in school. Another depressing point to note is that students aren’t allowed to bring cakes or cupcakes for their...
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...Final Project Healthy Eating, Nutrition, and Exercise Plan Bonnie Williams SCI/241 August 11,2013 Dr. Louis Cohen Final Project Healthy Eating, Nutrition, and Exercise Plan I have dieted much of my adult life. Once I get started, I find that it is easy to stick with, to lose the weight that I want to. My weight problem comes from keeping the weight off after I reach my goal. In order for me to start a diet plan, I need to be motivated. I feel that adding an exercise plan to an eating plan will help my progress as well as make me a healthier person. I, as very many Americans live a very busy life-style. I work full time, have a large family, and go to school full time. My biggest challenge is making the time to exercise and sticking with it. During my adult years, my weight has fluctuated in between 125lbs and 200lbs. My height is 5’’8’ I feel the ideal weight for my height is in the 140lbs to 150lbs range. Currently I am 185lbs so getting down to my desired weight is not impossible, but will need me to be prepared to make the time and get myself on the right track. Choosing an eating and exercise plan is not easy, you have to choose goals that are achievable, If you set your schedule and plan to strict, you will grow tired or find the regime to hard to maintain. I have chosen an eating and activity plan that will fit easily into my daily schedule with just a few modifications. Nutrition Plan: My nutrition plan that I plan on implementing will improve my eating...
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...systems and feel as though kids should be able to eat what they want. Others believe that schools should provide students with healthier snacks and meals to eat. The true question is, how much is too much? There are certain school systems taking over meal plans and completely banning the food selection for kids to only health choices. Kids should be able to make choices for themselves and eat the food they want too eat. Having junk food in school systems has been known to bring up the percent of obesity in kids, but having junk food will give students freedom of choice, will help the vending contract revenue, and it will save money and complications in creating a new lunch program. Schools that allow students to eat what they want give’s the students dining options and also freedom of choice. Many school systems in America are strict enough already; they do not need to be even stricter and be told what to eat and what not to eat. When students can pick out their own food, it gives the student the feeling of personal responsibility. Margaret Johnson, an English and French teacher at West Las Vegas High School in Las Vegas, New Mexico, explains, “ junk food should be sold in schools-along with other food. Students will buy anything that coast under a dollar, is profitable, flavorful, visually appealing, and gives a quick ick-me-up”(Johnson). And above all Margaret explains, “ students like freedom of choice.” Students are looking for healthy food, but they are also...
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...students would be more encouraged to eat, and the school would make money by vendors paying to serve at the school. Many schools boards do not like the idea of having outside vendors simply because they have to meet certain health requirements that Michelle Obama has put in. The board believes that no vendors would meet these requirements, so they do not even give it a try. The board could still easily control what vendors serve at lunch, and what they get to offer on their menu by setting guidelines for them before they become vendors. Therefore they would still be controlling what children are eating for lunch. Chick-Fil-A and Zaxbys are respectable and healthy eating places. They could offer vegan, sushi, and salad vendors also. Nothing is stopping them from finding an appropriate vendor except themselves because the possibilities for healthy vendors are endless. Everyone dreads the awful “cafeteria food”. It is often portrayed in movies as “alive” or fake meat. This extremely discourages students from wanting to eat cafeteria food, and poses as a threat to students’ health. Students need a full lunch to be at their healthiest, but they refuse to eat the school food. Packing a lunch can’t always be done because of time crunch and forgetfulness; so many students go without eating during the school day. Offering these choices for lunch would greatly increase...
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...Why Kids Should be More Active By Sterling Williams ITT-Tech Cary, NC Introduction In the year 2015 it seems more kids are being less active in today youths. Is it because of the video games, the apps of the phone, and more internet access? As you look at how you grew up where you were mostly outside to how kids are today and how they are more inside the house. Where have the time gone where going outside to play with friends was the highlight of your day gone to. Is technology making our youth less active and lazy? Is riding a bike or playing outside to the streetlights come on a thing in the past? Why I Feel That Kids Should Be Active I feel kids should be more active by going outside more riding a bike, playing sports, swimming, and being around people outside of the house. In my position I feel like today youth should be involved in more actives than be stuck in front of a TV or on the phone. Being more active can help kids be more vocal and experience team work among his or her peers. Being active kids can help develop positive physical activity and nutrition habits for a lifetime of good health.Be an active kid’s uses builds character, interactive hands-on lessons and bright visuals to teach children that physical activity, healthy eating, and food safety can be fun. Exercise helps kids achieve and maintain a healthy body weight. Regular physical activity helps build and maintain strong, healthy muscles, bones and joints. Exercise aids in the development of important...
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...Prevention, “The percentage of children aged 6–11 years in the United States who were obese increased from 7% in 1980 to nearly 18% in 2012. Similarly, the percentage of adolescents aged 12–19 years who were obese increased from 5% to nearly 21% over the same period.” (Ogden,2012) These numbers are concerning because childhood obesity leads to long term health risks including diabetes, heart disease and many cancers. As our society becomes increasingly technologically driven, our youth are becoming less and less physically active. Today’s children are more likely to send a friend a text rather than run over to their house and “call on them”. Modern conveniences and entertainment such as videogames, television, the internet, facebook and kid-friendly fast food joints play a major role in the growing rate of childhood obesity. Currently there are many efforts being made to slow down or reverse the negative effects of living in modern day society for our children. Some of these attempts include increased awareness about nutrition and exercise for our youth. However, there is still a lot of room for improvement and much greater parental and societal support is required in order to have a significant impact on the epidemic. Through our analysis we hope to gain a better understanding of the causes behind childhood obesity, why the rates are increasing, what is currently being done about it and how can we, as global citizens,...
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...weaknesses of the brand? Bel Brand is currently in a downward sales trend after the South Beach Diet craze ended in 2006. Before this diet became popular, Bel Brand applied a global “one size fits all” marketing campaign promoting wholesome family values and a passion for providing nutrition. They wish to somehow reinstall such values into their brand image while trying to differentiate themselves from the flood of other United States cheese brands using a similar family-oriented approach. Some of their current strengths include an increased brand awareness resulting from the South Beach Diet craze. This provides the Bel Brand with credibility in the health food industry, thus presenting Laughing Cow with an opportunity to leverage their healthy image to appeal towards a larger audience of health-conscious Americans. Weaknesses however, include Bel’s declining market share (5%) and intense competition in United States cheese industry. Competitors such as Kraft and Sargento are currently using their traditional method of stressing family-oriented products and wholesome values. Now, Bel Brand finds itself in a situation where they need to act quickly to make some repositioning decisions. 2. Consider each of the 3 positioning alternatives described in the case and list several strengths and weaknesses of each alternative. The first alternative is to position the brand in a manner consistent with its European heritage as a family staple strongly associated with children’s needs...
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