...almost 20 percent of kids were overweight. Many schools today are not giving kids enough fruits and vegetables in their lunches which is where a lot of them get their nutrition from. On top of that these schools are offering the kids to buy junk food which is causing many of them to become obese. The U.S. government should change lunches in schools so that they have a more variety of fruits and vegetables and their lunches contain more nutrition. Schools today are allowing kids to buy junk food and many of them choose that instead of eating fruits and vegetables which gives them the...
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...Since the 1900s, lunches were served in schools. Over the decades, there were dramatic changes in school lunches and to make it clear, it recently changed. The latest political battle in DC- your lunch. They have been changed constantly health-wise from the 1900s to now. In the 1990s, school lunches hit its peak of unhealthy foods and most recently, people take a stand on changing, keeping or altogether getting rid of them. Two people currently taking a lead, first lady Michelle Obama who decides to keep school lunch standards but, on the other hand, Aderholt thinks these standards need to be changed greatly because it is too strict. Well, what do I, a 6th grader currently attending Miller Middle school think? Two main things, that need to change, is the schools lunch standards and who controls them. They are a...
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...Yummmmmm, school lunches, it includes a variety of rotten pizza, undercooked chicken, and the everyday cold lunch. The lunch ladies should pay us to eat lunch from their cafeteria. The lunch is horrible, disgusting, as well as awful. The school might as well make the meat a mystery, because I bet you, they’re lying. Just bring 100 snacks from home and you would still be eating healthier. Also, school lunches can easily make a young adolescent fall sick. I mean I only fell sick for two weeks, because of school lunches! Pursuing this further, I believe students should take lunch from home. Although you may think buying lunch from cafeteria is more convenient, think about your health. You may save room in your book bag, but its just one lunchbox. Being...
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...your school already have a long lunch? Well, schools should have longer lunches because it helps kids relax, it is a lot more healthier, and kids don't waste as much food. There are many advantages for having a longer lunch including students have more time to relax and a break from all the stress that school gives. If you have more time to eat then you have more time to talk, which helps kids relax. Attention spans are dropping among students, and short lunch periods may be part of the problem (Food Service Solutions). Wouldn't you be ready to learn after a 40 minute lunch break? The second reason why there should be longer lunches is that it is way healthier. For example if the lunch is longer then the lunch ladies have more time to prepare the food. Which means healthy lunch, more greens and more fruits. Also rushing to eat doesn't give students time to recognize things like signs of fullness or the way certain foods make them feel (¨Food Service Solutions¨). And the Journal of Academy of Nutrition conducted an experiment on an elementary school. They found out that students eat 13% less of their main...
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...Changing school lunches Are kids getting fat due to school? When it comes to school lunches most kids eat hot lunch. The lunch ladies get paid so they are happy, and kids get lunch so they are happy to! It’s the kind of lunch that they are serving is the issue. Should we change school lunches or keep serving students preserved, artificial food? The lunch schools serve now is frozen and warmed up, or just plain unhealthy. More than half of the kids that go to school go home and eat nothing but junk food, so if they come to school and eat an unhealthy lunch then it's junk food all day and they don't get any nutrition. Schools don’t have a lot of extra money to change their whole lunch menus but neither do all family’s. Some families don't have money to buy healthy food because junk food is cheaper. If schools provide healthy lunches and took away most junk food there would be so many improvements in so many ways....
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...Do you think students should buy unhealthy school lunches, if you said yes, i disagree. All it takes is a month of unhealthy school lunches to make a child obese.School lunches are seriously impacting students health. they should be served something that is nutritious and good for them. First of all, students should not buy school lunches that are unhealthy for them. For example, on the website “ Children's health comes first when fixing school lunches” The Times Union states “sugar sweetened beverages such as soda, juice, energy drinks, and flavored milks contribute to the greatest share of these empty dangerous calories. additionally 90% eat, more than the recommended daily amount of salt which contributes to nearly one-sixth of children...
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...making decisions for them—decisions they might not be too happy about. Now imagine this: their parents don’t have any control over their decision, but instead the government is telling them what they can and cannot do. This is becoming more and more of a problem recently with the regulation of children’s school lunches. The government is intervening too much, and they overstepping the boundaries in the lives of this country’s citizens. What people choose to do with their money should be their responsibility. The government needs to take a giant step back when it comes to something everyone enjoys and is a big part of everyday life: food....
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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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...their health, especially during school lunch. Schools lunches normally consist of quick and easy options like pizza, chips, soda, etc., all foods that when eaten regularly can lead to serious health problems. Children are prone to these eating habits everywhere and have learned from school. It’s for reasons like this that obesity in children has doubled in the last 25 years. What was once known, as Adult-Onset Diabetes is now common within our youth and caused from childhood obesity. An article from USATOADAY titled “Unhealthy Risks for Kids Tip Scale” explains this, also going into detail about the debate between enforcing healthy lunches for students and keeping junk food in schools. Though fattening foods may be easily prepared, is the timing really worth the lives of our kids? Could a healthier diet at school make for a healthier lifestyle? These questions need answers. Let us begin. In order to get something accomplished, you must involve the government. An article from the Washington Post titled “Junk Food Widely Available at U.S Elementary Schools Despite Anti- Obesity Push” explains this and how federal regulation is necessary in order to enforce healthier school lunches. With childhood obesity increasing, more people are witnessing the epidemic and wanting an end to it. A study by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation highlights this and describes their proposal that would set standards for nutrition and food/beverages sold in schools. To begin the process of finding...
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...Your title page should be in center alignment and double spaced no extra spaces in between. The beginning of your title page should start 4 tabs down Strayer University I do not think the name of the school is really needed The Public Needs to Know By you really do not need “by” Seanne Benjamin-Long The professors name should be in line with her name Professor Martha Johnson The course and date should be on different lines ...
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...not surprising. The part that I really enjoyed about the movie is when he talked about nutrition in schools. Something needs to be done. The first school he went to was in Naperville, IL at Madison Junior High School. The one thing he really emphasized on was that the kids there weren’t making the right food choices. Most of them got chips, fries, or pizza. Some of them just are fries. The cafeteria staff backed it up by saying that they probably brought a lunch from home, or they are sharing that food with other kids, when really they weren’t. In my opinion if they are trying to make the kids make the right choices then they need to have a better selection of healthier food for them. They don’t even cook food in schools anymore; it is all pre-packaged and frozen. They take it out of a box, warm it up, and serve it. In the movie they Morgan said that on average there are over 1,000 calories in one meal. That’s outrageous. Nobody should be eating that many calories in one meal. Morgan visited Appleton Central Alternative School in Appleton, WI and found that they have improved their student’s behavior not by discipline but by diet. “Wisconsin’s Appleton Central Alternative School hired a local organic bakery that helped transform Appleton’s cafeteria fare from offerings heavy on meat and junk food to predominantly whole grains, fresh fruits and vegetables” (School Lunches, P. 5)....
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...Should schools be forced to serve healthier lunches? From vaccinations to doctor’s checkups, Americans do their best to promote health, especially among children. An increase in obesity cases can be observed in the last three decades; obese individuals are at higher risks for many heart and blood related illnesses. Malnourishment meaning lacking adequate nutrition is very prevalent among obese and underfed individuals. Nutrients are believed to provide many learning and cognitive benefits by stimulating receptors in the brain and releasing chemicals that help with learning. Research supporting good nutrition has been conducted, which has led to the government’s push in nutritious lunches. This push has led to a public debate on whether there...
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...Pack-iTS * Ease of management and student satisfaction for school administration * Value for money, able to the variety of choices, and food preparation safety for individual parents * variety and taste for students * Quality based on nutritional value for packaged lunch * Offered bi-monthly for hot lunch days 2. How should Pack-iTS be positioned against the competition? Pack-iTS should position themselves against the competition by targeting the three key consumers, school parents and children. They should target the parents by illustrating the benefits of Pack-iTS pre made lunches. One of the main concerns that parents had was not being able to spend more time with their kids while trying to juggle a work and home life. So Pack-iTS should lead with how using their service will save parents time instead of buying and preparing school lunches for their children. Giving them more time to spend with their kids and not having to stress about what their kids are going to eat. Pack-iTS should also stress the importance of nutrition to the parents and that pack-its is committed to making healthy meals for their kids. Pack-its only real competition is the brand name lunches offered by Kraft and Schneider’s, but these choices are less healthy options for children. They other competition would be the hot lunches that were offered by local businesses. In this case Pack-iTS should demonstrated that these lunches are only offered bimonthly and wouldn’t accommodate working...
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...Background In April 2008, six Brescia University College students: Kathryn Kielstra, Breanne MacHardy, Lynn Mockler, Tara Price, Sunali Swaminathan and Ruth-Elen Tisdale were nearing the completion of their Management and Organizational Studies Program. They were considering launching Pack-iTS, an entrepreneurial venture. Pack-iTS would be a healthy lunch preparation and delivery service, serving elementary schools within the Thames Valley District School Board in London, Ontario. The six-person partnership had$25,000 to invest, but needed to know if additional financing would be required. The Pack-iTS lunch program would provide flexibility for parents and children. Parents would select from a variety of menu options, as well as the regularity. The lunches would be prepared and assembled at a Pack-iTS facility. The lunches would then be marked with the teacher’s name and put into a container for delivery. A consideration for the partners was to position the program as a fundraising initiative, where a portion of the gross sales would be donated to the school. The main objective of Pack-iTS is to promote healthy eating habits and reduce parental stress associated with planning. According to results from a Canadian Community Health Survey, obesity rates among children and adults had increased substantially during the past 25 years. In 1979, three percent of children aged two to 17 were obese. By 2004, eight percent were obese. The partners were looking to gain...
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...Should the government regulate the content of school lunches? Well, some students think the government should, other students not so much. Many people dislike the thought of 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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