One can evaluate the cost of school lunches by subtracting the price that the National School Lunch Program pays for when a student gets a free lunch, which is $2.93, (National School Lunch Program 2) by the amount they pay when a student pays for a lunch, which is $0.28 (National School Lunch Program 20). One would conclude the answer to be $2.65. What person would pay what would be rounded up to approximately three dollars for a measly sandwich, roll, and potatoes that are usually the “healthy” kind [“healthy foods” being used as “whole foods” which is known to be costly. Thus, the nickname “whole check” (The High Cost of Healthy Food 2)] when you can get three delicious chicken sandwiches for almost the same price at McDonald’s right down the street? One may confirm the fact that it is healthy because it is quoted right from school nutrition.org. “School meals are healthy meals that are required to meet the Dietary Guidelines for Americans” (School Nutrition 1). The National School Lunch Program should allow an additional point of interest in their school lunches such as additional food, otherwise the cost is not worth it for students who have to pay for their…
I used to eat school lunches until I found a bug in my food and the food started making me sick. They also don´t fill you up because I always went to class hungry after lunch. They should add more healthy foods. A look at one school’s burger that had twenty-six ingredients and they contained disodium inosinate, a flavor additive that can spike heart rate. It also contained caramel color, which contains sulfites and ammonia.…
Have you ever found your school lunch delicious and left the cafeteria feeling full? Chances are not, and you aren’t the only one. Ever since the new healthy foods have been implemented into the school lunches. Students have immediately refused them. These lunches are failing because they refuse to buy them, are extremely repulsing, and are hardly filling.…
choose to change our lunches to a healtheir eat, then i am all for it! Some students…
SNA (School Nutrition Association) School Meals Proven a Healthy Choice [online] Available at: [Accessed 1 Oct 2012]…
School lunches are a big part of our schools. They feed us every day and make sure we are full. They feed us food, but they don't feed us very healthy food. Parents have tried very hard to get that to change for their children. I think they should improve our lunches to make sure that kids are getting the food and nutrition they need.…
To sum up, School lunches are healthy enough because they help foster and low-income children to have meals,it’s helping stop childhood obesity, and helping the government. The low-income children and foster kid will get to eat a healthy lunch and could potentially stop hunger. This plan is beneficial for a national problem, childhood obesity. The government however believes that the government is too controlling and parents can't be trusted. Michelle Obama’s program is very important and they should keep this plan…
Do you like food, but school lunches are unhealthy, are you trying to get in shape well ask yourself would healthier food suit you better and set you on the right path to achieve healthiness at a young age. At some schools are serving junk food and unhealthy food at school which is causing childhood obesity. With new nutrition guidelines, children can eat healthier and become healthier .…
I agree that me, and everybody else that attend this school. Should have a healthier lunch menu. Some individuals are going to have a problem with that. Because we're going to have to get rid of some of our favorite foods. But I think if we all get together and have a school meeting. And talk about how it's going to help and benefit us. Then the people that disagree. Might have a better understanding, and agree on a healthier lunch menu. The main reason why I want to change to a new, healthier school menu. Is because if we have food that is not good for us, and we keep on eating and eating. Most people are going to gain to much weight. Then eventually become obese. Another reason is if we have healthier food. People like me that have…
Some reasons that I believe school lunches aren’t healthy is that sometimes I see the lunch but sometimes it looks like it has plastic on it and in it. Another reason that it isn’t healthy is that sometimes it doesn’t have all of the nutritions that we need. Sources say that we aren’t getting all of the nutritions that we need, such as grains. Sources also…
According to Teresa Chin with Youth Radio, many schools have decided to try and start forcing children and teens across the country to eat healthier lunches. These lunches were meant to help with the growing rates of childhood obesity. Government officials think that by decreasing portions and…
In August of 2011 Katherine Zeratsky R.D., L.D. from the Mayo Clinic reported a condition called "Normal Weight Obesity." This is where a person can be the correct weight for there age and height and have a too high percentage of bodyweight, which can lead to medical conditions that are usually confined to adults. Which can lead directly to school lunches. For most students especially inner-city children who have the highest obesity rate according to Harvard School of Public Health. School lunch is their only source of food for the day. Unhealthy items such as chicken nuggets and pop will greater the risk for health problems later on in life. Having healthy food can come with a steep price tag for most schools.…
School lunches lack healthy nutrients that growing children and teens need. Because, schools lack the proper funding needed to support students with healthy lunches, students have a horrible diet. A lot of people, including myself, believe that if healthy school lunches were provided students at home would make better choices when it came to what snacks they ate between meals. If schools got better funding for healthier lunches it could theoretically save the government more money because the students in turn would have less health problems.…
A healthier school lunch plan; would this be more beneficial for the students oppose to a better tasting, less nutritious lunch? I'm against a newer more healthier lunch plan due to the reason that we students really don't need it nor want it. In this essay I will state and explain my position on this topic of disagreement. First, the school lunch plan we have now still has nutritional value in it. It just doesn't offer as much nutrition in it compared to the new school lunch menu. For the students that actually need a more nutritious diet we can a establish a special lunch plan for them; but by establishing a completely healthy lunch plan for all the students isn't necessary. Next, the students like the lunches the school offers…
Eating out for school lunch would definitely taste better, but it will not be a healthier option for anyone. A school lunch contains about 750 calories. A meal from a fast food restaurants contains about 840 calories. Just by looking at this, you can see that there are a lot fewer calories in a school lunch than in a fast food meal. Also, since they can choose how much food they want, the students could buy more food than is necessary. By doing this, there could be even more calories than in an average fast food meal. Students don’t get to choose as much extra food in a school meal making it a lot healthier.…