Essay On Good-For-You School Lunches

In 2010, Michelle Obama’s Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act (HHFKA) was passed. The act was passed in order to make school lunches healthier and provide food for kids that can’t afford food or don’t receive food at home. Since the HHFKA was passed, school lunches have been undesirable, displeasing, and unsatisfactory. For instance, in the article ‘No Appetite for Good-for-You School Lunches’, student Malik Barrows claims how “before, there was no taste and no flavor. Now there’s no taste, no flavor and it’s healthy, which makes it taste even worse”. If the healthy food was exceptional quality the students wouldn’t have the mindset that all healthy food is distasteful. Students all over agree that the lunches are substandard and no one wants to buy them.
This percentage could be decreased tremendously if the lunches looked more appetizing and tasted better. Similarly in the article ‘Are Federal School Meal standards fit for Consumption?’ the writer says that “students are disgusted by the food provided to them”. There are many ways to fix this problem. The first thing to do would be to make the food more pleasant and appealing to the eye. Another thing would be to take the time and make quality, healthy food that students enjoy. However, in ‘Americans Actually Like Michelle Obama’s Healthier School Lunches’, the writer states how “a national poll shows that more than 80 percent of Americans support healthy school meals consisting of more fruit and vegetables and less high calorie and sodium food choices”. While many people support the idea of the healthy lunches, it does not mean they think the food is enjoyable. Overall, the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act has negatively impacted school lunches by creating low quality food, and most students