School Lunches

School Lunches Have you ever received a school lunch, looked at it, and wondered, “What in the world is that”? Of course you have, that’s what school lunches are known for. I can recall numerous times when I couldn’t tell what kind of slime was jiggling on my lunch tray; was it the Macaroni and Cheese slime or was it the Nacho’s slime? School lunches really put the “sloppy” in Sloppy Joes and students shouldn’t be served such food at school. Schools are supposed to promote healthy, successful lifestyles, but how are they supposed to accomplish that when their school lunches are so unsuccessful and unhealthy? Serving healthier lunches in schools will benefit many aspects of a student’s life in the classroom and outside of the classroom as well. The government needs to mandate healthier lunches in schools to develop healthier eating habits in children, meet parent’s expectations, and to increase classroom performance.
Unhealthy eating habits are a huge problem all over the country and serving healthier lunches in schools is one way to change that. Bad eating habits are developed over time and by promoting healthy eating habits in school students are more likely to stick to those healthy habits. Children absorb the things they are exposed to, just like a sponge, and will develop healthy eating habits when good eating habits are modeled for them. What’s a better place to start this positive modeling than at school, the one place children go every day? The eating habits children pick up when they are young will help them maintain a healthy lifestyle when they are adults and this will cause obesity rates to decrease. By eating healthier children are more likely to maintain a healthy weight, have more energy, and live a healthy and successful life. In other words, serving healthy lunches in schools is like a chain reaction of dominos, it leads to healthy eating habits in children which will lead to healthy eating in adults, which will then lead to a