Are School Lunches Really Healthy For You? Imagine going to school and thinking‚ “Oh boy‚ what am I going to have for lunch today?” All you see is stuff you don’t like‚ so you don’t eat anything. Then your stomach starts to growl. What would you do and how would you explain it to your parents after school? Some students just don’t eat anything because they don’t like it. Others say that they “aren’t hungry‚” but you never know. Schools should just make the lunch healthier and taste better. Even
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think. Junk food served at schools will cause students to have “trouble concentrating and can become slow learners. They will have trouble coping up with physical activities and perform poorly in sports” (Youth Leader Blogs). By improving school lunches there will be an intellectual change in students’ knowledge‚ helping them to learn quicker and do better on tests and in classes in
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debates for years on this topic‚ from the cost to the health benefits a healthy lunch can provide a child. One of the largest debates was the cost. In one case study in one year the nation’s schools provided over 5 billion lunches with roughly 28 million lunches at reduced or for free thus costing the government 8 million dollars. Most school across the U.S‚ provide free or reduced lunch 49 percent of meals served‚ were free‚ 10 percent were reduced price‚ and 41 percent were full
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Why is it that “less than five percent of campus rapes or attempted rapes were reported to the law enforcement” (“Campus Sexual Violence” 2)? Often when campus victims report their rapes‚ the law enforcement remains uninvolved‚ victims endure ridicule‚ and rapists go unpunished. Atrocious numbers of students face rape‚ and their attackers repeatedly remain at large. “In one year 300‚000 college women‚ over 5% of women enrolled in colleges and universities‚ experience rape” (“Sexual Assault Statistics”
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School Lunches Brandon Burnett Semester 1 School Lunches Childhood obesity is a hot-button issue for parents‚ teachers‚ and the medical experts with different ideas and solutions on the issue. Some blame it on genetics‚ others say its a lack of physical activity and poor lifestyle choices. This has often led to the topic of school lunches‚ should schools only offer healthy options? Yes
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Cafeteria lunches play a huge role in the daily life of elementary‚ middle‚ and high school students. When I was in school a typical lunch consisted of pizza‚ carrots‚ and milk. Across the country school lunches are becoming healthier. New federal guidelines aim to provide healthier school lunches and curb the nation’s childhood obesity epidemic. Among the changes are more fresh fruits and vegetables. The Healthy‚ Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 requires school lunch programs to serve healthier
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but how does one teach children to eat things like vegetables? Some children do not like to eat the vegetables that are given to them because they are not quite sure what is in the mushroom surprise. A lot of children just do not like school lunches‚ while others really enjoy them. Some may think that they are fattening‚ rubber in them‚ too greasy and unhealthy. While others find them more
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A Disappointment School lunches today are not as hearty and delicious as they were back in the day. When I was a child my lunches were prepared at school by the cafeteria workers. Today‚ the cafeteria workers heat up the already prepared food. Today’s food is prepared by means of "nuking" it in the microwave‚ or heated up in the oven. This could maybe be the cause of obesity with the unhealthy choices at lunchtime in the dining halls. When I was a child the mashed potatoes and turkey dinner were
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Danielle Zayit Dr. Miller Psych 243 April 26‚ 2012 Campus Event Paper ! On April 25‚ 2012‚ I attended a presentation by Elizabeth Seale about ‘Examining the Physical & Reproductive Experiences of Low-Income Women’. Seale’s conducted a research about how women with low income suffer because they don’t receive the right treatments from doctors or physicians. Her study consisted of white low income women with different ages‚ mental illnesses‚ family violence and past substance abuse. The
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that does good in school‚ one who enjoys learning? But there is one thing I must ask you‚ would you have a child go to school and not eat lunch or breakfast and come home starving because school’s lunches and breakfasts are too expensive? President Trump‚ could you please lower the cost of school lunches and breakfast? Some schools might need the money to fund its departments or to pay staff. Other parents might not mind spending money on lunch or breakfast‚ others don’t bother to eat breakfast
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