School lunches have never been like grandma’s home cooked meals. I’am still haunted by the memory of of my elementary school’s cafeteria pizza. A bumpy oval topped with fleshy white strips of barley melted mozzarella cheese that clumped together like neurons. Judging by some of the images from the interent school have not changed much. A look at one school’s burger found it had 26 ingredients. Among those 26 components‚ “it contained disodium inosinate‚ a flavor additive that can spike
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Recent data shows that an estimated 30.6 million US students eat school lunches‚ yet only 6% of school lunch programs meet the nutritional requirements made by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (“Three Facts About”). Although the lunch criteria has changed by requiring more fruits‚ vegetables‚ and whole grain choices‚ there are still countless steps to be taken to make school lunches more nutritious. In public schools‚ there are many unhealthy choices given to children for lunch‚ and there should
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workplaces and high prices are not the only worries they deal with. School cafeteria foods are known for containing pink slime and meat glue in the school’s meat products. Junk foods have overridden the healthier food choices in the cafeteria menu. The parents’ efforts to facilitate healthier‚ cleaner‚ and nutritional food have not been ignored. Unfortunately‚ these efforts have shot back at the parents with rules from the school that go against the constitutional rights to raise their child the
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School Lunches Everyone has gotten lunch from their school before. To some‚ it is just easier. A student just has to grab a tray‚ pick out their food‚ pay‚ and eat. However‚ are students really getting healthy foods? If not‚ school lunches should be improved so students are eating healthier foods. At our middle school‚ you just type in your school number and tell them what you want. They then just give you the food. This means that the school has no control if the students eat healthy food
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Previously‚ many people think that school lunches have the correct amount of nutrients and vitamins but more importantly‚ does it. Numerous of studies have concluded that school lunches can lead up to obesity and high blood pressure. Within this problem‚ many of the school lunches don’t include vegetables or fruits in their trays. A study made by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health concluded that 6 out of 10 students touched the lunch tray while the other 4 either took a bite out
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Non- nutritional School lunches Jon Harman Mrs. Flahive English 10 1 February 2012 More than ever school nutrition need to be a priority; however the public education system continues to cut corners rather than truly provide well rounded nutritional meals. In 2010 Obama signed the hunger-free kids act. Ever since then school lunches have been on the decline. Now schools need to have a mandatory amount of calories for each school level‚ elementary‚ middle‚ and high school. And as the grade
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School lunches should get changed. This is true‚ but the schools are making everything healthy and taking away all the “good” snacks and extras is punishing the people that aren’t obese and overweight. Therefore‚ the schools have had to turn over to “The Smart Snacks in Schools” program sets limits on calories‚ fats‚ sugar‚ and sodium and promotes the consumption of dairy‚ whole grains‚ protein‚ and produce (Lincoff). Where the schools have had to fallback on The Smart Snacks program it is a really
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half of their meals at school‚ and for many children‚ food served at school may be the only food they regularly eat.” Because of this‚ I think schools should improve the quality of the food and have more nutritional food options. In this essay I’m going to prove how having appealing lunches and more nutritious/ better quality foods will improve a student’s education. I think that schools should have more nutritious and better quality lunches. Many people don’t eat school lunches because of the poor
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Schools have recently been reconstructing their lunches to prevent childhood obesity and create healthier environments. Although people may think the answer to the problem is taking away certain foods and stopping homemade lunches‚ only through the influence of healthy parents‚ control over cafeteria items children are able to purchase‚ and tolerable food that’s still wholesome‚ will students be able to have nutritious and balanced school lunches‚ and in turn‚ healthier lives. If a child’s parent
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Liriano 1 Prof.C. Sherry Eng 101 *048 December 14‚ 2012 Research Paper When I was in elementary school I remember when I used to go one the lunch line and the lunch ladies would serve us our lunches then we would get to buy snacks like different types of chips‚ ice cream‚ cookies‚ and chocolate bars. As I grew older it was always the same but there were more snacks and different types of drinks
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