Do students have the right to eat as they choose? Or are school administrators and the federal government making children sick? Critics and supporters have debated the ingredients of school provided student lunches for several years‚ yet there has been no nutritional improvement in the quality of food served. While there are advocates‚ such as first lady Michelle Obama‚ fighting for healthier food choices‚ many critics believe the kids will not eat fresh‚ wholesome food. Numerous studies have found
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The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) is the Nation’s second largest food and nutrition assistance program. It has benefited an enormous amount of children suffering from poverty or in households struggling to make ends meet. It has operated in over 101‚000 public and nonprofit private schools and‚ “provided over 28 million low-cost or free lunches to children on a typical school day at a federal cost of $8 billion for the year”. (TNSLP) The main goal on the NSLP as identified by congress is to
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The National School Lunch Program has nutritional standards that the participating schools must follow. These standards are what make the program so effective in reducing childhood obesity. The meal patterns and nutritional standards are based off of the latest dietary guidelines for Americans which has increased the availability of fruits‚ vegetables‚ and whole grains. Students are required to take some of each food while obtaining their lunch from the cafeteria. Students are still given the choice
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Dear Mr. I have coming to this school since 7th grade and has seen no progress at all‚ with the lunch. I’m sorry for saying this but this food is NASTY! It seems like its been frozen for 300 years‚ then cooked. Seriously‚ are you guys trying to kill us? Since we’re not use to this cooking‚ we’re not eating it as much. So try thinking of adding a couple of new foods while you read this letter. Some students at EMS has financial issues that they are dealing with at home. As
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National School Lunch Program and Childhood Obesity Table Of Contents I. Children’s Consumption of Fruits and Vegetables: Do School Environment and Policies Affect Choices at School and Away from School?‚ Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy‚ By: Ariun Ishdorj‚ Mary Kay Crepinsek‚ and Helen H. Jensen II. Do School Lunches Contribute to Childhood Obesity?‚ Journal of Human Resources‚ By: Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach III. Several School Policies Are Associated With Less Fat in School
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Should changes be made to the regulations for foods that are served in the public school? Chanda Yancey Instructor: Alene Morrison ENG 215 May 1‚ 2012 People tend to say that there are many of problems with public schools. School food service programs such as we have in 1971 did not just happen overnight nor even during the past decade. Preceding today’s programs is a long history of development of testing and evaluating and of constant research to provide the best
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Evaluation Synthesis on the National School Lunch Program Talia Orencel Program Evaluation PUAD 742 Spring 2011 Introduction An evaluation synthesis is a methodology for addressing large amounts of information on a specific topic without having to conduct a primary data collection. The benefit of an evaluation synthesis is that it draws upon a number of well- conducted studies in order to find answers to questions about a certain topic. It can gather material from many different evaluation
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Affects of School Lunch Programs on Childhood Obesity ENG122: English Composition II Instructor: Victoria Stamm October 17‚ 2011 Ashley University Affects of School Lunch Programs on Childhood Obesity In today ’s society it is so easy to get caught up in the day to day duties of life; people often forget that their eating habits could be the death of them. The children of today are the children of the future‚ therefore raising
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National School Lunch Program a Success or Failure? Recently there has been revisions to the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and schools were required to overhaul their entire menus to provide the students with healthy and nutritious foods including fruits and vegetables. The new school lunch rules are part of the Healthy‚ Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 which has been implemented this fall. (Post Standard) The Hunger Act allows the USDA the opportunity to make reforms to the school lunch and breakfast
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Imagine trying to make yourself lunch everyday using only $2.95 This is what schools are forced to do on a daily basis in order to feed thousands of children. Schools have to be able to create a lunch for children that will satisfy their hunger‚ using only almost $3 per child. How can we expect our children to be getting the proper and nutritional food with such a small budget? Why aren’t we doing more to to make sure the kids in our country are eating healthy meals while away from home? How can
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