During the years that I have been at Corcoran High School , I have noticed that the food the District has been serving us is not really good. The food at CHS and the rest of the district is bad and not just in taste, but also in nutrition and appearance. I have also noticed that the portions of foo d are also not satisfying to some students making some of the students go to class still hungry. The District needs to realize that the food that they are serving their students is not good and they need to do something to improve the food that the District feeds the students. The best way to go about this issue is to reevaluate the lunch plan. The first step would be to start over with a new plan, a new plan with better foods and portions for students. The best way to go is for the plan to go by the food pyramid which consists of meats, breads and grains, fruits, vegetables, and dairy products. For the quality of those foods, it should be on the fresh and nutritious side. Meat should be fresh and have no fillers, fruits and vegetables should be fresh like what you would get at the supermarket and should meet the USDA standards. In some cases, it's not just the quality of the food, it is also the quantity. The District should send a survey to the students and ask them how much food the students need or what will …show more content…
With the new food plan students will not go to class hungry or unsatisfied, making them able to function well for the rest of the day. Students will function better and pay attention better in class on a full stomach. My Economics Teacher always told the class “ Smell good, feel good, feel good teach good” and in this case it would be “ Eat good, feel good, feel good, learn better. Who knows the results could be good and lead to great things. Another result from this plan would be that students will be encouraged to eat healthy and get
has to spend more money on changing school lunch system from eliminating unnecessary spending portion of system and create farming class. As reported by Cooper, “ The National School Lunch Program needs 8 billion dollars to feed 30 million children a year to serve high quality foods.” However, this price of amount has to be double to serve healthy foods to students because our next generation has to grow up with high quality foods not with low quality foods. Moreover, according to Cooper, the U.S. spends more than 100 million dollars on fast foods portion which the U.S. suppose to spend less amount of money on fast foods to improve the entire food system of the country. If the U.S. government lower the expense of fast food system and raises the amount of money for school lunches, entire schools of the U.S. would get positive results. For example, students could brainstorm very fast as Albert Einstein, and gain more energy to work out on their gym classes. Furthermore, school have to create agriculture class for students to have strong knowledges in foods. Students can literally be ware of what they eat at their lunch times; they will know vegetables grow in the ground and how foods are really fresh. Therefore, schools must provide farming class as in Berkeley; students have rights to know how foods are important to them. As a result, students could get a lot of benefits for changing school
School lunch is an obvious problem that has yet to be fixed. Mark Samuelsson once said, “We struggle with eating healthily, obesity, and access to good nutrition for everyone. But we have a great opportunity to get on the right side of this battle by beginning to think differently about the way that we eat and the way that we approach food.” A well know fact to almost all students and their parents is that there are many problems with school lunches and it needs to change. Not only is school lunch unhealthy, but it also does not taste good most of the time. Some people feel that school lunch is not that big of a deal so it should be very cheaply processed in factories and preserved, but that is not the case. In order to solve the lingering
We cannot have a school lunch reform where the needs of all students are not met. If only some, or less than the majority, of students are receiving the nutritional values they need, we need to adapt the reform to further achieve better standards for school lunch programs. For example, after a student finishes their meal, schools could offer a second serving of protein to their students. In effect, this will add a higher amount of calories to the students’ daily diets.
Without being informed and taught how to cook, some students have to rely on eating pre-packed or fast food since they aren’t educated on how to cook. Students will have to resort to these unhealthy foods and takes more money out of their pocket as well as made the overall population more obese.
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President Harry Truman initiated The School Lunch Program (NSLP) in 1946, it was established under the National School Lunch Act. The program provides nutritionally balanced, low‐cost lunches to more than 32 million boys and girls each school day.The NSLP ensures the nutrition,portion, and safety of our children food, over the years do to the rise of childhood obesity the The USDA School Lunch Program is constantly evolving to meet the needs of our youth. Many concerned citizens, such as Eric schlosser author of Fast Food Nation believes that the USDA is not providing our children with the right nourishment. Many parents are taking it into their own hand and creating and joining advocacy groups. It is crucial that our youth receive nutrient
The regulations passed by the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act make it harder than ever for schools to provide adequate nutrition to students by having such rigorous guidelines. While some schools have had no issue following guidelines, not every school is able to source viable food while staying in budget. It is vital that cafeterias are able to successfully meet guidelines, but it is also important that they provide food that students will eagerly consume as well as help them become better students.
States could require schools to serve healthier and more affordable meals than they currently are. They could have meals that all had the recommended amounts of grains, fruits, vegetables and protein for children. They could also ensure that it would be cheap for students to eat wh...
I’ve found that most students are passing on the fruits and veggies the school provides because it doesn’t look appetizing; chemicals can do that to a food item. With the school garden program the foods will be nothing but organically grown, providing a more appetizing taste and look. This program will save money for the school because of the major reason being not having to pay transportation fees. This future program is just a ripple in a big world of nutrition, but with people coming together to make it happen, the future looks bright and healthy. Don’t be the reason why so many people are suffering from
Lunch is one of the most important meals of the day and is consumed mostly in school cafeterias for children and adolescence. Wholesome lunches are vital in maintaining a healthy metabolism and give children energy for the rest of the school day. Children are advised to eat healthily but do not always do so because the choices of tastier, fatty foods offered in school cafeterias. The National School Lunch Program, NSLP, which is a federally assisted meal program operating in public and nonprofit private schools set nutritious guidelines for lunches served in school cafeterias (USDA). However, school campuses still offer foods high in fat as well as selling candy, chips, and soda in their vending machines, as well as their school shops. In order
With the implementation of the “Healthy Kids Hunger-Free Act” schools are not serving as many lunches and participation is decreasing. According to the Government Accountability Office (GOA), “Nationwide, student participation declined by 1.2 million students(or 3.7 percent) from school year 2010-2011 through school year 2012-2013, after having increased steadily for many years”(sec. 1). The school lunches became more distasteful and bland; the combinations of foods did not make sense, and the portion sizes decreased significantly. In order to support the cafeteria
One reason our school should get a new lunch menu is many students do not like the food served. For example, a survey was taken and of the 31 students 100% said they disliked the food. As student Bryan Huang said, “The lunches are horrible, they need better choices and more choices.” In other words, the food is not delicious and there are not many choices. Also, when children don’t get proper nutrition they have trouble focusing in school. Most students do not buy lunch because they feel it is unappealing and do not like the food served. Many students go to other kids and ask for food. In addition, many students do not eat breakfast so they rely on lunch to fuel them for the day. But, if they do not like the food served they won’t eat so they starve for the rest of the school day, which can
One reason the school should run out food is because they waste the schools money and if all the food does not get eaten and they should not use the food again. Some school districts do not have enough money to waste any food so, they try not to make too much because they can not afford it.The cafeteria workers predict how any meals they need daily by retrieving data based on how many students eat daily. It is hard to get the exact number of how many students are going to
Malnutrition in everyday school lunches Have you ever sat at a table one day staring at the gross block of food that sometimes schools will serve to you and just thought, how is this what I'm being served. Okay, but to be honest not all school lunches are that bad, but the point I'm trying to get across is that schools aren't getting paid nearly enough what they should be getting paid to fill all the schools children’s nutritional need along with other criteria’s. And you may be thinking why the government isn't paying schools enough money to provide all our young growing minds with enough food to meet their daily needs. But it's actually a lot more complex than that. Why the government isn't paying enough?
With this in mind, students will most likely to perform better in school if they can get some help regarding their financial difficulties. And since these students are away from their families, they resort in foods that are ready-to-eat and easy-to-cook meals which also add to their expenses and can have certain nutritional implication on them.