Essay On School Lunches

School Lunches 5 billion school lunches are served yearly, but what is in those lunches? With rising obesity rates, elevated food insecurity, and more people realizing that nutrition is critical to the development of students are all raising awareness of the need to improve school food programs. School lunches are not nutritious, affecting children's mental and physical health, and students don't enjoy eating them. The first reason school lunches need to change is because they aren't nutritious. Jennifer Raymond, a nutritionist who has helped develop school menus, says "It's a price support program for agricultural producers, and the schools are simply a way to get rid of the items that have been purchased" (Yeoman). Producers sell the foods that have been waiting to be sold the …show more content…
“At a time when weight-related illnesses in children are escalating, schools are serving kids the very foods that lead to obesity, diabetes, and heart disease”(Yeoman). Despite the fact that school lunches are affecting children's growth, people say that school lunches are trying to balance out how much healthy and unhealthy foods are given. “Now, with the first lady’s new laws, a new study has not only dismantled that notion but also found meals at school have indeed become more nutritionally wholesome.”(SunJalonick), but as the same source says our new president would like to “remake school lunches into his fast-food favorites of burgers and fried chicken”. If school lunches were healthier, then students would have less of a risk for development …show more content…
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Yeoman, Barry. "Unhappy Meals." Mother Jones, 2003, pp. 40+, SIRS Issues