Research Paper On School Lunches
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 is able to make them a healthy lunch they should be able to, however, some schools ban homemade lunches and leave no other option than to eat a school lunch or the child will not eat. Author Liz Goodwin makes known that students who go to school …show more content…
A journalist writing on the topic states that when students are in class all day, they’re, “ready for food and recess, they don't want a fresh tossed salad” (Source E) Many kids will say that their favorite class is lunch since they get time out of the classroom and get to eat food they like. If a kid is forced to eat more nutritious food they may be eating healthier, but the linked state of mind toward not being able to eat what they want could have negative effects in the classroom. This journalist continues asserting, “Letting kids at school eat fries is a better use of money than the likelihood that kids would throw away the healthy foods” (Source E). The school cafeterias should compromise with students and serve healthier food options that they will enjoy eating. The school board shouldn’t spend school money to buy food that kids won’t eat. Both the students and school benefit from a compromise of healthy food because the school gets kids to eat the food without wasting it and the students will enjoy the food while still eating healthier. Director of nutrition policy at the Center for Science in the Public Interest, Margo G. Wootan, voices that the change to healthier food options, “will mean a huge shift in school meals” (Source D). Students may have a negative attitude toward these new lunches if their usual meals are replaced with healthier ones. The school board has to consider how quickly they switch to healthier options and be careful to integrate them at a pace students are satisfied
If a child’s parent is able to make them a healthy lunch they should be able to, however, some schools ban homemade lunches and leave no other option than to eat a school lunch or the child will not eat. Author Liz Goodwin makes known that students who go to school …show more content…
A journalist writing on the topic states that when students are in class all day, they’re, “ready for food and recess, they don't want a fresh tossed salad” (Source E) Many kids will say that their favorite class is lunch since they get time out of the classroom and get to eat food they like. If a kid is forced to eat more nutritious food they may be eating healthier, but the linked state of mind toward not being able to eat what they want could have negative effects in the classroom. This journalist continues asserting, “Letting kids at school eat fries is a better use of money than the likelihood that kids would throw away the healthy foods” (Source E). The school cafeterias should compromise with students and serve healthier food options that they will enjoy eating. The school board shouldn’t spend school money to buy food that kids won’t eat. Both the students and school benefit from a compromise of healthy food because the school gets kids to eat the food without wasting it and the students will enjoy the food while still eating healthier. Director of nutrition policy at the Center for Science in the Public Interest, Margo G. Wootan, voices that the change to healthier food options, “will mean a huge shift in school meals” (Source D). Students may have a negative attitude toward these new lunches if their usual meals are replaced with healthier ones. The school board has to consider how quickly they switch to healthier options and be careful to integrate them at a pace students are satisfied