Healthier food for schools
I believe that we should spend more money on healthier lunches at school. We waste so much money on corn. Michael Pollan write an article about how corn is too big and we waste so much money on it. Pollan says “despite the fact that we struggle to get rid of surplus.” The obesity rate is 30% in 25 states. Many people may agree or disagree with the fact that we have many issues within ur community. Our plan is to feed the kids healthier within the school district and allow us to spend more money on school lunches. If you haven't noticed, healthier food costs more. If the Palm Springs unified school district members allow us to proceed with our plan than we can have kids helping out and they can even eat the produce …show more content…
In the article “If you Pitch It, They Will Eat” by Barboza states that “Big food companies are spending more money than ever to reach children 1999- $15 billion and 1998-$12.5 billion.” If they are spending 2.5 million in just 1 year imagine how much they have spent now. All that money could be spent on a healthier option within the school districts. Everybody complains about the obesity rate within the United States but nobody wants to make the change. The way we use our money will change so many people's lives, and we just have to take a moment to really realize how much of an impact this would have. It will put our children on a better path and a healthier one. The rate of childhood obesity has more than doubled by 16 percent according to the CDC. Walter Willett, Prof. of nutrition Harvard school of public health on issue of childhood obesity. Some of Berry’s main points were to prep our own food, realize what exactly we are eating, and stay …show more content…
Those 2 million kids are eating unhealthy junk that will do more damage to their body than the good. Within the school districts During the 2012–2013 school year, more than 30 million students participated in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP), according to a U.S. Government Accountability Office report. Within the united states 2 million are receiving free lunches, 5 million are receiving reduced-price lunches (children from families with incomes between 130 percent and 185 percent of the poverty level are eligible), and 7 million pay full price (school districts set their own prices for paid meals). In total this is 14 million people eating the same thing. This data points toward one of the major issues with school lunches in America. If 19.2 million students are receiving free lunches due to their socioeconomic status, school lunch could be their only opportunity for a nutritious meal each day. Why are you going to have these kids who only eat once a day eat the unhealthy meat products. Back to what Berry was saying, we need to recognize what we are eating. Let's think a step ahead of that, what if we do recognize what we are eating but we have no choice
I believe that we should spend more money on healthier lunches at school. We waste so much money on corn. Michael Pollan write an article about how corn is too big and we waste so much money on it. Pollan says “despite the fact that we struggle to get rid of surplus.” The obesity rate is 30% in 25 states. Many people may agree or disagree with the fact that we have many issues within ur community. Our plan is to feed the kids healthier within the school district and allow us to spend more money on school lunches. If you haven't noticed, healthier food costs more. If the Palm Springs unified school district members allow us to proceed with our plan than we can have kids helping out and they can even eat the produce …show more content…
In the article “If you Pitch It, They Will Eat” by Barboza states that “Big food companies are spending more money than ever to reach children 1999- $15 billion and 1998-$12.5 billion.” If they are spending 2.5 million in just 1 year imagine how much they have spent now. All that money could be spent on a healthier option within the school districts. Everybody complains about the obesity rate within the United States but nobody wants to make the change. The way we use our money will change so many people's lives, and we just have to take a moment to really realize how much of an impact this would have. It will put our children on a better path and a healthier one. The rate of childhood obesity has more than doubled by 16 percent according to the CDC. Walter Willett, Prof. of nutrition Harvard school of public health on issue of childhood obesity. Some of Berry’s main points were to prep our own food, realize what exactly we are eating, and stay …show more content…
Those 2 million kids are eating unhealthy junk that will do more damage to their body than the good. Within the school districts During the 2012–2013 school year, more than 30 million students participated in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP), according to a U.S. Government Accountability Office report. Within the united states 2 million are receiving free lunches, 5 million are receiving reduced-price lunches (children from families with incomes between 130 percent and 185 percent of the poverty level are eligible), and 7 million pay full price (school districts set their own prices for paid meals). In total this is 14 million people eating the same thing. This data points toward one of the major issues with school lunches in America. If 19.2 million students are receiving free lunches due to their socioeconomic status, school lunch could be their only opportunity for a nutritious meal each day. Why are you going to have these kids who only eat once a day eat the unhealthy meat products. Back to what Berry was saying, we need to recognize what we are eating. Let's think a step ahead of that, what if we do recognize what we are eating but we have no choice