Food Allergies: Are Schools Doing Enough?

This also can have bad effects on children when they are adults. Of course, many students bring their own lunch from home. They could bring their own treats to

Fast Food Items in Schools Some students hate lunch food and they would rather have some McDonalds or some Chick-Fil-A. Schools should offer fast food because students would actually eat well at lunch, students will learn how to be responsible, and the school will make money for selling the fast food. First, students would actually eat the food and not starve themselves because the food at lunch tastes really nasty. For example, in a school called the Holub Middle School, they serve “fried chicken” but once the students bite into the chicken, they get a mouth full of something else. The chicken is not even fried, the school receives its frozen and they just put it in the oven.

“Between 300 and 500 students are eligible for off- campus lunch at one school “(Good Grades 13). Most students drive with friends or drive to go get food, which puts them at risk for danger. Even though off-campus lunch offers more nutritional options, schools should not offer this because leaving campus can lead to danger, and students gain the opportunity to ditch class and make bad decisions. Students should not be able to leave school for lunch for their own safety. According to Linda Saslow, “Concerns of pedestrian and vehicular safety and the misuse of free time, including drug and alcohol use, have prompted a campaign by parents in the district to close the campus” (3).

By filming the strenuous exercise that Carol does a few times a week, Renner sheds light on how obesity can be reversed. Next, Renner films the agony that parents have to go through in order to get their children to eat healthy. 7 year old, Yan, creates a scene when his parents refuse to give him a bag of potato chips. His parents give in, knowing that this might contribute negatively to his heart health. By showing Yan’s mother crying, Renner creates a connection to the audience.

Eight times out of ten when I walk through the lunch line and get my serving of vegetables, I look down at a shriveled up revolting mess of green goo. This mass of either under or overcooked vegetables is inedible. If this is what nutrition is, I don’t want to be apart of it. Sadly this is how many students feel nationwide. Sure many people such as Michelle Obama have tried to reform the school lunch menu, but the schools don’t seem to follow the regulations posted.

Schools Need to be Fresher Turlock High School serves as a perfect example of how many public high schools have become oriented around the consumption of junk foods. Most students at Turlock High eat poorly, especially at school. Common lunches at Turlock High include pizza, chicken sandwiches, chicken nuggets, hamburgers, and other heavily processed items. On top of these poor options to be consumed on a daily basis, the fruits and vegetables provided are noticeably not fresh, and due to this many students completely avoid eating them. 60% of students surveyed from the school said they ate worse at school than they did at home, and another 55% said they did not eat school vegetables.

Suddenly I was not very hungry anymore and I was kind of grossed out, but I had to eat it because I felt bad that I made my mom make all that food for us again. As I put that spoon full of Jell-O in my mouth I instantly regretted it because I was just gagging everywhere. I left the food and ate something else not thinking much about it. A few weeks later my mother made it again and I also could not eat it, it just made me feel nauseous just by looking at it. Since then, I have not had any type of Jell-O what so ever and I avoid it everywhere I go.

Children’s Food Allergies Affecting Health In the article, Children 's Health: Infancy through Adolescence, Ed. Jacqueline L. Longe, states that, Food allergies are the body’s abnormal responses to harmless foods. The condition affects 6 to 8% of children age 4 and younger. It is very likely for children to be exposed to allergens at school, which means parents and other officials must provide a health safety plan. There are nearly 160 foods that create allergic reactions and almost 90% of reactions are caused by some or all items such as milk, eggs, peanuts, tree nuts, fish, shellfish, wheat, and soy.

True, they could bring lunch from home, but what happens if they forget or can make lunch to school. This problem needs to be solved. School is a place of learning, and what lunch time is teaching is that it is ok to eat unhealthy food. When I went to public school I was revolted by the disgusting food. The pizza was horrid, the chicken sandwiches were wet, and the salad tasted like dirt and not even good dirt, the dirt with dead thing underground.

Based on Tom Vilsack about a third of American children are overweight or obese. I think that candy and soda should be banned from school because it is unhealthy for you and there is a higher chance of getting obese. For example, if all children drink soda and are always eating candy then they are going to end up having an unhealthy and an unbalanced diet. At school, I’ve seen a variety of students drinking soda and eating candy. There’s a reason the cafeteria doesn’t provide soda because it is not healthy for you.

They also think this is a low cost way to feed their kids. However, many kids skip lunch because they are disgusted with the food given to them and to pay for the free or reduced lunches much of the money comes out of teachers paychecks. Michelle Obama will not take any request or take feedback to better the proposal. Firstly, michelle obama 's involvement in the new requirements is horrendous.Michelle has turned the deaf ear to parents. Nobody knows their child like their parents, and every child is different ,you can 't make a “one size

I am an American citizen, but that label did not suit me as a child. Conflicts arose between the culture I was engaged in at school and the culture that my family kept at home. I typically had gimbap, Korean seaweed rice rolls, while my friends ate ham and cheese sandwiches and chips for lunch and spoke about how much money the tooth fairy gave them the night before, a fantasy figure my parents did not know about. My friends would lightly poke fun at my peculiar lunch and it quickly made me feel like an outcast. Additionally, it was hard for me to find a place in school for the first couple of years, as I spoke poor english.