Cafeteria Food in Schools
Cafeteria Food in Schools
Ariana Rodriguez
English 1301-102
Professor Lewis
December 1, 2010
Cafeteria Food in Schools For many years people tend to worry about health and how it affects their children. Health has been a huge issue due to the fact that 9 million adolescents are considered overweight. More and more children are being diagnosed with diabetes, hypertension, mellitus, sleep apnea, cardiovascular disease, kidney disease, osteoarthritis, cancer, depression, and other psychosocial disorders that can have a tragic affect on today’s youth because of being overweight. School districts have been complaining that many students have that predicament. The problem is not only what they are fed outside in their everyday life, but also what they are given in their schools cafeteria for their lunch. “There are many things that contribute to this epidemic and school cafeteria food is partly to blame”.
There have been a couple of cases where kids had to be taken to the hospital because of diseases, and they all had something familiar, they were obese. With the struck of luck all the parents who have lost their children do to these deadly diseases have in fact accused cafeteria food as being the main catastrophe for these tragic deaths. Cafeteria food has always been over greased, and not cooked to the best of its ability, but over the years is has taken an overwhelming decline to where it is nauseating to even look at. Although some students do eat it, most cannot. Why has it come down to this? I believe it is time to change what they serve at our schools. Our parents give money out of their pockets as taxes to better the environment we are surrounded by. It’s time they use that money to better the food they serve at schools and actually get our money’s worth.
A plate given to you by the lunch lady containing greasy cold pizza, grilled chicken that looks like rubber, chicken fried steak that has over an inch of breading, or watered down tasteless
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Ariana Rodriguez
English 1301-102
Professor Lewis
December 1, 2010
Cafeteria Food in Schools For many years people tend to worry about health and how it affects their children. Health has been a huge issue due to the fact that 9 million adolescents are considered overweight. More and more children are being diagnosed with diabetes, hypertension, mellitus, sleep apnea, cardiovascular disease, kidney disease, osteoarthritis, cancer, depression, and other psychosocial disorders that can have a tragic affect on today’s youth because of being overweight. School districts have been complaining that many students have that predicament. The problem is not only what they are fed outside in their everyday life, but also what they are given in their schools cafeteria for their lunch. “There are many things that contribute to this epidemic and school cafeteria food is partly to blame”.
There have been a couple of cases where kids had to be taken to the hospital because of diseases, and they all had something familiar, they were obese. With the struck of luck all the parents who have lost their children do to these deadly diseases have in fact accused cafeteria food as being the main catastrophe for these tragic deaths. Cafeteria food has always been over greased, and not cooked to the best of its ability, but over the years is has taken an overwhelming decline to where it is nauseating to even look at. Although some students do eat it, most cannot. Why has it come down to this? I believe it is time to change what they serve at our schools. Our parents give money out of their pockets as taxes to better the environment we are surrounded by. It’s time they use that money to better the food they serve at schools and actually get our money’s worth.
A plate given to you by the lunch lady containing greasy cold pizza, grilled chicken that looks like rubber, chicken fried steak that has over an inch of breading, or watered down tasteless
soups
References: Factoidz.com. Amy Mimm. Factoidz Writer. Childhood Obesity: How It Is Affected By School Cafeteria Food http://factoidz.com/childhood-obesity-how-it-is-affected-by-school-cafeteria-food About.com . Earth Talk. School Lunches: How to Make Cafeteria Food Better for Kids and the Environment http://environment.about.com/od/healthandchildren/a/cafeteria_food.htm