School food is most definitely too unhealthy. Too much greasy, fatty, and sugary foods are being provided to children in a convenient fashion. For example, in a study of school lunches "Public Interest examined vending machines in 251 schools, and found that 85% of snacks and 75% of beverages offered were of poor nutritional quality. Junk food in schools helps make children and adolescents overweight, they say, which can lead to health problems" (Update: Junk Food in Schools). By providing vending machines for kids, it makes getting unhealthy food a very easy task. This promotes eating unhealthy food and contributes to the increasing obesity rate of children. If we were to simply put more healthy foods in vending machines, our school could benefit by gaining healthy students. Healthier students perform better in school, which can give help to accomplish some of the goals of the Governments education plans. Kids need better nutrition in order to perform their best in a school environment.
This nutrition also extends to home. If children are taught early to eat healthy food, they will keep this habit at home. This means that the government can help to make its population more healthy and more active. This would help to reduce medical costs for diseases and help keep money in the tax-payer's pocket. The money would then be used to boost our economy.
"Update: Junk Food in Schools." Issues & Controversies On File: n. pag. Issues & Controversies. Facts On File News Services, 23 Mar. 2007. Web. 8 June 2011. <http://www.2facts.com/article/i1200160>.
Public School Food Is Unhealthy
School food in many states consists of greasy, sugary, and fatty foods that are bad for children
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