Fast food and junk food in our schools is definitely a contributing factor to our problem. The Philadelphia School District has been reported to fail in providing a nutritious lunch for our children. Health problems go hand and hand with our children's obesity. With all the information that has been reported, I believe that there is room for improvement for lunch programs around the country.
Considering America's love of the French fry, it's no surprise that kids are getting bigger. The percentage of children and teenagers who are overweight has tripled in the past 30 years, according to the Center for Disease Control. One-third of overweight students are so heavy they will probably have serious health problems later in life. Surgeon General Dr. David Satcher has declared our problem with our children's weight an "Epidemic". Our school districts in this country seem to just add to the problem. Its getting harder to find a nutritious lunch in school today, where many cafeterias are being turned into mall like food courts. Many schools across the country have also signed contracts with soft drink companies like Coke and Pepsi. The schools agree to install soda machines and usually guarantee a set number of sales. In return, the soda companies give the schools some of the money that it collects. The money is needed and is used for extra curricular activities, teacher's salaries or even books. This seems like a good deal on the surface, but some contracts with these soda companies require the school to sell as many fifty sodas per student per year. This would mean that out of the 9 soft drink machines at George Washington High School, they would have to sell 135,000 cans of soda for its 2700 students, per year. Recent studies by the United States Agriculture Department now link obesity to soft drink consumption. These studies show that student who drink soda instead of eating a healthy meal, eat more food later because they were not filled.
Today, I"m going to tell you about the 2 most popular "diets" and the 1 tried-and-true "diet." The first and most popular diet would be the Atkins diet. ... Another diet very similar to this one is the ever popular South Beach Diet. ... There are 3 phases to this diet. ... Follow the food pyramid, which we all learned about in elementary school. ...
Furthermore, although many wish to have healthier diets, the components to support nutritional dieting are luxurious and privileges. ... This means that not every student can financially afford to have healthier diets, which can fundamentally exclude them from benefiting from the nutritional standards at school. ... Using an analysis of the implicit assumptions of this policy, it will be clearer as to why a nutritional diet plan in schools is the choice of solution. ... In doing so, the PPM 150 policy assumes that the intake of items which do not meet the nutritional standards is the cause of ...
The first time I tried any sort of diet pills was when I was in middle school. ... Once I entered high school, my body began to change. ... Towards the end of my freshman year in high school, I decided to begin a workout and diet program. ... However, halfway through the school year, I had gotten a part time job after school and I had no time to workout as much as I used to, so I gave up exercising altogether. ... I stopped using diet pills for the next two years, and managed to lose the weight again by dieting and exercising. ...
I was very surprised with the vegetable intake I get daily here at school because at home I would have vegetables maybe twice a week in one dinner meal. ... Even if I don't want to eat an apple during dinner at d-hall I should grab one for later to make sure I eat fruit as part of my diet. ... With my normal day diet I am pretty pleased, but not so much pleased with these exact results, because I believe that it just caught me on a bad three days. ... I realized that I need more calcium in my daily diet. ...
School canteens and school vending machines offer food service to students between the school hours of 9am to 3:30pm. ... It is vital for the school to ensure their canteens are providing the most healthiest diet for their students. Eating a healthy, balanced diet provides nutrients for the body. ... Ultimately, school canteens should sell healthy food. Having a healthy balanced diet can help children maintain their physical health and fitness. ...
Trim Kids Diet I. ... Like adults children often use food to comfort themselves after a bad day at school. ... GOOD POINTS ABOUT THE DIET This diet is great for a family that can work together and support each other. ... BAD POINTS ABOUT THE DIET The only really bad thing I can for see about this diet is that even though it is all about healthy life change, it is still a DIET and we are dealing with kids. ... All in all this diet is not the worst I have ever seen, I just think that I don't agree with kids being on a diet at all. ...
In the 1990's there was an epidemic from the manufactures of diet pills. ... I asked her quite a few questions, like; I hear that you've taken diet pills in the past? ... (Smith) Redux and Pondimin were indicated for the treatment of obesity as part of a broader weight management program, including diet and exercise. ... Arthur Weyman, Professor of Medicine and Director of the Cardiac Ultrasound Laboratory at Harvard Medical School. ... Once she agreed to prescribe the diet pills then I had to come in for an office visit once a month. ...
Diet Pills; Not Quite the Easy Way Out In today's modern society diet pills such as Hydrocycut, Stackers and Xenadrine FRA-1 are all the new rave. ... Are Diet pills safe? ... The recent study from Harvard Medical School evaluated echocardiograms performed on 226 people who took Ephedrine as part of a long-term study from September 1994 to September 1997. ... This leads some people to diet extremes or even surgery. ... Some of the high schools have even gone to the extremity of prohibiting sports and energy drinks that contain caffeine. ...
The High School Clique High School, it is where you will meet a variety of people. ... My high school of course had its "nerds". ... At my school, it was actually acceptable to be a "nerd". ... The dancers were also the pretty ones, they also were fit and had strict diets. ... I feel very fortunate to have attended my high school, having heard the stories of other high schools. ...
More Food At School Lunch Children need the proper health and nutrition to grow and develop. Having more food during school lunch will make this process easier. ... Students need to quit worrying about how hungry they are, and a great way to stop this is to add more food to school lunches. ... It is crucial to supply a healthy balance diet for children, not only to make sure they get the nutrients they need in short term, so their bodies can grow, work and repair themselves properly, but it is also a matter of long term benefits, to help health much later in life. ... If students are to ...
