You Are What You Eat

Lauren McFall Mr. Gossett English 10H-4 March 17, 2008 You be What You devour end-to-end the past twenty years, corpulency in the United States has drastically increased. Currently, one-hundred and xvii billion people in the United States are obese. expose of those people, three-hundred honey oil people die each year because of complications due to macrocosm over-weight. one and only(a) out of every four children in the average indoctrinate in the United States is over-weight.In an effort to combat this growing corpulency epidemic, concern members of the indoctrinate community have petitioned the GRCSS School Board, recommending that high-calorie beverages in check vend machines and high-fat-content fodder items currently available from the hot-lunch posting be replaced by much(prenominal) healthful alternatives. Admittedly, one concern is that many schools have a ruffianly time budgeting this kind of substitution.Healthful foods are currently more pricey for sc hools to provide, and as well as, schools worry that children who are addicted to decimateing their high-fat junk food forget non buy healthful foods if they substitute them, decreasing income use for extra-curricular activities, sports, clubs and more. It is also true, of course, that some(a) students give instead, bring in their own junk-food and high-calorie beverages from home.These concerns for mending the hot-lunch menu are genuine. However, if high-calorie beverages and foods in schools are replaced with more healthful alternatives, some children allow establish more healthful ingest habits at younker ages, and behave that over with them into adult-hood. Schools that have made the switch have said, Its non true that children will only eat junk, they just gather up healthy choices. And granted the school may suffer financially, a school drop by the wayside of vending machines and fast food in the cafeteria values the wellbeing of their students. another(prenomin al) reason this switch could be beneficial is because research has shown that the high sugars in soda can be linked to hyperactivity, anxiety and clog concentrating. Children who eat junk food and drink regular soda are not getting essential vitamins and nutrients, decreasing the efficiency and effectiveness of their training in the classroom.Those students who take in their daily amounts of fruits and vegetables, and eat overall healthy meals, will feel better and have greater intentness in the classroom. Clearly, then, it is in the best interest of the students of schools that high-calorie beverages in vending machines and high-fat-content food be eliminated from hot-lunch menus. non only will it establish more healthful eating habits in young-adults, but it will hopefully also limit the disgusting statistics of obesity in our country.You Are What You EatLauren McFall Mr. Gossett English 10H-4 March 17, 2008 You are What You Eat Throughout the past twenty years, obesity in th e United States has drastically increased. Currently, one-hundred and seventeen billion people in the United States are obese. Out of those people, three-hundred thousand people die each year because of complications due to being over-weight. One out of every four children in the average school in the United States is over-weight.In an effort to combat this growing obesity epidemic, concerned members of the school community have petitioned the GRCSS School Board, recommending that high-calorie beverages in school vending machines and high-fat-content food items currently available from the hot-lunch menu be replaced by more healthful alternatives. Admittedly, one concern is that many schools have a hard time budgeting this kind of substitution.Healthful foods are currently more expensive for schools to provide, and also, schools worry that children who are addicted to eating their high-fat junk food will not buy healthful foods if they substitute them, decreasing income used for ext ra-curricular activities, sports, clubs and more. It is also true, of course, that some students will instead, bring in their own junk-food and high-calorie beverages from home.These concerns for altering the hot-lunch menu are genuine. However, if high-calorie beverages and foods in schools are replaced with more healthful alternatives, some children will establish more healthful eating habits at young ages, and carry that over with them into adult-hood. Schools that have made the switch have said, Its not true that children will only eat junk, they just need healthier choices. And granted the school may suffer financially, a school free of vending machines and fast food in the cafeteria values the well-being of their students. Another reason this switch could be beneficial is because research has shown that the high sugars in soda can be linked to hyperactivity, anxiety and difficulty concentrating. Children who eat junk food and drink regular soda are not getting essential vitami ns and nutrients, decreasing the efficiency and effectiveness of their education in the classroom.Those students who take in their daily amounts of fruits and vegetables, and eat overall healthier meals, will feel better and have greater intentness in the classroom. Clearly, then, it is in the best interest of the students of schools that high-calorie beverages in vending machines and high-fat-content food be eliminated from hot-lunch menus. Not only will it establish more healthful eating habits in young-adults, but it will hopefully also limit the sickening statistics of obesity in our country.