Nutrition In Schools

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Other students complained about canned vegetables being drenched in butter(Norvell, 1995).
Many of the school meals sacrifice taste and appearance. When this happens it leads to the children to neglect their main course and go to class hungry. In a study conducted for The American School Food Service Association and sponsored by Sabetasso Foods, taste of food was the number one variable influencing the decision to eat school lunch (Meyer&Conklin, 1998).

Without education about the benefits of quality nutrition, many students lack the knowledge of the importance of eating foods that are essential to their health. Laura Nathanson, M.D. suggests that parents as well as teachers talk to their children about pesticides and animal fats, about fiber and colon cancer about the eating of foods that are not highly processed. Parents and teachers can make comparisons to food too, such as letting the children know how your candy intake led to an upcoming root canal ...

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levels. In addition, I could not be present during the distributing of the surveys. This limitation prevented me from ensuring the children thoroughly understood the questions asked on the survey.

Many teachers, parents, and children are fed up with school lunches. Everyone from U. S. Senators to a student group called Kids Against Junk Food (KAJF) is demanding better food in school cafeterias (Norvell, 1995).

On November 5, 1994, President Clinton signed the Child Nutrition Reauthorization Bill, this bill requires schools to meet dietary guidelines. The previous law, the National School Lunch Act, required schools to serve nutritious and as well as well-balanced lunches ...

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