By- Kyoo
Everyday in school children go to the cafeteria to eat food. Some bring from home, while others eat at school. After reviewing the menu there are a lot of foods which are unhealthy and are getting served on a daily basis. I thought of going into more detail and started interviewing people to ask what they think about this huge problem.
Interview
Out of 17 people I interviewed 58.8% said that maybe Taylor serves healthy food to children. 17.6% said they serve unhealthy food and 23.5% said they are serving healthy food. I thought to ask “Which day’s lunch menu do children like the most?” The answers were all over the place. The only strange thing was that no one liked Monday’s lunch menu. The next thing I did was dive into research and try to answer the question. After a lot of research I was not able to answer that question as there was no explanation to it. My next question was if people think we should change the lunch menu. 43.8% said maybe, 37.5% said yes, and 18.8% said no. The next question was really interesting “Do any foods keep children energized?” A whoppin 71.4% said no and 28.6% said yes. A lot of people said that something that has a lot of Sugar keeps them awake.Some say pizza, and fast food keeps them energized and awake for the rest of the day. This tells me that a lot of people think that maybe the school menu can be changed.
This lunch menu is not healthy.
There are a lot of things on the menu that are good for children. Like they serve celery everyday and some schools also give fruits to children. The only problem is that this is the only healthy thing they serve. Every other food they serve is really unhealthy like chicken nuggets, burgers, pizza, tacos, etc. This might not be the healthiest option for children as they all are fried and filled with oil. A lot of foods they serve for breakfast are froot loops, Cap’n crunch, Choco puffs, etc. These are not healthy too as they have large amounts of sugar and artificial sweeteners. Even if these foods might be tasty and maybe your mouth might be watering right now after you heard these foods, these are not good for us and if we keep eating these types of foods we might get obese and might have diabetes when we are old. Schools should give healthier foods to children so they will be fit and healthy.
What to serve and what to not
As every child is different, some are veg and some are non-veg. For breakfast every child should have fruits mixed in yogurt. This is yummy as there are different types of fruits like strawberries, apples, grapes, and berries. This is also good for their health as they are getting a variety of nutrients at the same time. For lunch schools can serve chicken breasts, rice and dal, sometimes fish, salads, etc. This is only for the non-vegetarian children as they are not only getting some vitamins and minerals from the rice and dal, but they are also getting a lot of protein due to the chicken breasts. For the vegetarian children the school can serve rice and dal, salads, bread, etc. In this case, children are getting mostly the same nutrients as the non-vegetarian children. There can be more foods they can serve I don’t know. As long as it is in a balanced diet everything is good.
Conclusion
My conclusion will be that if children eat healthy food they will grow and not have major health problems in the future. I wish you understood me and can change the menu of our schools. Thank you for reading!.