School Lunches

By: Jessica Fahmy & Cameron Yazdani

ERWC - zero period
Friday, December 4

Background

About 17% of kids ages 2-19 in all of the United States are obese.

A typical school lunch far exceeds the recommended 500 milligrams of sodium.

Background

Lunch distribution is managed by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), which is in charge of

supporting nutritional programs for over 94,000 schools nationwide.

Over 50 percent of all of the foods for schools are animal-based and need to be processed before
they are sent to the schools.

Problem

Many students find Tesoro school lunches tasteless and unhealthy.

Most find the temperature, look, and texture unappealing.

Meats are filled with antibiotics and it creates antibiotic resistance

Problem

Federally approved school lunch is reformulated unhealthy food.

Food is low-fat, low-salt processed cheese and lean mystery meat on a whole grain bun, served with
steamed green beans, a potato wedge, canned peaches and an apple.

Solution

The FDA has issued voluntary guidelines to stop the use of antibiotics.

They still allow the use for disease prevention with a veterinarians approval.

Animals can still get antibiotics routinely.

The FDA should prohibit the use of antibiotics except to treat sick animals.

Solution

The Community Eligibility Provision (C.E.P.) in the Healthy,

Hunger-Free Kids Act allows high-poverty districts to provide
free meals to all students.

Schools will get more money from the government and dont
have to rely on sales.