Jacob wolfe

Mrs.kristensen

English

1/7/20

Thesis Statement: All Through school learning time is important, the lunch break for students
is more important because a break for the brain is good for you and time to communicate and
interact with other students. It's proven beneficial for students. Also statistics show that with
given little lunch time students aren't eating their vegetables and fruits.

In 2004, Seattle Public Schools adopted a policy that requires lunch periods to be at least 20
minutes long”. With lunch only being 20 minutes long 10 to 15 of these minutes are taken
waiting in line. Which affects what students eat and how they act. When students are given
more time to eat, they are more likely to perform better academically

Given more time than 20 minutes shows that students of all ages can reach higher academic
proficiency and provides more opportunities to socialize

“Scheduling of recess in relation to the lunch period may also affect how much students eat.
Studies have shown that higher student academic performance occurs when recess is
scheduled before lunch”

With recess scheduled before lunch also allows students to burn off more calories and
increases students appetites, it's shown that students eat 67% more food when recess is
scheduled before lunch .

‘’A comprehensive approach is most effective at addressing childhood obesity in schools,

especially for elementary and middle school students.1,2 Scientists know less about what
school-based obesity prevention approaches are effective for teenagers.’’
lack of education in school is contributing to the childhood obesity problem. Talks about plans to
involve parents and guardians to help benefit the child's nutrition .
http://healthland.time.com/2013/08/29/why-some-schools-are-saying-no-thanks-to-the-school-lu
nch-program/