Title: 25 Unhealthy School Lunches Statistics - BrandonGaille.com
Headings: 25 Unhealthy School Lunches Statistics
25 Unhealthy School Lunches Statistics
Unhealthy School Lunches
What Could Healthier School Lunches Do?
Isn’t it More Expensive to Provide Healthier Food?
What Can Be Done to Make Changes?

Content: Girls in India are 30% more likely to complete their school education simply because lunches are offered at school. In Africa, schools that offered a school meal saw a 22% increase in formal enrollment. The issue for the US isn’t a lack of food, but a lack of nutrition. More than half of schools that prepared meals on site used fresh or frozen vegetables instead of canned. The obvious problem in the US is a lack of resources for families to provide a balanced diet. Low income families rely on cheaper, preservative-laden foods because that is all they can afford. When students go to school for a hot lunch and they receive the same thing, then there is an imbalance in the amount of actual nutrition that they receive. Poor nutrition foods eaten on a regular basis are a fast way to create a problem of obesity and that’s exactly what US schools are seeing thanks to their unhealthy school lunches that are served. Isn’t it More Expensive to Provide Healthier Food? Kids in India saw a 30% improvement in their rates of iron deficiency simply with the addition of school meals to the day.