Title: Unhealthy School Lunches Not Making the Grade
Headings: Unhealthy School Lunches Not Making the Grade
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Unhealthy School Lunches Not Making the Grade
Processed foods that are high in fat, sugar, and salt have become a mainstay of lunches in schools across America and the results are in — experts say these unhealthy school lunches are a contributing factor to the childhood obesity epidemic. A movement is afoot to bring change to school lunch programs across the country.

Content: “It’s hard to have a meal that is less processed on less than a dollar even when you’re working with a big school system,” Davis says. Another obstacle to addressing the problem is that some schools have given contracts to food management companies. Cory Schreiber, Culinary Instructor at The Art Institute of Portland, says the contracts amount to one of the biggest changes to school lunches. It’s also one that can cause more problems. “The quality goes down; they have purchasing powers,” he says. “ There’s no reason in the world that money [$2.68] should offer a profit. But they know how to manage the subsidies.” Schreiber adds that the blame doesn’t lie with those companies since they lack incentives to make any changes to unhealthy school lunches. Change should come from the government with a federal nutrition program, he says.