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: 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. In the UK, absences due to sickness were reduced by 14% just by switching their meals program over to healthier foods. Although initial costs may be higher, a healthier population in the long-term will save billions of dollars in future healthcare costs. 33% of high school students eat vegetables less than once per day on average. Part of the problem has been food classifications for school lunch, such as tomato paste, laden with high fructose corn syrup, being labeled as a serving of vegetables on a slice of pizza. Instead of improving nutrition and limiting high calories starches, calorie caps have been placed in the US to 650-850 calories, limiting the amount of food that children can get and potentially adding a secondary risk to their future because they are hungrier than before.