Unhealthy School Lunches

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Majority of Americans are morbidly obese and that is because of the unhealthy eating habits that they have created throughout their whole life. Reason being constantly eating fast food and lacking exercise. Those who are obese are more likely to die than those that smoke cigarettes because of all the health issues and diseases. The first change they should make is changing their eating habits and lifestyle. Those who are obese are the ones that are constantly eating fast food and lack exercise. Those exact same people are the first to point fingers and try to sue the company, whose foods they consume. To avoid situations like that, things must change. For starters, school lunches; there are many school lunches that do not provide healthy …show more content…

The students are fed burgers and chicken sandwiches with chips or snacks mix. Many of the students don’t find this food appetizing or are sick of eating the same thing for a whole school year. This drives us students to order pizza, or have family members bring us food such as McDonalds, Wingstop, and Taco bell and also turn to the student store, which sells pizza, nachos, and fries. I had my sister or my dad bring me pizza or a burrito because I didn’t want to eat the school lunch. We do have an alternative with is the salad bar but in order to get your self a decent portion of food you have to leave class 10 minutes early or cut because by the first 15 minutes they are already running low on salad and …show more content…

I really do believe that if produce were a tad bit cheaper more people would consume them. For example, many people don’t have enough money to buy groceries for a week so they purchase whatever may fit their budget. As for me, I’m quite lucky that my father works in the fresh produce industry so we get many vegetables and fruits for free. Even then we still don’t consume as much vegetables and fruits as we

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