Persuasive Speech: The Dangers Of Healthy Food In Schools

What is your favorite food or snack? If you're younger you probably said something like chicken, pizza, hot dogs or a burger. In 2008, President Obama was elected as the 44 president of the United States. Married to first-lady Michelle Obama. More recently Michelle Obama wanted to cut junk food completely from U.S schools. President Obama supported her completely and had the job done. In many ways the first lady made the idea clear and put it into effect. Today, in making an effort to stop obesity and help children eat healthier, junk foods are out of U.S schools because of Michelle Obama.

One of my reasons why I thought it is unnecessary to have healthy foods in schools is because it is more expensive for the district to pay for healthy foods. Even though school districts have plenty of money to take care of extra things like healthy foods they could save lots of money that could

Although schools could make it to where healthy foods are the only thing they eat during lunch, healthy foods won’t give as much nutrients as junk foods may. Students get regularly around 20 to 30 minutes to eat their lunch. There have been studies that found that students who get less than 20 minutes to eat their lunch, compared to students who got at least 25 minutes in lunch, got 13 percent less of their entrees and 12 percent less vegetables because they weren’t able to consume their whole lunch. If schools were to have longer lunch periods students would have more time to consume all of their food in order for them to make it through their day without falling asleep in class and being able to stay focused. Wouldn’t you want extra time to socialize with your friends after lunch? The time that students have during lunch to eat is rarely enough time to get their fruits, vegetables, grains, protein and dairy that they need to get them through the