School Lunch

The differences of school lunch between United States and China

By: Yu Chen

American school lunch VS. Chinese school lunch

American school lunch Chinese school lunch

American school lunch VS. Chinese school lunch

American school lunch

• NO OUT SIDE LUNCH

• Almost everything is fried

• Cold milk

• Terrible taste

• Terrible smell

• Only 45 minutes

Chinese school lunch

• Either outside or inside lunch• All type of food• Hot soup• Both taste and smell are good• 45 minutes for inside lunch• 2 hours for outside lunch

No fry food = healthy students

Fries and hamburgers = FATS

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InterviewThe person who I had interviewed is Calvin:• Q: Do you like our school lunch? Why or why not. A: I don’t like our school lunch because it’s taste bad, not healthy food and always same food.• Q: Do you like school lunch in China better or in America? A: I didn’t have school lunch in China, but I heard from my friend in China that their school lunch is good.• Q: Do you want to have outside lunch? A: Yeah! Why not? That I wonder for a long time.

School lunch is not healthy for students

• “Nutrition is important it helps our bodies and brains grow and develop into the way that they are supposed to. Schools claim that they offer the right nutrients in foods. But according to an online study 15 percent of 13-15 year old girls are obese and 14 percent of 13-15 year old boys are obese and schools can be at blame for this epidemic. According to Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine and the Healthy School Lunch Campaign "school foods are too rich in saturated fat and cholesterol." Schools claims that teens are better off getting a lunch at school than to bring their own because they offer healthier choices but according to a article that was written in the times about school lunches a chocolate chip cookie that is sold at school has 300 calories. That’s about 1/8 of the calories most people are supposed to have a day. The nachos that are also offerd at school have 408 calories and that’s more than a third of our daily fat allowance.”

• http://www.teenink.com/opinion/school_college/article/220449/School-lunches/

The issue of school lunch• However, it is very clear that offering students better lunch is very important as it promotes

academic, physical and social fitness in students at the same time reducing obesity rates. Benefits of better school lunch. There are a lot of benefits that is associated with the provision of better school lunch which meet all the nutritional standards as opposed to one which does not. The provision of better school lunch has several advantages that provide the student with the ability to school and excel in every sphere of their life. With better lunch being offered in schools, it is less likely that students will be given food which has high levels of starch and fat. The food offered will therefore ensure that students are not exposed to obesity can be of great harm to them. Acs et al (2007) confirm that nutritious food versus non-nutritious food has become a determinant factor regarding the attainment of good health and reduction of obesity. Reduction of obesity is thus achievable through the use of better lunch which has all the requirement nutrients in it. In this way, student will be able to participate well in their school activities and program without the fear of the body size. It has been found that obese student undergo a stigma that tends to make them isolate themselves from other students while in school (Poppendieck, 2008).

• http://www.supremeessays.com/samples/School/Better-School-Lunches-for-Students.html

• Teen Ink• healthyschoolfood.org• Wikipedia• Kidshealth.org• Jamieoliver.com• Google.com• Baidu.com

Follow-up information of credible sources

Questions1. What kind school lunch do you like?

2. Do you want to have more choices about school lunch?

3. Which one of choices you would like more, inside school or outsdie?

4. Would you pay for school lunch if it become much better?

Reference

• http://www.teenink.com/opinion/school_college/article/220449/School-lunches/• http://www.teenink.com/opinion/school_college/article/220449/

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