Cafeteria Food

Potato or Tomato??

Elizabeth CandiaBo VongphrachanhBijou KimSarah Pickrahn

Question Time!

Foods we ate...

Do you remember this? Five Worst School Breakfasts

Food Nutrition Shocker

Ham, Egg, and Cheese Biscuit 1,792 milligrams of sodium—more than some children should consume in an entire day—and more calories and saturated fat than a McDonald’s Egg McMuffin

Cheesy Scrambled Eggs Derives 63 percent of calories from fat

Sausage, Egg, and Cheese Whole-Grain Sandwich

More sodium than Burger King’s BK Breakfast Muffin Sandwich with sausage, egg, and cheese

Maple-Flavored Pork Pancake Wrap More calories, fat, and saturated fat than IHOP’s Jr. Scrambled Egg & Pancake breakfast

Glazed Raised Donut Derives 50 percent of calories from fat

Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM)

Statistics

• About half of schoolchildren receive free luncheso Low-income households, dependent

on annual, monthly, weekly

• On average, the cheapest of those lunches now costs $2.66 to prepareo while the cost of meals to students is $2.70 and

$3.10

• With inflation, the cost of items like cheese and milk are increasing o price of milk by 12 percent, cheese by 15

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Statistics cont.

Researchers found that 83 percent of 152 schools "sold foods having minimal nutritional value, such as sodas, sweets and chips".

(Health Behavior News Service, part of the Center for

Advancing Health) http://www.cfah.org/hbns/archives/getDocument.cfm?documentID=22327

"43% of elementary schools, 89.4% of middle/junior

high and 98.2% of senior high schools had either

a vending machine or a school store, canteen,

or snack bar where students could purchase

competitive foods or beverages"

- http://www.ncsl.org/issues-research/health/vendin

g-machines-in-schools-2005.aspx

What does this mean for our kids? • Childhood obesity has more than tripled in the

past 30 years.

• In 2008, more than one third of children and adolescents were overweight or obese.

• In a population-based sample of 5- to 17-year-olds, 70% of obese youth had at least one risk factor for cardiovascular disease.o along with other common risks like

diabetes and bone and joint

problems

Why does this matter?-Eating sugary and low fiber, simple

carbohydrate foods can cause blood sugar spikes and crashes, negatively affecting student concentration. (source)

-It is speculated that ADHD may be caused by the poor diets of children, and that altering the diet is more effective than drugs. (source)

-Establishing unhealthy eating patterns in childhood sets the individual up for adulthood obesity, diabetes, and heart disease (source)

A few more videos...

"This is Chicken?"

Chicken Nuggets Experiment

Nutritional Standards

• Established by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• 13 standards

• 3 categories - food content, school day and after school

http://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/nutrition/pdf/nutrition_factsheet_service.pdf

Science/Math Nutrition Lesson

Standard: 6.1.N Assess one’s personal nutrition needs and physical activity level.

Grade level: High school 9-12.

Students can practice unit conversions and algebra while learning

about their nutrition needs. These questions could be answered in class using a Think, Pair, Share activity.

English Lesson

Standard: 8.1.N Advocateenhanced nutritional optionsin the school and community.

Grade level: Middle or High School

The class can be divided into two teams: one team supporting healthier school lunch mandates and one team opposing the ban of junk food in schools. Students can have a night to research, and then will participate in a debate the following day in class.

Another question!!

What do you think?

Make a change!

Organic Bag Lunch - Delivers handmade lunches for students with all organic products from Whole Foods (at a cost) http://www.organicbaglunch.com/

Kid Chow - Bay Area family owned program that provides "use[s] hormone and antibiotic-free meats and dairy, nitrate-free deli and 100% fresh organic fruit and vegetables" in all their lunches.

http://kidchow.com/

CHOICE : "an online resource to help students, parents, teachers, school officials and concerned citizens bring healthy, plant-based lunch options to their school." http://www.choiceusa.net/

Resources http://www.mnsna.org/

http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/eh/food/nslp/

http://www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/lunch/

http://www.health.state.mn.us/schools/greattrays/

http://www.jamieoliver.com/foundation/

http://fedupwithlunch.com/

http://www.school- ‐lunch.org/school.html

http://www.schoollunchinitiative.org/findings/index.shtml

http://www.healthyschoollunches.org/

http://www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/governance/regulations.htm

http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/adult.html/