In an article entitled "Elementary School Cafeteria Goes Vegetarian", posted at ABC News.com, Alyssa Newcomb tells the story of an Elementary School of New York being one of the first in the nation to go meatless; therefore, creating healthy lifestyles for children!
Principal Bob Groff of P.S. 244, Active Learning Elementary School says that because the students are tought throughout the curriculum about different food choices; they "understand what is happening and believe in" what is being done. Students of this elementary school, learning to live a healthy lifestyle, will use this knowledge of what certain foods contain, and how these foods effect the human body. With this knowledge, children will be able to identify different foods as beneficial and non-beneficial; healthy or fattening; or, good or bad.
He also informs that different recipes were "experimented with small groups of students". In order to provide a menu best for students, different hypothesis were created, and tested. At last! The results of a beautiful experiment was perfected, and children enjoy their school lunches! Foods such as; chickpeas, kidney beans, and tofu, full of nutrients and proteins, are provided for students, helping their bodies and minds grow. Food that is provided is beneficial and enjoyable!
However, children still have a choice to bring their lunches, containing anything would like to. Alyssa Newcomb explains that if the students do not like the "herbivore-friendly grub... they're always welcome to pack thier own lunch, including meat". Principle Groff also explains that "..it isn't just about having a vegetarian menu... it's about living a healthy lifestyle and educating students on what is out there". Providing healthy choices, students have the option to choose what they want, while making high calorie, fat, and sodium foods more difficult to make a first choice. If students want to pack their lunches and bring fried twinkies, they can.
Getting children into the habit of eating healthy food is something that would be great for schools nation wide! I, a fried chicken lover, and a sucker for anything fattening or high in sodium, try my best to eat as healthy as possible. My family suffers from heart disease, high colesterol, and high blood pressure. To avoid these diseases, I dodge the bullets. Some bullets are from snipers, and they sneak up on you at a family dinner. Everyone knows you are not allowed to turn down grandma's home-made pies. While other bullets, being shot from bebee guns; however, are easier to see coming, weaker, and are much easier to dodge. Avoiding the snack food isle in Wal-Mart is not as difficult. Eating well is good for you in several ways. Educating children about healthy food choices will benefit them for the rest of their lives. Not only will it help them, but develop stronger communities as well.
Healthy ways makes happy days! Spread the education about healthy food choices and maybe our schools can be just as lucky to have the oppertunity to have the excellent variety of good, hearty, healthy, foods like the others. Although healthy transitions would be amazing, it is not a crime to eat a Snickers on a bad day. Cure your inner diva!
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Works Cited
Alyssa Newcomb. "Elementary School Cafeteria Goes Vegetarian". ABC News. 1 May 2013. Web. 1 Nov. 2013.
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He also informs that different recipes were "experimented with small groups of students". In order to provide a menu best for students, different hypothesis were created, and tested. At last! The results of a beautiful experiment was perfected, and children enjoy their school lunches! Foods such as; chickpeas, kidney beans, and tofu, full of nutrients and proteins, are provided for students, helping their bodies and minds grow. Food that is provided is beneficial and enjoyable!
However, children still have a choice to bring their lunches, containing anything would like to. Alyssa Newcomb explains that if the students do not like the "herbivore-friendly grub... they're always welcome to pack thier own lunch, including meat". Principle Groff also explains that "..it isn't just about having a vegetarian menu... it's about living a healthy lifestyle and educating students on what is out there". Providing healthy choices, students have the option to choose what they want, while making high calorie, fat, and sodium foods more difficult to make a first choice. If students want to pack their lunches and bring fried twinkies, they can.
Getting children into the habit of eating healthy food is something that would be great for schools nation wide! I, a fried chicken lover, and a sucker for anything fattening or high in sodium, try my best to eat as healthy as possible. My family suffers from heart disease, high colesterol, and high blood pressure. To avoid these diseases, I dodge the bullets. Some bullets are from snipers, and they sneak up on you at a family dinner. Everyone knows you are not allowed to turn down grandma's home-made pies. While other bullets, being shot from bebee guns; however, are easier to see coming, weaker, and are much easier to dodge. Avoiding the snack food isle in Wal-Mart is not as difficult. Eating well is good for you in several ways. Educating children about healthy food choices will benefit them for the rest of their lives. Not only will it help them, but develop stronger communities as well.
Healthy ways makes happy days! Spread the education about healthy food choices and maybe our schools can be just as lucky to have the oppertunity to have the excellent variety of good, hearty, healthy, foods like the others. Although healthy transitions would be amazing, it is not a crime to eat a Snickers on a bad day. Cure your inner diva!
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Works Cited
Alyssa Newcomb. "Elementary School Cafeteria Goes Vegetarian". ABC News. 1 May 2013. Web. 1 Nov. 2013.
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