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    Between 1970 and 2000, childhood obesity in the United States nearly tripled, disproportionately affecting minority and low-income children. The school lunch program was established in 1946 to provide nutritious meals to children, especially those in poverty, but the meals originally emphasized processed foods that were high in fat, sugar, and sodium for affordability. While efforts have been made to improve nutrition standards over time, including the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, some school districts have opted out of the program and lobbying groups have opposed stricter guidelines due to concerns about costs and lost profits affecting food companies.

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    Between 1970 and 2000, childhood obesity in the United States nearly tripled, disproportionately affecting minority and low-income children. The school lunch program was established in 1946 to provide nutritious meals to children, especially those in poverty, but the meals originally emphasized processed foods that were high in fat, sugar, and sodium for affordability. While efforts have been made to improve nutrition standards over time, including the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, some school districts have opted out of the program and lobbying groups have opposed stricter guidelines due to concerns about costs and lost profits affecting food companies.

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    Between 1970 and 2000, childhood obesity in the United States nearly tripled, disproportionately affecting minority and low-income children. The school lunch program was established in 1946 to provide nutritious meals to children, especially those in poverty, but the meals originally emphasized processed foods that were high in fat, sugar, and sodium for affordability. While efforts have been made to improve nutrition standards over time, including the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, some school districts have opted out of the program and lobbying groups have opposed stricter guidelines due to concerns about costs and lost profits affecting food companies.

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    Changing Times - Rise

    in Childhood Obesity
    Between the years 1970 to 2000, childhood
    obesity has nearly tripled with 16% of these
    children being part of a minority population.
    The minority population referenced are
    African American & Hispanic children. Many
    of this population lives in a low income
    bracket. A common side effect of obesity is
    Type2 Diabetes and Hypertension which is a
    large cost in health care. Lower income
    families find it harder to maintain a healthy
    lifestyle
    http://www.ucsusa.org/food-agriculture/expandhealthy-food-access/lessons-lunchroomchildhood-obesity-school-lunch#.V5h4vZMrLR0

    During the early years of the school lunch


    program the idea was to provide children
    from low income families at least one hot
    meal a day. School were encouraged to
    participate in the program by receiving
    subsidies for every meal served.

    In 1966, breakfast was added to the program


    and in
    1998
    after
    school
    snacks
    were
    added.
    1998
    was the
    height of
    the latch key era, kids were involved in afterschool programs designed to provide
    supervised activities for the kids while
    parents were still at work.

    The school lunch program was governed


    under the Child Nutrition Act and meals must
    meet federal nutrition standards set by
    USDA. The original was based on processed
    foods high in fat, sugar and sodium. This
    was to make sure the one hot meal children
    got lasted.

    HAPPY 70th
    BIRTHDAY

    USDA School
    Lunch Program

    1946 President Harry Truman signed


    into law the school lunch program to
    be governed by the USDA. The idea of
    the program was to provide a
    nutritious hot meal for children in
    poverty while helping local farmers
    move product. The idea was help a
    family, help a farm. The idea came into
    play due to poor nutrition as a result
    of World War II.

    For or Against?
    The SNA (School Nutrition Association)
    which is a non-for-profit organization
    which has in the past been for the
    advancement of increased nutrition in
    childrens school lunches has begun
    lobbying Congress for the delay of
    implementation of the Hunger Free Kids
    Act of 2010 (HFKA). What should be
    something to celebrate has turned into
    something to question when money has
    become more important than the health
    and lives of our children. Companies
    such as Coca Cola and Pizza Hut, along
    with many others are upset about the
    inevitable decrease in their profits upon
    implementation of HFKA. Healthier, fresh
    ingredients cost more and are therefore
    aecting their bottom line.

    Colorado advocate, chef Ann Cooper was


    asked about her opinion of this change of
    position by the SNA: I believe that it is our
    inherent responsibility to assure that all kids
    get healthy/delicious/nutritious food in
    school. For me that means that we all must
    work to support and enhance the USDAs
    HHFKA. The SNAs decision to try and rollback the guidelines flies in the face of that
    kind of support. As the voice of school
    food service professionals all over the
    country, their decision to reverse their
    support of the HHFKA is nothing short of
    deciding that money is more important than
    the health of our children.
    Message received, money is more
    important
    (http://blog.fooducate.com/2014/07/07/why-did-theschool-nutrition-association-betray-kids/)

    Some schools have decided to opt out of the school lunch program. Many of these are schools
    with a higher median income where free or reduced lunches are to a minimum and students in
    high school have the option of leaving campus and going to a local fast food restaurant or
    convenience store. These schools have not turned their back on serving a healthier fair though
    and have even turned away vendors of high calorie snacks when the vendors found out about
    their opt out. Quotes from some of the schools that have opted out, The guidelines are too
    strict and the kids can leave," said Gina Sawma, the school district's food and nutrition director.
    "If they aren't eating with us, they're leaving and eating junk.

    In 2010 , The Healthy Hunger Free Kids


    Act required USDA to update standards for
    school lunches to align with the dietary
    guidelines for americans - implementation
    began 2012. However there are still high
    sugar drinks and unhealthy snacks in
    vending machines in middle and high
    schools.
    New program has helped with offering
    more fruits and veggies increasing from
    18.9 times per week to 22.2 times per
    week.
    http://www.ucsusa.org/food-agriculture/expandhealthy-food-access/lessons-lunchroom-childhoodobesity-school-lunch#.V5h4vZMrLR0

    Works Cited
    http://stateofobesity.org/policy/schools-andhealthy-weight/national-school-breakfast-andlunch-programs-and-related-school-nutritioninitiatives

    http://www.ucsusa.org/food-agriculture/expandhealthy-food-access/lessons-lunchroomchildhood-obesity-school-lunch#.V5h4vZMrLR0
    http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/08/health/
    research/08childhood.html?_r=0
    http://blog.fooducate.com/2014/07/07/why-didthe-school-nutrition-association-betray-kids/
    https://sites.google.com/a/cornell.edu/
    childhood-obesity_bee/conclusion
    http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/19/health/nationalschool-lunch-program/

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