Argumentative Essay On Healthy School Lunches
A school cafeteria plans to change to a healthier lunch menu, but the choice would eliminate students’ favorite foods. The school should change the lunch menu to healthier options. Healthier foods give more energy and provide the nutrients you need to survive. With more energy and nutrients, students can concentrate better which leads to higher grades. The school should change to healthier lunch options because healthier foods give more energy, provide nutrients, and help raise grades.
First, having healthier foods on the lunch menu would provide students with more energy. For instance, I always pack my lunch for school with at least one protein and fruit. In doing so my concentration is better throughout the day and I can retain more information learned. However, some people may say that junk food and prepackaged foods also give you more energy, it doesn’t. Prepackaged foods are made for quick boosts of energy, so you don’t get the energy you need to keep going throughout the day. As well as having more energy in healthier foods, nutrients are also provided.
Second, healthier foods provide nutrients and vitamins to your body. Nutrients are very important to our bodies in which they help our body grow and help our bones stay strong. Suppose that I am not getting enough nutrients in my body and I broke my leg. What would happen is that because of the lack of nutrients my broken leg would take longer to heal than if I had a normal amount of nutrients in my body. Now it is true that prepackaged foods also provide us with nutrients, however healthy foods provide us with a plentiful supply of nutrients that is natural. With nutrients and more energy, it is seen that students' grades increase.
Finally, healthier foods have been proven to raise students' grades. With nutrients and more energy coming from the healthier foods, students have been able to concentrate better and retain the information being taught at school. Let’s say I am getting c’s in my core classes and I had prepacked foods for lunch. I still have two classes to go to and I am very tired already. Likely, I won’t be able to concentrate because I am tired, which leads to a lack of retaining knowledge. This means that on the test, I won’t remember as much, causing a bad grade. Some may say that just because you eat healthier foods doesn’t mean the student will do the work and get better grades. That may be true, however it is likely that if the student is well energized they will do the work to get better grades. With healthier foods, more energy is provided as well as nutrients, which produce better grades for students.
Healthier lunch options give more energy, provide nutrients, and help raise grades. Healthier foods give more energy which helps keep you concentrated and active throughout the day. Healthier foods have nutrients that provide students with stronger bones and help body growth. With more energy and nutrients students can better retain the information they learn and get better grades. When you were in school you didn’t have a choice about eating healthier foods because you had to eat what was available. However now kids can choose, if you were in school now what would you choose, unhealthy food or healthy food?
