Evidence Review : Part 1

A study by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2006 found that 23.5 percent of high schools offered fast food from places like Pizza Hut and Taco Bell.

My friend Michelle says that at her school, French fries and pizza are options in the cafeteria every single day of the week.

'One of the first indications of a good lunch program is enthusiasm among the people serving the food,' said Marion Nestle, professor of nutrition and food studies at New York University and author of What to Eat.

Last week, the only thing I ate at school for lunch was tater tots and French fries and by the time I got on the bus, I was starving and had a headache.

According to the Cafeteria Director at Davis Elementary, who I interviewed last week, for 20 cents more per student, they could make homemade French fried that are baked instead of fried in grease.

Though the United States Department of Agriculture is requiring schools to serve healthier foods at lunch, French Fries will remain on the menu because potato lobbyists persuaded Congressmen to keep them on the list of approved food.

Congress passed a bill to reclassify the tomato paste used in pizzas as a serving of vegetable.

2 out of 3 middle school students who eat school lunches regularly are overweight or obese.

Bertrand Weber, director of culinary and nutrition services at Minneapolis Public Schools, says that new regulations meant to make school lunches healthier "haven't really changed anything except force manufacturers to re-engineer products."

In 2000, 62% of schools offered two or more vegetables per meal for school lunches.

Schools across the country have lost money in their budgets and have eliminated some extracurricular activities.

Surveillance cameras lowered Baltimore, Maryland's crime rate by almost twenty five percent.

She saw that longer school days meant that students had more time with their teachers which led to better grades.

Football players get concussions from hitting their heads against hard surfaces.

I once had to pay to enter this club. At first it was super cheap ($1 a year), but after they raised the price, we got a lot more activities, games, and sports available.