Throughout the process of writing this paper, I learned many things about the way we eat. I truly believe that consumers are being blindsided by what exactly is being put in the food. I wrote my paper on the way children eat and the consequences of poor eating. I realized that so many things could happen to me such as obesity and diabetes. As I become older, I don't want these things to happen to me.
About four years ago, I was a freshman (obviously) involved in Color Guard and Track and Field. Color Guard lasted the entire summer going into Freshman year and it was an incredulous amount of work. I lost all my "baby fat" that I once had in Eighth Grade. Although I didn't continue on with Color Guard, I participated in Track and Field and for a while enjoyed running. Then I decided to run Cross Country and Track my Sophomore year. The point I am trying to make is that I since I was involved in sports I thought that I could eat whatever I wanted because I was burning all the calories while I ran. Now that I look back at the decisions I made, I regret them. I think that if I made healthier eating choices then I would have wanted to continue to run. Now that it is Senior year, I am once again realizing the importance of exercise and healthy eating. I no longer want to make unhealthy eating choices. College is soon ahead and hearing people talk about the "freshman 15" makes me want to make healthier choices now so I can avoid gaining the potential 15 pounds. I am going to choose to be healthy now so I don't have to worry about correcting poor choices later.
One way I can change the food industry is the way children eat in schools. For many children school is a safe place because they can escape problems they may face at home. Many times children that come from troubled homes don't always have money to buy lunch or come to school with lunch; children go hungry. Sometimes the lunch duty workers notice the children that come empty handed to lunch and the school provides them with a free meal. The free meal consists of crackers, juice, and a small apple. This enough to satisfy a child's stomach but not enough to make them full. Overall my goal is to improve the food served in schools. Parents are paying around $2.75 to feed their children and they deserve to get their money's worth and their child is just as worthy to have a full stomach.
"I'll burn it off later" is all I ever hear when somebody's eating unhealthy. I mean, I can't really judge because even still my eating habits are bad, but a lot of people don't realize that just by doing a bit of running or an activity isn't gonna make up for your bad eating habits. Before, when we were in guard or even my first year of running, I never really thought about why what went into my body was important, especially with doing such extrenuous work outs. It's a horrible thing health wise. One thing is just how regularly you eat and what you eat that will make up for all the stress you cause when doing so much. Another is WHAT you're consuming. I realized last year that I was not a fan of school lunch because it made me feel really gross, especially since lunch is right before we workout. If school lunches had a lot more healthier and appetizing choices, I don't think our health would be a huge problem.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the whole "burn it off" idea because that was my mindset during soccer season and since I was working out everyday, I was consuming more calories. These calories typically came from junk food, but i wasn't worried because I'd burn it off the next day. Also, what even are school lunches? I feel like its all made of chemicals created in a lab and no real ingredients are used. That can't be healthy.
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ReplyDeleteSchool lunches aren't necessarily just crackers juice and fruit. While school lunches are not far from detestable, they usually come with choices of pizza, a decent size salad, or some questionable alternative. However, they definitely need improvement! Fast. School lunches are pretty gross mostly because they're actually considered "healthy" under government standards. There needs to be more funding going into school lunches, especially because what some kids get for free at school might be what they get to eat all day. If the lunches were better crafted and done for non-profit, im sure schools could come up with better, fresher food kids can eat.
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