1. Cafeteria Food Potato or Tomato?? Elizabeth Candia Bo Vongphrachanh Bijou Kim Sarah Pickrahn

2. Question Time! Foods we ate...

3. Do you remember this? Five Worst School Breakfasts FoodNutrition Shocker Ham, Egg, and Cheese Biscuit1,792 milligrams of sodium—more than some children should consume in an entire day—and more calories and saturated fat than a McDonald’s Egg McMuffin Cheesy Scrambled EggsDerives 63 percent of calories from fat Sausage, Egg, and Cheese Whole- Grain Sandwich More sodium than Burger King’s BK Breakfast Muffin Sandwich with sausage, egg, and cheese Maple-Flavored Pork Pancake WrapMore calories, fat, and saturated fat than IHOP’s Jr. Scrambled Egg & Pancake breakfast Glazed Raised DonutDerives 50 percent of calories from fat Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM)

4. Statistics About half of schoolchildren receive free lunches o Low-income households, dependent on annual, monthly, weekly On average, the cheapest of those lunches now costs $2.66 to prepare o while the cost of meals to students is $2.70 and $3.10 With inflation, the cost of items like cheese and milk are increasing o price of milk by 12 percent, cheese by 15 percent http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25011096/ns/business-consumer_news/t/high-costs-land-school- cafeteria-trays/#.T-9x4XqiqNo

5. Statistics cont. Researchers found that 83 percent of 152 schools "sold foods having minimal nutritional value, such as sodas, sweets and chips". (Health Behavior News Service, part of the Center for Advancing Health) http://www.cfah.org/hbns/archives/getDocument.cfm?documentID=22327 "43% of elementary schools, 89.4% of middle/junior high and 98.2% of senior high schools had either a vending machine or a school store, canteen, or snack bar where students could purchase competitive foods or beverages" - http://www.ncsl.org/issues-research/health/vendin g-machines-in-schools-2005.aspx

6. What does this mean for our kids? Childhood obesity has more than tripled in the past 30 years. In 2008, more than one third of children and adolescents were overweight or obese. In a population-based sample of 5- to 17-year-olds, 70% of obese youth had at least one risk factor for cardiovascular disease. o along with other common risks like diabetes and bone and joint problems

7. Why does this matter? -Eating sugary and low fiber, simple carbohydrate foods can cause blood sugar spikes and crashes, negatively affecting student concentration. (source)(source) -It is speculated that ADHD may be caused by the poor diets of children, and that altering the diet is more effective than drugs. (source) (source) -Establishing unhealthy eating patterns in childhood sets the individual up for adulthood obesity, diabetes, and heart disease (source)(source)

8. A few more videos... "This is Chicken?" Chicken Nuggets Experiment

9. Nutritional Standards Established by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 13 standards 3 categories - food content, school day and after school http://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/nutrition/pdf/nutrition_factsheet_service.pdf

11. Science/Math Nutrition Lesson Standard: 6.1.N Assess one’s personal nutrition needs and physical activity level. Grade level: High school 9-12. Students can practice unit conversions and algebra while learning about their nutrition needs. These questions could be answered in class using a Think, Pair, Share activity.

12. English Lesson Standard: 8.1.N Advocate enhanced nutritional options in the school and community. Grade level: Middle or High School The class can be divided into two teams: one team supporting healthier school lunch mandates and one team opposing the ban of junk food in schools. Students can have a night to research, and then will participate in a debate the following day in class.

13. Another question!! What do you think?

14. Make a change! Organic Bag Lunch - Delivers handmade lunches for students with all organic products from Whole Foods (at a cost) http://www.organicbaglunch.com/ Kid Chow - Bay Area family owned program that provides "use[s] hormone and antibiotic-free meats and dairy, nitrate-free deli and 100% fresh organic fruit and vegetables" in all their lunches. http://kidchow.com/ CHOICE : "an online resource to help students, parents, teachers, school officials and concerned citizens bring healthy, plant-based lunch options to their school." http://www.choiceusa.net/

15. Resources http://www.mnsna.org/ http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/eh/food/nslp/ http://www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/lunch/ http://www.health.state.mn.us/schools/greattrays/ http://www.jamieoliver.com/foundation/ http://fedupwithlunch.com/ http://www.school-­‐lunch.org/school.html http://www.schoollunchinitiative.org/findings/index.shtml http://www.healthyschoollunches.org/ http://www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/governance/regulations.htm http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/adult.html/