Last week I did a posting on the eating habits of teens and children in the Mississippi Delta, relating to obesity. A good way to put a DENT in these eating habits is for the local schools to adapt the calorie limits instituted by the Institute of Medicine. The IOM report says lunches shouldn't be more than 650 calories in grades K through five, 700 for middle schoolers, and 850 for grades 9 through 12. Breakfasts, meantime, should range from 500 to 600 calories depending on the grade. ( Katherine Hobson, U.S. News). This would probably make a lot of kids mad, not because of the calorie limits (cause they don't care about that) but because this might cut out some of there favorite lunch items. For this to work there might be another thing to make the kids angry. The next move that I'm referring to is filling their vending machines with more healthier items, stemming from fruits to nuts and etc. Like I said this might make them angry, but what they have to understand is that people are trying to save their lives. To hear more about this subject click one of the two links below.
Fantastic follow up, read this outloud so you can catch your mistakes and edit it. I love the side comments in parentheses, it really highlights your voice.
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