Discussion With Kids:
- Several cities, including Los Angeles and New York, just announced that they are going to change the meals in public school cafeterias to only healthy foods. They will also change the trays and silverware to ones that can be recycled. What are examples of foods that will be changed?
- Examples: LA will now use whole grain pasta instead of white pasta; they will use fresh fruit and vegetables instead of canned. New York will have a salad bar at every school. Chicago will have fruit instead of cupcakes at birthday parties.
- Why are they making this decision? What are they hoping to accomplish? (Can discuss childhood obesity and resultant childhood diabetes)
- Why is it good to recycle trays and silverware? How does this help the environment?
- Why haven't the schools done this already (discuss fiscal reasons--its really expensive. Why are healthy foods more expensive than junk foods? Why is it expensive to recycle?)
- How are kids going to feel about this change?
- Why do kids sometimes prefer junk foods to healthy foods? (Discuss addictive qualities in sodium and sugar that appear in junk foods)
- What are 3 healthy foods you love and 3 junk foods you love? Guess 3 meals they probably won't serve at schools anymore and 3 meals they may serve instead. Do you think this is a good or bad idea?
- If you had to make 1 change to your school to make it healthier or safer for kids, what would it be?
- iPad picture: see link to article
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