WHOLESOME LUNCHES FOR PRIME STUDENTS

“BRIAN FOOD” By, Elzare Coquillon, Ivy Dower,

Rebecca Stern

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Effects of School Lunch; YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT

An unhealthy diet can resort to problems with the following…•Allergies and Immune System•Birth Defects & Genetic Problems•Bladder, Kidneys & Urinary Tract•Bones, Muscles & Joints•Brain & Nervous System•Cancer•Diabetes•Glands, Hormones, and Diabetes•Heart & Lungs•Infections•Learning & Emotional Problems•Energy level•Sight, Speech & Hearing•Skin•Stomach, Intestines & Liver•Teeth & Mouth

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Test Score Results of Students Provided with Healthy LunchesSome schools promote healthy eating to improve the student behavior and success. An alternative high school, Appleton Central, located in Appleton, Wisconsin, got rid of soda and vending machines. They replaced processed foods in the cafeteria with whole foods and fresh produce and have seen student grades and test scores improve as well as a decrease in behavior problems in the ten years since the changes were made. Similarly, a 2009 Essex University study shows that a diet that was designed by Whole Foods Chef Jamie Oliver implemented in schools both raised test scores and lowered absences due to illness.

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Unhealthy Lunches

A recent study released by the American College of Cardiology found that students who ate lunch provided by the National School Lunch Program were more likely to be obese compared to students who brought lunch from home. In addition, kids who ate school-provided lunches were more likely to eat fatty meals, drink sugary beverages, and eat fewer fruits and vegetables than their counterparts.

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School Lunch Regulations; THE FINAL RULE•This final rule updates the meal patterns and nutrition standards for the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs to align them with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. This rule requires most schools to increase the availability of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and fatfree and low-fat fluid milk in school meals; reduce the levels of sodium,saturated fat and trans fat in meals; and meet the nutrition needs of school.

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School Lunch Programs

The National School Lunch Program is a federally assisted meal program operating in public and nonprofit private schools and residential child care institutions. It provides nutritionally balanced, low-cost or free lunches to children each school day. The program was established under the National School Lunch Act, signed by President Harry Truman in 1946. FFVP can be an important tool in our efforts to combat childhood obesity. The Program has been successful in introducing school children to a variety of produce that they otherwise might not have the opportunity to sample.The various partnerships that FNS and state agencies have developed in the public and private sectors, as well as the dedicated work of school administrators, have contributed to the overall success and acceptance of the program. FFVP is consistent with and supports the Institute of Medicine’s recommendations to provide healthier snack choices in schools.

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Why Don’t Kids Eat Healthier?

The School-Lunch Test By Lisa BelkinPublished: August 20, 2006

•“This is a sweet potato,” she said, as she stopped at each table and gave each child a purée sample. “It has a lot of vitamin A and C and B6. Have you ever seen one of these?” Most of the children had not. “It’s like a regular potato, but it’s orange inside,” she said, which got their attention. “It has a lot more vitamins than a white potato.” Angelina wanted to know why there were no marshmallows on top. Angel put down his lemon pie, tried the sweet potatoes and announced he preferred the pie. Mateo, however, was making a meal of what his classmates eyed so suspiciously. Collecting the cups of everyone around him, he ate a dozen of the tablespoon-size portions before a teacher cut him off.

Pro-Water Consumption in Schools"In February 2010, at his 2010 Summit on at his 2010 Summit on

Health, Nutrition, and Obesity, then Governor Health, Nutrition, and Obesity, then Governor SchwarzeneggerSchwarzenegger announced his sponsorship of SB 1413, citing the importance of importance of promoting water consumption and decreasing promoting water consumption and decreasing sugar-sweetened beverage consumption as sugar-sweetened beverage consumption as strategies to support obesity prevention and strategies to support obesity prevention and improved long-term health.improved long-term health. On September 30, 2010, the Governor signed SB 1413 into law." (California Department of Education, 2013). Retrieved from http://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/nu/he/water.asp

"Think to drink: the effects of addequate hydration on student preformance"Retrieved from https://www.uleth.ca/dspace/bitstream/handle/10133/830/Ottewell_Janice_Elaine.pdf?sequence=1

• "Poor hydration habits and the consumption of food additives, such as aspartame and caffeine, can have a negative effect on

student performance. This study examines the effects of regular and adequate hydration on

rural high school students in a grade twelve class."• "Through tracking beverage consumption and mood continued A post-study

interview elicited the subjects' feelings of well being, and understanding of adequate hydration, as well as the students' intentions, if any, to alter their beverage intake as a result of their experience...Adequate and regular water seemed to have a positive effect on the students' well being and mood. Several reported feeling more alert and more focused, less tired and less stressed—more ready and able to learn. In addition to teaching and modeling the educational benefits of hydration, schools and educators must do their part to ensure the availability of water in the vending machines, the cafeterias, and the classroom. "

• -JANICE ELAINE OTTEWELL

• Exampleappendix b

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Hydration Vs. Dehydration in students' brain activity

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• "Hyperhydration: Water intoxication, also known as water poisoning or dilutional hyponatremia, is a potentially fatal disturbance in brain functions that results when the normal balance of electrolytes in the body is pushed outside safe limits by over-hydration." (Web Definition)

• "FIGURE 1: Segmented clusters of the gray matter with significant extension during hyperhydration compared to dehydration in caudate nucleus and cerebellar regions (indicated by the color code) obtained with VBM." (http://www.plosone.org)

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• "Dehydration can affect the volume of brain structures... A significant decrease of GM and WM volume associated with dehydration was found in various brain regions, most prominently, in temporal and sub-gyral parietal areas, in the left inferior orbito-frontal region, and in the extra-nuclear region." (http://www.plosone.org/)

• "Androgen Extra-nuclear region:receptors (AR) have traditionally been defined as classical transcription factors that act within the cell nucleus to modulate protein expression. However, we have discovered extranuclear AR within axons of the adult rat brain, suggesting a non-genomic mechanism of action for these receptors. AR immunoreactive (AR-ir) axons are regionally specific, with the majority detected within the cortex of the frontal and temporal brain regions as well as the amygdala and hippocampus." (http://gradworks.umi.com/32/74/3274218.html)

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Student Benefits of hydration:

• Stronger focus and increase brain funtion/ reaction.

• Better adulthood for student and student's future.

• More likely to choose healthier food choices.

• Lower chance of illness and higher immune system.

Works Referenced: • brain hydration/dehydration: http://archneur.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?

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