Talor Jones
English 1000
April 9, 2012
Should the Government Step In When It Comes Down To School Lunches
Congratulations! You are a citizen of one of the fattest country. How do think people would react to hearing that. They would not be so happy, thus is why the government feels that it is right for them to step in and control what children from Kindergarten to Eighth grade. They feel that if they encourage healthy eating at young age, then children will stick with it and live healthier lives. The government also wants to step in because some parents allow their child have whatever food they would like or they do not get the healthy eating habit at home. A last point the government makes is that eating unhealthy food is the main reason that your children are overweight now. Do not forget there are two sides to every argument and the Government is not seeing the bigger picture in this situation. The government does not mention that over weight children is not the only caused by the children’s unhealthy eating. Over weight can come from many different reasons three main ones being could be the geographic variation with children. Another reason could be in a child’s genes and they can from a long line of overweight family members. The last reason could be a psychological reason that could deal with the child’s emotions. Having that being said the g...