School Lunches….Yuck!

This year we’ve been studying about healthy food choices and the different food groups. Sometimes it’s not so easy for us to make healthy choices when it comes to our eating because of limited options. Take a moment and look at the two school menus below at a school in Fairfax County, VA and in the City of York, PA. What differences do you see? Which school would you rather be eating at? Which menu is most like your school?

http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/parents/tradeslunch04.htm http://www.schoolmenu.com/Menus/DisplayWeek.asp?Image=344A

Directions: Look at both school menus and answer the following questions in your Health notebook.

1. Which school offers more choices of fruits and vegetables?

2. Look at the week of April 3^rd compared to the week of April 24^th on both menus. What differences do you see between the weeks and what similarities?

3. Compared with your school menu, which school ranks the highest for most healthy choices?

4. Discuss how you think having more choices in lunch menus would make a difference in students’ eating habits?

5. In looking at both school lunch menus, which items on the menus are repeated most often?