LUNCH STUFF

THE TRUTH ABOUT THE LIFE OF LUNCHES

By: Cheryl Chang

I N T H I S P R E S E N TAT I O N, W E W I L L
Inform you of the amount of thrash thrown
Show you a visual representation of amount of food

thrown
Inform and show what part of their lunches students are

throwing away
Show the increase of obesity among children
Citations
*Amount of effort put in

HOW MUCH FOOD

PEOPLE THROW AWAY
Person(s)

Person(s)
5
4
3
2
1
0

None

1 Thingy A little

Half

Most

All

I S W H AT WA S T H R O W N O U T B I O DEGRADABLE?

PIE

27%
18%

27%

27%

BioDegradable
Not BioDegradable
Half and Half
Unknown

ARE YOUR CHILDREN

E AT I N G H E A LT H Y ?
Students Throw Away:
40 percent of fruit
60 to 75 percent of vegetables

But
95 percent of schools are serving healthier
meals.
(Chu, Ariana Eunjung. "Why the Healthy School Lunch Program Is in Trouble. Before/after Photos
of What Students Ate." )

P E R C E N TA G E O F F O O D
T H R O W N AWAY
% of Fruits Eaten V % of Fruits Thrown

40%
Fruits Eaten; 60%

(Chu, Ariana Eunjung. "Why the Healthy School Lunch Program Is in Trouble.
Before/after Photos of What Students Ate.)

O B E S I T Y R AT E A M O N G
CHILDREN
Nearly 20% of elementary school students are obese (20072008 survey).

Obesity percentage among children (1980 2007/2008)

among children aged 2-5 years; doubled (from 5.0% to 12.4%)
among children aged 6-11; tripled (6.5% to 17%)
in adolescents aged 12-19 years.; tripled (from 5.0%to 17.6%)
("Incidence of Childhood Obesity in the United States.)

O B E S I T Y P E R C E N TA G E
A M O N G CHILDREN ( 1 9 8 0

2007/2008)

35
30
25
Ages 12-19
Age 6-11
Age 2-5

20
15
10
5
0
1980

2007/2008

("Incidence of Childhood Obesity in the United

States.)

CITATIONS (1)
Chu, Ariana Eunjung. "Why the Healthy School Lunch
Program Is

in Trouble. Before/after Photos of What

Students Ate." Washington Post. The Washington Post,

24 Aug. 2015. Web.

26 Feb. 2016. <https://

www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/ wp
/2015/08/26/schoolchildren-are-tossing-an-average-of-mor
e-than-a-third-cup-of-fruits-and-veggies-in-the-trash-ea
ch-lunch/
>

CITATIONS (2)
Reinberg, Steven. "Many U.S. Kids Still Buy
Unhealthy Snacks at
School. "Many U.S. Kids Still
Buy Unhealthy Snacks at School. Health Day, 6
Feb. 2012. Web. 24 Feb. 2016. <http://
health.usnews.com/healthnews/news/articles/2012/02/06/many-us-kids-still-buy
-unhealthy-snacks-at-school
>

CITATION (3)
"Incidence of Childhood Obesity in the United
States."New England Journal of Medicine N Engl J
Med370.17 (2014): 1659- 661.Childhood Obesity in
the United States. NCCOR. Web. 22
Feb. 2016. <
http://
www.nccor.org/downloads/ChildhoodObesity_020509
.pdf
>
.

EFFORT
Percentage of Effort Put in

Cheryl & Emily; 100%

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