In recent years, we are standing among the most obese countries in the Western world, and the issue is beginning to bloom in …show more content…
To provide an example, children were not eating adequate amounts of fruits and vegetables, so schools required students to choose either a fruit or vegetable before leaving the lunch line because the predicted result was an increase in consumption. However, the spike in trash cans filled with untouched produce shows that the requirement does not correspond with high consumption rates (Cha). With the majority of the hundreds of pounds of wasted school food composed of untasted fruits and vegetables, one would be lying to themselves if they blamed a lack of eating time or appetite. It is clear to see that students have become conditioned to toss perfectly edible and nutritious staples, carrying an unhealthy eating pattern into their adult