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Au, Lauren E., et al. “Eating School Lunch Is Associated with Higher Diet Quality among Elementary School Students.” Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, vol. 116, no. 11, 2016, pp. 1817–1824., doi:10.1016/j.jand.2016.04.010. Bjornlund, Lydia. How the Refrigerator Changed History. Essential Library, an Imprint of Abdo Publishing, 2016. Buchholz, Gertrude. 300 Helpful Suggestions forContinue reading “Sources”

Background: This survey was passed out to 9th- 12th graders a Lafayette High School, Jamestown High School, and Warhill High School in Williamsburg VA. The purpose of choosing these schools was to see if the patterns found nationally dealing with school lunch made sense. I received 276 responses back. It was from a convince sample,Continue reading “Survey: Fieldwork”

Food waste can be a huge problem when it comes to school lunches in America. Students may have no regard for the effects that come with wasting their lunch. However there are both benefits and disadvantages to bringing a lunch from home, when it comes to food waste. Background  On average, elementary school students consumedContinue reading “Food Waste”

Overall, there is much more choice ability when students bring their lunches from home rather than buying school lunch. This can lead to various other benefits I’ve discussed like less student satisfaction, less food waste, healthier options, and education. The opposite can be said to be true when bringing a lunch, but giving students andContinue reading “Choice Ability:”

There are stereotypes associated with both with bringing a lunch from home, as well as buying school lunch. However, the stigmas with buying lunch from school are generally more negative. This can greatly affect students and their social systems in school.  The Lunchroom Environment:  “lunch was the only everyday whole-school affair. It had symbolic significance,Continue reading “Stereotypes/Stigmas:”

Gender roles come into play for both who prepares children’s school lunches as well for who is eating them. It is usually women who prepare school lunches, which is a trend that has not changed since the rise of bagged lunches over a century ago. Also, there are certain stereotypes in what type of foodContinue reading “Gender Roles:”

Food is one of the biggest components of one’s health, and is even more important for children because they are still developing. That is why school lunch plays a huge part in student’s health and bringing lunch can have different effects from buying lunch.  Comparison: Au’s Study Results   showed that students who ate breakfast andContinue reading “Health:”

The cost of bringing one’s own lunch to school can vary greatly based on location. Also, free or reduced lunch programs make it more appealing for low-income families not to pack lunches. Nonetheless, packing a lunch can be more cost efficient if a lot of effort and time is put into it. Comparing Cost ofContinue reading “Cost efficiency:”

Historical analysis: I compare how the differences and progression of how bringing school lunch has changed in the last century, in multiple of the topics discussed. I reference the changing genre roles associated with school lunch along with the changing health standards. These are able to be seen by using multiple sources that are fromContinue reading “Methods:”

Consumerism: encourages the consumption of material goods and the belief that it directly linked to one’s happiness. Influenced by advertising and branding to make one think obtaining certain goods and services will benefit them. Sky-rocked after World War 2 when people began to have disposable income and began to spend it on extra goods toContinue reading “2 Key Terms”