7th Grade Exemplar Essay: Persuasive Essay
It’s Time to Junk Junk Food!
Tired, crabby, or unfocused in class? It
could be the food you are eating. The lack of
healthy and tasty school lunch selections has
recently become a problem in almost every
elementary, middle and high school across the
nation. Most schools sell junk food to students
and I think this is wrong. There are many good
reasons to remove junk food from school lunch
menus, and creating a healthier student body is
number one. Junk foods should be taken out of
school lunch menus because they affect your
body and mind in negative ways.
Junk food is a major cause of childhood
obesity. 32% of youth are overweight and nearly
74% are unfit. The bad food offered in public
schools contributes to this unacceptable
problem. A single 12-ounce can of soda has as
much as 13 teaspoons of sugar in the form of
high-fructose corn syrup. Many of these sodas
are available to kids in school at low prices
as well as many other completely unhealthy
foods like chips and cookies. School lunches
have a very high fat content and the USDA
supplies schools with the same commodity foods
as prisons. Due to the lack of fresh and
flavorful food, many students will choose to
buy the cheap junk food offered instead. If we
could stock vending machines and cafeterias
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