Friday, December 16, 2011
11/18 & 12/2 Self Evaluation Genesis Quezada
For both weeks I give myself a 9 because we got everything needed for our project and finished it. We got pictures that show how gross our food really is and prepared for our capstone presentation. Our poster I would say was a big success because I think it really conveyed our message.
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Cafeteria Food? We'd Rather Go Hungry! Final review
Our project is titled Cafeteria Food? We'd Rather go hungry!
Our greatest succes was finding Mimie White from Baylor College of Medicine because we got her to do a food study on our cafeteria food but at the same time it was the hardest challenge we had because she is a busy person and we had to fit into her busy schedule.
We learned more developing contries have better food than us like France and Italy but less developed countries like Kenya unfortunately don't.
We learned about ourselves that when we put enough effort in our work we can succeed in anything.
With the information that we have provided to other students we hope they take action and continue to strive for better cafeteria food.
Overall we had fun finding so much interesting information about our topic as well as learning from it more than we did. We struggled and stressed but in the end we feel like our project was a success!
Our greatest succes was finding Mimie White from Baylor College of Medicine because we got her to do a food study on our cafeteria food but at the same time it was the hardest challenge we had because she is a busy person and we had to fit into her busy schedule.
We learned more developing contries have better food than us like France and Italy but less developed countries like Kenya unfortunately don't.
We learned about ourselves that when we put enough effort in our work we can succeed in anything.
With the information that we have provided to other students we hope they take action and continue to strive for better cafeteria food.
Overall we had fun finding so much interesting information about our topic as well as learning from it more than we did. We struggled and stressed but in the end we feel like our project was a success!
SIS Capstone project: Cafeteria Food? We'd Rather Go Hungry!
Cafeteria Food ? We'd rather go hungry!
By: Genesis Quezada and Daisy Flores
Lunch from Singapore
Lunch from Taiwan
Lunch from France
Lunch from Sweden
Lunch from Slovakia
Lunch from Chile
Lunch from Italy
Lunch from Brazil 
By: Genesis Quezada and Daisy Flores
When people think of cafeteria food, one thinks nasty, unappetizing, greasy food. You think, how can they serve us this and thinks it’s safe for us to eat? Cafeteria food used to be cooked on school site, but now it is shipped from another state, where the only thing that has to be done to the food is heated up. This can leave the food unhealthy, undercooked, or overcooked, building up many harmful illnesses. Unhealthy cafeteria food can cause food borne illnesses & obesity if not changed. It’s a more serious issue than we think. Our purpose is to change cafeteria food in a healthy way by trying to get a salad bar or something simple as providing water for the students, anything is better than what we already have. We invite Amy White .We made flyers to hand out to the audience when presenting. These flyers consit of steps on how to donate money to saladbars2schools.org.When reached the goal of 125,000 dollars all HISD schools will receive salad bars.
Not every school cafeteria food is the same in the world. But every country has the same goal and concept as us, to try to provide a healthy good tasting lunch to the students. Unfortunately, some countries are doing a better job than others. According to website http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/4298245.stm the article "Schools Dinners Around The Wrold" says "France is viewed as a country where food is their national religion," school meals are their main interest since obesity in children under the age of 15 is rising. Their schools provide the students with a nutritionist who also works with the parents, to ensure that the meals provided are a healthy balanced diet. The French believe that good eating habits should start early. So there is no issue of children preferring pizza over something healthy such as fish. The school lunches are simply an adult menu served in children portion sizes. One example of a menu in a primary school is a grapefruit, followed by grilled chicken with green beans, then rice pudding for dessert. Their snack is a tangerine. Potato chips are only offered once a week, but are usually accompanied by salmon lasagna rather than a burger. If they serve pizza it will always be served with a healthy green salad. Every meal is served with water rather than a soft drink or milk. Even though the French schools offer healthy meals, they will probably make poor choices outside of school. For this reason, the French government commission has made healthy eating a main priority that primary schools offer nutrition classes to teach children the lessons about healthy eating.
Cafeteria food is a global issue, something people don’t seem to understand. Acording to the website "http://www.kingcounty.gov/healthservices/health/news/2011/11101002.aspx?print=1" the article "Exciting , healthy changes underway for school meals" claims that "about one in five school-age children in King County are overweight or obese, increasing their of risk serious health problems, including Type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol." Since 1980, the rate of overweight children nationwide has doubled, and the rate of overweight teens has tripled. In an effort to combat this trend, Public Health - Seattle & King County funded five school districts to improve nutrition standards as part of Communities Putting Prevention to Work, a federally-funded campaign to fight obesity and tobacco use, two of the leading causes of death in King County.
But what about our school? Our district? It looks like others are receiving good change but we aren’t! The U.S. Department of Agriculture has proposed changes to school meal standards that would add more fruits, vegetables, whole grains, fat-free and low-fat milk to school meals. The proposed rule would double the amount of fruits and increase the amount of grains by 80 percent for school breakfasts. Officials further proposed increasing fruits and vegetables by nearly four half-cup servings each week for school lunches. The Agriculture Department’s other proposed requirements include: Decreasing the amount of starchy vegetables like white potatoes, corn, lima beans and green peas to one cup a week. Offering pasteurized, 100 percent fruit juice, reducing the amount of sodium in school meals by 25-50 percent over the next 10 years. Establishing average calorie content for meals offered to each age/grade group that would fall within the minimum and maximum calorie levels set by the National Academies’Institute of Medicine
Not every school cafeteria food is the same in the world. But every country has the same goal and concept as us, to try to provide a healthy good tasting lunch to the students. Unfortunately, some countries are doing a better job than others. According to website http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/4298245.stm the article "Schools Dinners Around The Wrold" says "France is viewed as a country where food is their national religion," school meals are their main interest since obesity in children under the age of 15 is rising. Their schools provide the students with a nutritionist who also works with the parents, to ensure that the meals provided are a healthy balanced diet. The French believe that good eating habits should start early. So there is no issue of children preferring pizza over something healthy such as fish. The school lunches are simply an adult menu served in children portion sizes. One example of a menu in a primary school is a grapefruit, followed by grilled chicken with green beans, then rice pudding for dessert. Their snack is a tangerine. Potato chips are only offered once a week, but are usually accompanied by salmon lasagna rather than a burger. If they serve pizza it will always be served with a healthy green salad. Every meal is served with water rather than a soft drink or milk. Even though the French schools offer healthy meals, they will probably make poor choices outside of school. For this reason, the French government commission has made healthy eating a main priority that primary schools offer nutrition classes to teach children the lessons about healthy eating.
Cafeteria food is a global issue, something people don’t seem to understand. Acording to the website "http://www.kingcounty.gov/healthservices/health/news/2011/11101002.aspx?print=1" the article "Exciting , healthy changes underway for school meals" claims that "about one in five school-age children in King County are overweight or obese, increasing their of risk serious health problems, including Type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol." Since 1980, the rate of overweight children nationwide has doubled, and the rate of overweight teens has tripled. In an effort to combat this trend, Public Health - Seattle & King County funded five school districts to improve nutrition standards as part of Communities Putting Prevention to Work, a federally-funded campaign to fight obesity and tobacco use, two of the leading causes of death in King County.
But what about our school? Our district? It looks like others are receiving good change but we aren’t! The U.S. Department of Agriculture has proposed changes to school meal standards that would add more fruits, vegetables, whole grains, fat-free and low-fat milk to school meals. The proposed rule would double the amount of fruits and increase the amount of grains by 80 percent for school breakfasts. Officials further proposed increasing fruits and vegetables by nearly four half-cup servings each week for school lunches. The Agriculture Department’s other proposed requirements include: Decreasing the amount of starchy vegetables like white potatoes, corn, lima beans and green peas to one cup a week. Offering pasteurized, 100 percent fruit juice, reducing the amount of sodium in school meals by 25-50 percent over the next 10 years. Establishing average calorie content for meals offered to each age/grade group that would fall within the minimum and maximum calorie levels set by the National Academies’
Lunch from Singapore Lunch from TaiwanLunch from FranceLunch from SwedenLunch from SlovakiaLunch from ChileLunch from ItalyLunch from Brazil 
All Compared To Our Food Here in The US
Changes that should be made!
This is an actual kitchen from Wayland High school. So why cant we have the same privalage!?
We are trying to make a difference and add a salad bar to our school. A salad bar is a self-serve station where students can select from variaties of fruits to make a reimbursable meal because they also provide meat or meat alternates, breads, grains and milk. With a salad bar you can have either an entrée salad bars or theme bars. Theme salad bars include potato bars, soup and salad bars, salad and sandwich bars, and potato and salad bars. Three categories of salad bars comprise part of reimbursable meals: side salad bars, self-serve fruit bars, and assorted self-serve raw vegetables. But what if we can’t get the salad bar? Well, some schools offer off-campus during lunch. This is both a good and a bad choice made by the principles. The pros off this decision are that students get their own choice of the food they want to eat. They also get the choice to go home and eat a freshly home cooked meal. However, many students prefer to eat fast food since their parents are working. Another way to help the student body is by providing a menu of the week’s lunch with nutrition data. That way if a student does not like the meal offered they may bring lunch from home. The students learn the amount of calories or sugar is being offered. We can also raise money to buy a stove to install in our school kitchen since the school kitchen does not have a stove. We can also try to change the menu a little and propose to have an international lunch. Since, we are an international school we think we should be offered an international school lunch. For example, one week or month we should be offered Chinese food such as: wonton miso soup, spinach and Chinese cabbage in almond paste, soybeans, rice, and milk. Bottom line is, if no changes are made to the school cafeteria lunch that is provided to us every day, our health will be in danger!
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Monday, December 5, 2011
THE DISGUSTING FOOD THEY GIVE US.(actual pictures of food that was served to us)
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