...students go to schools all across America. During the long school day students get hungry, so what are they suppose to do wait for hours until lunch time to satisfy their hunger. Well if schools had vending machines students wouldn't have to. Also we can make a profit for the schools to benefit the student's education and we could help them learn how to prioritize too. Getting vending machines would be a great benefit to schools The first reason why vending machines should be allowed in schools is that vending machines get the school quick cash. That would turn the little money the schools have into a lot more money for the school to benefit the student's education. The extra money from the vending machines could buy things for schools, for example, they could replace old textbooks,buy pencils, paper, computers, smart boards, security systems,and cameras. Also vending machines should be allowed in schools because they are very quick and easy to use. As an example, when you are going to class you can stop by the vending machine and get a quick snack. It only takes a few minutes and you can make it to your class on time. It’s also a good way for kids who are hungry because they didn't have time to eat in the morning to get food. “Students don’t always have enough time to get a full breakfast at home, and vending machines can provide a quick breakfast or lunch snack.” (Serna,2014) Another reason why vending machines should be...
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...Starving Students Children of all ages need an extra boost of energy during school hours. It is not uncommon that kids do not eat our school's lunch or breakfast. Even some kids in our school will not get enough food at home. Students need vending machines because it provides them to have more energy and to know that they will get food. Having vending machines will help students become healthier, energetic, and have more students participate in class. Here is a graph that shows what kids will need each day for nutrition depending on the activities they do. Like you can see in the graph kids in our school would either be known as somewhat active or very active. The reason is because students at Hampton-Dumont Middle School get Physical Education every other day. Also fourth through sixth graders get recess...
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...Final draft-Should Vending Machines Be Allowed in School? To begin with Have you ever looked around your school and say“*sigh* man, why don’t we have vending machines? I’m hungry? Well in this story/essay i will tell you exactly three reasons why we shouldn't have vending machines. To begin with the first reason why we shouldn't have vending machines at school is because when you are eating something *cough* *cough* [doritos]. Your chewing would distract other people who actually want TO LEARN.This shows that it is REALLY ANNOYING since vending machines {ALL OF THEM} rarely have any healthy stuff you're most likely gonna get cavities while eating your doritos,Not to mention getting huskey. so next time think about that before you...
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...What happens when you remove soda from school vending machines? Sugary soda has been cited as a major cause in the obesity and the associated soaring rates of diabetes 2. Yet a lot of people, including young people, continue to drink sugary soda often. Banning vending machines from schools may not be enough to reduce soda and fast food consumption among students, according to a recent study. A recent study from the University of Illinois at Chicago found that taking soda away from school vending machines could actually have an adverse effect. Even though it is an action intended to make students healthier, it is not enough of an impactful change, the research found. Interestingly enough, students who did not have access to buy soda at school were more likely to drink at least one soda per day. The study found that 23 percent of teens drank at least one soda per day if they had access to vending machines during the school day, compared to 28 percent who did not have access. Showing a similar effect, students were more likely to eat fast food when vending machines were removed from schools. However, these differences were only observed in states where soda was taxed less or students were able to buy soda from the school cafeteria or the school store. The study´s lead author, Daniel Taber, explains, “There may be unintended effects if you only make small-scale changes. When more comprehensive changes were implemented, there were no unintended effects” The authors...
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...December 8, 2013 Vending Machines Proposal Childhood obesity is a major problem throughout the United States. Kids all over the nation are overweight and it is due to many different reasons. One reason is the foods served in grade schools, mainly the vending machines, are unhealthy choices. Of course the health issue starts at home but kids are also in school 40 hours a week so the food served there is a big impact on their lives. Providing nothing fresh, organic or healthy in the vending machines is not a good thing even if healthy choices are provided in the cafeteria. “A recent study of over 2,300 kids ranging from 1st to 12th grade showed that 22% ate foods that were not part of the school lunch program” (Paul & Robinson, 2013). With physical education being taken out of the mandatory curriculums for students, serving healthy foods should be a top priority. Schools need to start placing fresher, healthier snack choices in the vending machines. Vending machines are usually filled with junk foods. Instead of going to eat in the cafeteria a child might just use a dollar and go buy a quick snack. Some might say to get rid of vending machines all together. On a survey site known as debate.org the question is asked, “Should schools have vending machines?” 71% of people responded yes for numerous of reasons. One being that it’s a great way to help schools raise money. “Schools can earn anywhere from 25-30% of commission off of vending machines ("Vending machines in," 2011). That...
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...CUSTOMERS’ PERCEPTION OF VENDING MACHINE: A SOLBRIDGE SURVEY PRESENTED BY FENG LING YANAN LI QIAN HUI SUN UWALAKA TEMPLE PROF: JENS GRAFF JUNE, 2012 ABSTRACT The research was set to determine, “Customers’ Perception of Vending Machine: A Solbridge Survey”. The main objective was to ascertain customers’ perception of the vending machines and to determine the level of varieties in the machines. A fifteen questions questionnaire was used as instrument for data gathering, which comprised of Solbrigers and visitors. A quantitative (survey) research with a non probability sampling method. A convenient sampling method was used. Some of the findings revealed that varieties in the vending machines were poor; the locations of the vending machines are good. Furthermore, it was found that the vending machines break down during use. It was therefore recommended that the vending machine management should increase the varieties in the machine as well as adding snacks to the machine. It was finally recommended that the management of the vending machine should increase maintenance of the vending machines to increase efficiency and reduce the break down level during use. Background to the Study The act of providing an easy located snack area in a school environment is very salient in a school and is also very profitable in the sense that it allows students to eat some snacks when they are famished as well as allowing the marketer to sell more of...
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...day in school, it is the schools responsibility more than the parents to give each student the daily amount of exercise, healthy meals choices for breakfast and lunch, and to educate students to eat nutritionally well. The movie, Supersize Me, is a documentary film where the experimenter, Morgan Spurlock ate nothing but McDonald’s food for 30 days straight for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Besides eating just fast food, Spurlock and his team also did several investigations on contributing factors to obesity such as what is in the food that people eat, and the amount that a person can get at one time. In the movie, Spurlock spent time connecting obesity, fast food, and children. Spurlock went to three different schools and analyzed how the schools foods contributed to childhood obesity. The first school in Naperville, Illinois shows how school staff turns a blind eye towards what students buy and eat. Even when a student buys nothing but candy or chips, the staff believes they brought a sack lunch with healthier foods, this is realistically never happens. This particular school food is serviced by Sodexho, which is one of the lowest and cheapest food services around. Sodexho supplies over 400 kindergarten through twelfth grade school districts nationwide providing foods such as Little Debbie snacks, Gatorade, and candy bars to students. Sodexho also operates prisons and feeds thousands of inmates worldwide with the same kinds of foods fed to children in our schools. A Sodexho...
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...Introduction Orange Julius is a very well-known brand. It is a great place to stop at if you are looking for a fruity and refreshing treat or beverage. Not only can you stop and enjoy such beverages in the summer, but they are also delicious in the winter, fall, and spring seasons as well! Around here, when we think of Orange Julius, we think of the store inside of the mall. It is the same way in many other locations. Orange Julius is a branch that is found in remote areas such as malls and in other mall-type settings. In this project, we wanted to expand on this idea. We created Orange Julius vending machines. These machines will be placed in businesses and schools so that workers and students can enjoy a healthy and tasty smoothie at their convenience. Instead of having to run to the mall for this, they can simply find a machine in the hallways of where they spend their most time! Orange Julius has a funny and interesting history. Their story began back in the 1940’s when a man who just loved oranges. The only problem was that oranges gave him a stomach ache. He also had a friend who loved oranges. His friend wanted to find a way to enjoy oranges without the acid and stomach aches. He began blending oranges in yogurt and other ingredients to dull down the acid. This is how the orange Julius smoothie was created. They then began making them for the people within their neighborhood. They instantly became a huge hit. Shortly after the opening of their business, Dairy Queen,...
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...Of Science And Technology English & Translation Department BUSINESS COMMUNICATION – MGT300 BUSINESS REPORT PROJECT By: Alaa El Dine KIBBI To: Mr. Christopher MATTINGLY Fall 2012-2013 A&RK Co Sidi Hassan Street, Nwairy, Beirut, Lebanon Tel 961-01 020 030- website: www.healthyisyourfutur.com Email: healthyisyourfutur@gomail.com January 14, 2013 School board Lebanese International School 1280 Spring Lake Drive Belvidere, Illinois, 9123 Subject: Proposal No. JB-007 for Lebanese International schools, Food And Beverages Service Dear, School Board of LIS A&RK co. is please to submit the following proposal to provide your school with Food and Beverage services. Our company has been in running espresso and juice stands in malls and on street corners since almost a decade and has numerous successful investment in Lebanon and outside like Middle-East and the gulf. Please find attached a complete proposal of our company to your school. Table of Contents Introduction4 An international problem4 Are Schools promoting junk food?!!4 Is it affecting schools?5 What does this means?5 So what should you do?5 How to do it6 Portable juice bars6 Providing you with a high profit rate6 Job and training opportunities6 Know everything about our products6 Advisory board service7 Product safety insurance7 No usage of external markets7 Take into consideration student’s affordability7 Conclusion7 Introduction An international...
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...from self-esteem issues were ever one in four, and children living in financial hardship were one in three. Richards, E. P., Shimabukuro, M. L., Combs, S., & Kreuter, M. W. (2004). Innovative legal tools to prevent obesity. Journal Of Law, Medicine & Ethics, 32(4), 59-61. This article mentioned that vending machines were added to schools for financial benefits due to budget cuts. Studies have shown that this caused students to get into the habit of eating constantly. Children who get into the habit of eating constantly are more likely to become obese. Seo, D., & Lee, C. G. (2012). Association of school nutrition policy and parental control with childhood overweight. Journal Of School Health, 82(6), 285-293. Retrieved Jan. 15, 2015 from doi:10.1111/j.1746-1561.2012.00699.x Due to the rise of obese children, there is also an increase in children with major health problems. Pediatric hypertension, hardening of the arteries, diabetes, liver disease, and breathing disorders are becoming common in today’s youth. Studies also show that children who attended schools where sodas where sold where more likely to be obese than children who attended schools who were not. Shah, N. (2013). USDA wants limits on junk foods sold In...
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...appropriately. Children spend a large portion of the year in school consuming many of their daily calories from school lunches; something must be done to make the food they eat healthier. School lunches are full of fat and calories and do not offer the right type of fruits and vegetables, no appropriate proteins and dairy items. The government has partnered with farmers to provide the food to the schools but in doing so has not offered our children the healthiest options. In addition schools do not have the budget to purchase healthier options on their own and will often subsidize the food program by selling name brand fast food in the cafeteria for a marked up price. Changing children’s eating habits in schools will be very difficult because you can’t force children to eat. It is uncertain if changing school lunches would decrease obesity or not. Though children are in school for a large portion of the day they still have time at home and if life changes are not made changing how they eat in one area may not do much of anything. Another assumption I have made is that by increasing recess time rather than decreasing it children would not be as obese. The same goes for making physical education mandatory in elementary schools and requiring physical education be taken in each semester of high school. Simply changing the lunch menu and offering more lunch time would not necessarily decrease the obesity rate among school age children. Without any type of education to go along with...
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...English 250 The Debate Regulating Drinks and Snacks in Schools by the Government It is not a secret that obesity in children has become a problem and in the United States alone the American Obesity Association estimates that 15 percent of children between six and nineteen suffer from obesity. (Lee, 2011) According to the CDC childhood obesity has more than tripled in the past 30 years the percentage of children aged 6-11 who were obese increased from 7% in 1980 to nearly 20% in 2008, similarly, the percentage of adolescents aged 12-19 years who were obese increased from 5% to 18% over the same period. (Childhood Obesity Facts, 2012) Individuals who work in the health care field through research and statistics know that obese children will likely become obese adults, and along with that also comes Type II Diabetes, Cardiovascular Disease, and Hypertension. It is also documented that obesity forces young people to endure social, physical, and emotional abuse as a result. As statistics show childhood obesity is a growing problem, and something must be done; however, is it the job of our government to place regulations on what children eat and drink. Studies have shown that there are three principal causes of obesity: hereditary (sic) (endocrine related), inactivity, and diet. (Lee, 2011) In today’s society many children live in a household where both parents work; as a result children are left home alone to occupy their time by way of television, video games...
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...the vending machines and their contents will move through a life cycle will be moderate. Moderate is used to describe the pace because the product will spend more time in the growth phase than any other. The time spent in this growth phase will be attributed to the public and private contracts needed to make this product succeed. These contracts will require time early in the growth phase for marketing to our intended targets. These targets will be primarily of government sorts with many of the private contracts obtained after the initial wave. The schools and other government contracts that are looking to be obtained will be obtained in the late introduction and early growth stage. This time period of growth will be the longest also in part to the introduction stage of establishing a market is already there. These machines are a replacement to the current system of vending machine foods. The marketing goal is to replace, not compete side-by-side with the no nutritional machines. The contracts that will be targeted will be aimed at not only a sales and revenue prospects but aimed at bettering the lives of the clients involved. This helps the marketing of the machines and food much easier to parents and school officials. Once the product has replaced the current “junk food” vending machines the product will have reached peek growth and enter the maturity phase. This phase will be differ slightly from average product maturity phases. The healthy vending machines; once...
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...There are many debates involving soft drink and junk food vending machines in elementary school, middle/junior high school, and high schools. Some states have restricted student use during school hours by putting a block on the machines so they won’t tak money, but after school hours students can access the machines. As of January 2004, Arkansas is the only state that has passed legislation banning vending machines in elementary schools. This is not just a state issue, though. Some cities and local schools districts have taken the inicitive and enforced policies to ban or replace certain foods and beverages in vending machines with more health options. Snack machines are filled with junk food, which causes and triggers many problems such as, diabetes, obesity, and heart disease. Since snack machines could possibly cause so many fatal problems, why don’t we just eliminate the problem by removing snack machines from schools. If more schools would follow behind Arkansas, the potential problems could be decreased. Approximately 215,000 people under the age of 20 years old have been diagnosed with diabetes, whether it be type 1 or type 2. Diabetes is a chronic (lifelong) disease marked by high levels of sugar in the blood. Between the years of 2002 and 2005, 15,600 children and adolescents were diagnosed with type 1 diabetes , and 3,600 children and adolescents were diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. Snack machines are filled with foods that are high in sugar and could be potentially...
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...Electronic machine used to disperse a product to a consumer after a certain amount of money has been put into the machine. Vending machines are commonly used to disperse beverages and snack items, but in recent years companies have introduced vending machines that disperse other items, even including electronic items such as digital cameras or iPods. Often the focus of profitable business ventures, ice cream vending machines can be found in supermarkets and many commercial venues such as shopping malls and train stations. There are several different kinds which can be fitted with various functional and decorative components. Some store only ice cream, but others sometimes contain other frozen foods as well. Other machines are capable of making ice cream from ingredients which are stored separately, depending on desired flavour, and based on recipes contained in computer memory. Many ice cream vending machines include pre-packaged ice cream snacks. These typically have a temperature control system in addition to mechanisms that handle dollar bills and coins. Coin changers are usually integrated as well, so a customer can receive change once he or she purchases a product. There are also ice cream vending machines that can store the ingredients to various recipes separately. These sometimes have a robotic arm that can accurately pick from the ingredients inside the machine; some robotics include suction devices to hold items. More sophisticated ice cream vending machines include...
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