Girl Scout Cookies: Rich In Trans-Fats

My comment is not actually a comment it is a cry for help. I am 16 years old and I go to a high school in coastal Washington. Our town is an economic slum, and many families are poverty stricken, so therefore a large number of students that attend schools in this district are on free or reduced meals. The big problem I am wanting to fix is the horrible food the students at this school are being served. Allof the meals are pumped with grease and processed meat and cheese. Even the salads are disgusting because the veggies are not fresh. It is my belief that a result of this poor nutrition is the rising obeseity in my school. The students who are not obese or over weight eat at home or go about fitness in the wrong way. The guys live off of protien supplements and steroids, and the girls eat close to nothing. I believe over 2/3's of the students attending my high school are overweight, obese, or obscenely obese. Students that attend school in this district are practicing an unhealthy lifestyle which I believe will lead to habit. here is a bit of interesting knowledge about my town- Across the street from the YMCA (where many people excersize and weight train) is a McDonalds, and let me tell you, that cross walk is used all too often. What I am asking from you is help finding a public speaker that could do an assembly at my school. I believe that is the first step to making my school healthier. Maybe someday the cafeterias will produce healthier food, but first I just want to get information out to the students of my school, and possibly the middle school and the three elementary schools. Please reply to my request with any tips or information on public speakers. Thank you- Taryn
tveloni_22@hotmail.com

Hi Taryn,

Where do you live? I'm in touch with a lot of Dietitians. There's more involved than just walking into the auditorium, but let's start with a city and State (if you're in the US) and see where we go from there.

Stephen Moss, Author, Lose Weight with The Power of One: A Motivational Journey to Nutritional Sanity. Available at Amazon.com

Taryn, what an awesome responsibility you have take on, and I am impressed by your concern for the other students.

There are some moves by government to get better food choices into schools, but it's at a stage of seeing how it works. Fast food = cheap, healthy & fresh food = $$$$.

Even if you could get someone to speak - would the students listen? People have to want to change before they are willing to take action. But be encouraged - just one person CAN make change.

PS. Thanks Stephen, for coming and making a comment...

yumm....girl scout cookies.... *drool* lol sry sry...i should be serious right now..*ahem*

I need to know the calories of the cookies.

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