Economic Cost of Obesity
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Economic Cost of the School Lunch Program |
Savings from the New Lunch Program |
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Conclusion
While implementing healthier school meals will be expensive, it will be better for the national economy and the American people in the long run. If schools employment of the healthier meal plans result in the anticipated decrease in childhood obesity, and if the other healthy measures that are beginning to be used throughout society to reduce obesity, such as the Let’s Move Campaign working on building more grocery stores in urban areas and educating parents and children about the importance of healthy eating, also yield the expected results, obesity rates should begin to drastically decline. Declining obesity rates would save the nation money, which would make healthier school food practical in the context of the national economy.