Topic Question: Are bought lunches or brought lunches more nutritional for students to be consuming?

Secondary Questions:

• What are the different food groups included in a bought lunch and a brought lunch?
• What is considered nutritional?
• Are students finishing their given lunches?

Collaborative Group Thoughts:

• What are children eating in school?
• Brain food versus junk food?
• “Are we fat?”
• What is the percentage of obesity in children?
• Do genetics play a role?
• Statistics in obesity among children in other countries.
• What are schools doing to help children stay fit?
• Do parents care?
• Diabetes I children.

Procedure: Interviewing and observing two middle schools- private (bought lunches) and public (bought lunches).

Interviewees: 

• Lunch aids
• Gym teachers
• Lunch servers
• Companies
• Cafeteria food director

Materials:

• Sound recorder
• Camera
• Surveys/ Food Guide Pyramid
• Research

 
Collaborative Interview Questions:

• Do you usually see the same faces in the lunch lines?
• Do you consider the meals served to be healthy?
• Do the kids usually tend to buy the same meals?
• Do you consider the meals served in the cafeteria to be healthy?
• What are you doing to improve the health of your students?
• Do the kids usually eat all of their lunch? If not, which parts aren't they eating?
• How did you company decide on the meals you serve?
• Is the health of the children a top priority?
• Are the children eating all of the food they bring from home?
• How many of the students buy lunch?
• Is it always the same children?
• What type of meals are the parents packing their children?
• Do the children eat all of their lunch?
• Do certain children have generally the same lunch every day?
• What percentage of kids have fruit in their lunch?
• What is the most popular food that children have in their lunch?
• If the children don't have a lunch, what are their options at school?
• Is there a certain reward/punishment for the children not finishing their lunch?
• Do the teachers make the children eat their lunches in a particular order? Ex: Sandwich before snack.
• What types of drinks do the children have with their lunch?
• Is it known if any of the children have diabetes?
• How does the cafeteria department determine which lunches should be served? -Is it based on a nutritional scale or on popularity of lunches bought?
• What are the most popular lunches bought by students?
• What are the least entrées bought?
• Do students drink white milk more or chocolate?
• Does your school offer additional snacks or juice machines for students to purchase?
• Do students eat the fruits served or are they being wasted and thrown away?
• Are there any rules on what the child are or are not allowed to pack in their lunches?
• Are students sharing lunches?
• Do the students trade foods?
• Are the lunch aids making sure the students are eating?
• What are the jobs of the lunch aids during lunch time?
• How many choices are there for the students who are buying their lunches at school?
• Do the parents have any say in what the children buy at school for lunch?
• Are there any lunches being served at schools that apply for students with allergies to food?
• Do the gym teaches explain the health benefits to eating well?
• What is the percentage of bought and brought foods in the public school?