Argument #5

5.  Claim:  When healthy choices are available along with junk food, students will not tend to select the healthy options.

Evidence:  On a typical day at River Grove High School, the lunch featured grilled chicken breasts, rice, steamed broccoli, and a fruit cup of fresh watermelon cubes.  The cafeteria reported that 819 out of 1,120 students purchased this lunch selection, while the rest selected less healthy options.

Warrant: Students always tend to buy what to them looks appetizing.  Sometimes the healthy food in the cafeteria is way to healthy that it does not have any taste to them and it just does nto taste good at all.  If students do want to choose the healthy food they might not buy it just because the food is healthy it becomes very expensive for students to buy it everyday.  At River Grove High School it did show that many people chose the healthy food but for most people eating healthy is nasty because they dont like certaing vegetables, fruit, or the food just doesnt fill them up.  Unfortunately many students choose the junk food because it tastes better and they are not going to eat something that has no taste just because its healthy.  That is why even though they are some healthy options many students will choose the ones that are not healthy because they are cheeper, better taste, and fill them up.