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With all the influences made in recent years to regulate the amount of food students eat for lunch at school, many students have been buying more than one lunch. Most of the students that buy more than one lunch usually get two, however, there are a few students that even buy three lunches.

The limits that have been made were meant to promote healthy eating and to influence students to eat smaller portions, but junior Brennan McKendree said that the proportions the school gives to students are not enough to keep them full and focused throughout the day.

In 2010, First Lady Michelle Obama launched Let’s Move!  which is an initiative to promote healthy eating. While the focus for these limits have been to get students to eat healthier food, some students feel they are forced to consume even more calories.

Among the big eaters, there is little concern schools could eventually limit the number of lunches students buy.

Sophomore Brendan Kowalski said, “I don’t think the school could limit the amount of lunches a student wants to buy. They have the right to eat what they want.”

Sophomore Ethan McGee buys three lunches daily and claimed to spend roughly 100 dollars some weeks on lunches at B-A. Junior Nic Mallory buys two lunches daily and said he spends around $20 a week.

Even though Senior Trenton Creppage buys three lunches a day, he does not think it could affect his health. On the other hand, McGee believes that at one point it could have some effect on his health.

McGee also agreed that he could choose to eat the healthier meals that the school provides but chooses to eat junk food, like chicken patties and fries.

Although it may not come as much of a surprise, it is extremely rare (especially in high school) to see girls buying more than one lunch at a time. Why? Mallory and McKendree both agreed that girls worry that people will think they’re fat, which shouldn’t be the case.