Many American middle schools and high schools have been the target of many media outlets for the poor food choices made in lunch lines. If kids don't have the time to pack a lunch for the day, they have no other choice but to order food at their school. Schools across the nation are continuing to serve greasy meal options, such as French fries, pizza and tacos, along with high sugar juice, soda and even coffee.

Parents were slowly seeing how these diets were affecting their children's studies in the classroom and their attitudes at home and have worked to implement healthier choices in their school campuses. Many principals and school officials are offering alternative and healthier snacks through their vending machine options. Students can tend to their hungry appetites with choices such as fruit snacks, wheat and multi-grain crackers, dried fruit roll ups and low calorie cookies. Drink options have also changed from highly caffeinated sodas and coffee drinks to 100 percent real juices, flavored water options and sparkling waters. Today's students can always take the junk food route, but why would they now that so many more nutritious doors have opened up to them on campus.

If you are a school official, or even a student, you might want to look into transforming your greasy option school to a healthier environment with the implementation of snack vending machines and soda vending machines that offer more nutritious choices. Ask other students what they snack on during the day and decide if your school would benefit from this change. Most students don't carry a lot of money on them during the day, so affordably priced snacks would be a great option for them as well. Once you get an abundant amount of feedback from students, parents, coaches, teachers and other school officials, your school will be a happier place to be around.