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Obesity is a growing problem that we should take seriously. But the way to solve it is not to limit
the choice of food in schools as children will just fill up on unhealthy food outside of schools.
Instead we need to increase the amount of sport and exercise in schools and educate children about
eating healthily. At the same time we should encourage parents to provide a balanced diet for their
children.Schools need to teach pupils about how to make healthy choices and what makes a balanced
diet. They need education on what’s good for you but then need to be given the chance to choose
for themselves between an apple and a chocolate bar. Otherwise as soon as they’re out of school,
they’ll still eat three chocolate bars because you haven’t changed their mindset. They may even
eat more junk food on purpose as an act of rebellion. So schools should serve a range of food, not
just salads and other “health foods”, in order to provide such a choice.A balanced diet includes
small amounts of sugar, fat and salt – how do you decide what is healthy and what is not? Portions
are key to a healthy diet. If pupils are very active and involved in sport, they may need to eat a
lot of calories. You have to teach children and their parents to make responsible choices for
themselves Students are eating enough junk food outside the schools. If the schools do not encourage
healthy eating habits, nothing will. Schools should sell other healthier snacks instead.. The
upbringing of children is mostly down to parents – the state shouldn’t take the job on through
its schools.There is a difference between providing something healthy as a free extra and limiting
children’s access to food at lunchtime. You won’t make a difference with school meals if a child
can just have an extra Macdonald’s burger or three more chocolate bars on the way home if they are
hungry. If a school wants to make a difference, they should have more compulsory PE lessons to
improve children’s fitness levelsThe difference between cigarettes and unhealthy foods is that
even smoking occasionally is bad for your health, whereas eating fat, sugar and salt in moderation
is not bad for you. It’s important to learn about how to make choices for a balanced diet.If
children don’t eat healthily at home they are more likely to avoid healthy school dinners. Instead
they will bring an unhealthy packed lunch or go out of school for junk food in the lunchhour.
Figures show that since the Jamie Oliver campaign in the UK, demand for school dinners has gone down
by 20%. So there is no quick fix to encourage healthy eating and school meal campaigns may even be
unhelpful. Tackling obesity properly will mean changing our food culture and that will involve the
media, advertisers, food retailers and educators all playing a part. |
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More funding . . . Not that the schools use funding very efficiently, but I'm sure it
helps.
Besides, what else are you going to do with 85¢ at school? |
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Go junk I get high and then I'm ready to learn so yea GO Junk food(but i don't eat a lot) |
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Oh yea it gives you education!!!! |
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Yes they are very tasty and are not all bad |
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Yes it is cause sometimes kids need a snack |
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Junk food in small amounts causes no harm huge portions aren't good, but some will not hurt. |
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It is good for people on the go. And besides that is why we have gyms and things like that. |
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It is human nature to do things they cant so if there weren't any junk food kids would sneak it in.
Junk food is less expensive. Vending machines are expensive but I'm talking about ALL junk food in
schools. Organic or fresh food are more expensive than fresh food potterpal. It is good to have a
balance of healthy food and junk food rather than just one kind of food. |
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16 Apr 2008 18:04
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