Schools Should Ban Sodas and Junk Food
The Institute of Medicine issued a report yesterday urging federal government to ban sodas and junk food from schools, substituting them with healthier foods.
Why? Chew on This!, a new book co-authored by Eric Schlosser, makes a convincing argument that schools have become pushers of fast food and sugary sodas because it make them money--lots of it. Only with pressure from parents will we see this change.
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posted by pam at 3:47 PM
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I too am outraged at the amount of junk food that is offered to adolescents without a parent present. As parents we expect to be able to trust the schools, teachers, and government to set up a safe environment that promotes learning in our schools. So the fact that our schools are filled with junk food for our children to choose from when we can not be present is ridiculous!
I'm a teacher whom worked at an ELEMENTARY school where the children had funnel cake offered to them in the morning breakfast program. I am still drop jawed and upset over this realization. I didn't know many children who would choose the healthy options over the special treat of a funnel cake! As a teacher all I can do is suggest healthier options to the students, but I do not get to make the parental call, and unfortunately neither do their parents because they are not present!
To top it off the sugar in and on a funnel cake can take away an entire more of productive learning! The energy blast of sugar makes them hard to focus, then they become tired from the sugar rush and have trouble focusing on learning.
There is NO reason for these items to even be offered in a public school supported by tax dollars! I don't think they should be offered in any school!
THanks for that interesting post. It's true that we, parents, are often the enablers, plying kids with sugary treats at every event (and non-event. It seems to me that kids have way too many more class parties...)
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