Junk Food Should Be Banned In Schools

“Studies have shown school organic gardens,salad bars and healthy lunches improve the health and academic performance of young people.”,stated cummins in his text. Andrew P p. Morris, in his article “ Bad-food taxes will clog our economic arteries beyond repair”, states that “ it is no ones business but yours what you eat.” There might be some truth to this but it is shocking on how many people overeat junk food. When advertisements promote healthy food like vegetables and fruits instead of greasy hamburgers and flimsy fries people want to eat healthy . We have let junk food brainwash youths and even adults into thinking that it's okay to eat outside of their home

In reality, most of the junk food eaten on campus is brought in. Trying to eliminate it from schools is a waste of time, money, and Education” (Metallo). A lot of people see banning fast food from our schools as a waste of time and money. True that even if schools don’t allow fast food in schools, kids will still sneak it in. For high schoolers who leave campus for lunch go to fast food chains anyway, and the schools cannot necessarily control that. It isn’t necessarily the school's job to control what the kids eat, ultimately it comes down to the parents teaching the children healthy eating habits. Many people see it like that, but as human beings shouldn’t we do the right thing no matter what the circumstances? So yes, you cannot completely ban something from schools, but it’s worth a shot even just to show that we

The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 requires USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) to establish nutrition standards for all foods sold in schools. This will offer healthier snacks to children, while limiting junk food intake. Due to Mrs. Obama's "Let's Move" initiative, the USDA recently outlawed junk food in public schools in the United States, along with the starting healthy lunches to decrease obesity in the United States. However, the banning of junk foods in schools is likely to be ineffective for three main reasons: there are other options, psychology states human beings do what they know they shouldn't, and teaching kids is the job of the parents.

Many people in today 's generation are constantly are craving junk food. It is patently evident junk food plays a major role in the cause of obesity. According to a study called "Psychological science", Obesity leads to numerous health issues including heart disease, high blood pressure and type 2 diabetes. The treatment of these health issues cost billions of tax health dollars (Physiological science, 2014). Permitting junk food in schools will cause greater chances of obesity. Students will be heading on a venture. Furthermore, obesity is a continuous major problem since the past several years. In 2010, a 4 year old girl named

Junk food does not give a student a legitimate meal for the day. Many students can not focus in tests and are tired when they participate in extracurricular activities such as football. In the U.S. the number of obese kids has tripled over 38 years. Also, at this age many kids are still growing and need healthy and nutritious food to support their growing bodies and cannot just eat french fries, a hamburger and a coke for lunch. Not only do kids have weight problems they can have other permanent damage to their body.

Junk food, junk food, junk food is around all corners of schools. Chocolate, cookies, soda, potato chips, and Sour Strings may sound delectable to some people, but are they nutritious? Some people wonder if there should be a change. Encouraging exceptional nutrition in schools is essential by reasons of students will consume foods that are better for them, schools will pay less for meals, and fewer students would go hungry.

How would you like to eat a big spoonful of sugar? Sounds disgusting. Chances are, you have. Ketchup has at least four grams of sugar per serving. Students across America are being served foods at school with hidden sugar. Do you think sweets/soda should be banned at school? I think so, especially considering the consequences.

In the first place, you may agree that forcing students not to eat junk food “... undermines students’ ability to learn how to make healthy decisions for themselves”, stated by J. Justin Wilson. I strongly disagree because I believe that instead, this will help a student set good habits or a routine. If they are not given the option to eat high-calorie snacks then sooner or later they will not even realize that they haven't ate junk food. I can speak from personal experience, my family is not a very big soda drinker, we rarely have soda in the house. The

Many school in the United States have junk food in them for either fundraiser for sport or for the school benefits. Critics would say that school should sell junk food. I say they shouldn’t for the health of the kids.

What would junk food in schools do to help students? Why is junk food allowed in schools when it causes multiple problems? Schools are already starting to ban the sale of junk food in schools. That includes products like soda, candy, chips, or any unhealthy levels of fat and sugar. In schools, the sale of junk food would not be available in vending machines or in the cafeteria. The students may be allowed to bring their own choice of food from home. Although school programs benefit from selling junk food, it should be banned from school because childhood obesity is increasing each year, poor eating habits lead to health consequences in the future, and the vending machines will not do any help but just to provide unhealthy food in school.

Schools shouldn’t be allowed to sell junk food for numeral reasons because it affects students negatively. Teenagers are more than likely the main ones affected by junk food. Students in school should be learning good nutritional choices. If junk food was to be passed out freely during school then everyone would be so unhealthy. Junk food negatively affects our lives in many ways such as obesity, diabetes, distractions in class, and heart, liver and kidney disease.

If we teach young kids from now on about nutritional foods they will be aware of what they eat and will have a healthy eating habit and therefore a better community. Having better foods at cheaper prices will make more people buy them and not spending their money in junk food. Muffins, fried food, burgers, pizzas, cheese pies this calorie-high, sugary-rich foods on sale to us one out of three children is obese Selling of junk food to minors on a daily basis should be considered child abuse. Our generation has more cardiovascular diseases than ever before due to obesity. People can ban junk food from schools and educate the students about nutritious foods before it’s too late! Otherwise in about 10 years half of EIS community will be obese and these will not be good for our sports teams there is little or no nutritional value to junk food, and it is so necessary to teach children about healthy eating habits. We do not need junk food in school systems! Junk food has no benefits at all and unnecessary If we want students to stay get rid of these killer

Junk food should not be banned because once a kid leaves school they can get junk food whenever they want outside of school. The author in “Why Junk Food at School Isn't Making Kids Fat,” Benjamin Rashord, states, “It's not that middle schoolers aren't eating junk food; indeed they are, just like most Americans. It's that most of the junk food they're eating is not coming through the schools” (2). The author is saying that once children leave school or arrive at school they can get junk food wherever they want because schools can not control children's actions outside of school. Another example from the text is, "Schools only represent a small portion of children's food environment" (3). This quote is saying that even if schools ban junk food from there vicinity it will only play a small part in a child’s diet. Furthermore the author states that, "They can get food at home, they can get food in their neighborhoods, and they can go across the street from the school to buy food (7). This is stating that once students reach their community they can get whatever food they want in their community which defeats the purpose of banning

The decision of American schools banning junk food is ridiculous. The students want for sugar is inevitable, they will find a way to have some. Thus banning junk food will not help the school, but junk food is not the only issue with child obesity. Junk food should not be banned because schools are losing money, junk food is not the only cause of obesity, and students can bring food from the outside into the school.

One of the hardest things to understand is that fast food is also introduced into our schools from kindergarten to university: for example, many schools give our children's, french fries, burgers, pizza, cheese sticks, and other foods that are affecting our kids' health. Also, we can see that in most of the schools from junior high to university have a lot of vending machines fill with chips, chocolate, candy, sodas,etc.... Now,many of the companies see our students and the school as a sales point. In Austin article “Food and beverage marketing in schools: A review of the evidence” he mentions that “Children and adolescents spend many of their waking hours at school where they consume approximately one-third of their daily energy intake” (2). Our students are powerless because they do not choose what is in vending machines and convenience stores. We are always trying to eat healthier but there have been always the temptation of eating chips and soda. How can we stop it? That's the big question that everyone ask themselves. If the world continues like this our student will be in danger because as parents and as a community, we are powerless to stand up and do justice.