Should The Vending Machines Be Allowed In Schools

Schools do a “good” job in promoting certain healthy foods in their cafeterias. Yes, students do not enjoy eating them but it is for their good. The fact that schools sell the “baked” chips is a good and a bad idea. It is a good idea because they are healthier than the regular chips sold in grocery stores and smaller than regular sizes. The bad part comes to the fact that they are still being sold and most students prefer to purchase them instead of fruits. In my case, I know I would prefer to eat those chips instead of the fruits. Vending machines are rarely seen in schools but the schools that do have them do not have healthy items inside. Sodas and junk snacks are what are mostly seen in those vending machines along with others. Students

What is bright, colorful, controversial, and found in many school hallways? The answer is vending machines. Vending machines in schools have always been a debated topic. While some feel vending machines should not be placed in schools, others feel the advantages far outweigh the disadvantages. Those in favor of vending machines claim they generate revenue for schools. Those opposed argue vending machines are full of unhealthy snacks, contributing to our youth’s health problems.

“The regulations went on to stipulate that only fruits, vegetables, dairy products, lean-protein foods, and whole-grain items could be sold in cafeterias or vending machines. Limiting the maximum calorie count of 200 for snacks and 350 for entrees” (Ballaro and Griswold) This explains the limitation put on schools throughout the country. Television was one of the major influencing factors that led kids to higher energy foods and drinks. Children would see their favorite character or show advertising a snack or a drink; therefore, so children feel they need to enjoy it as well.

Schools should have vending machines. Schools should vending machines because some students have afterschool activities. In addition, some students wait for their parents for a long time which makes them hungry. Plus, students may have end of the day P.E. Students can get hungry from doing after school activities. Students can get hungry

Such practices are a concern, in part, due to the out-of-control statistics regarding obesity in America’s youth. Commercial vending machines in the hallways of public schools promote the consumption of junk food in youth. Often this consumption ends in tooth decay, hyperactivity and childhood obesity. In fact, according to the Center for Disease Control,

Vending machines should be allowed in every school. Most students do not eat school lunch; others cannot leave school campus to go get lunch. And many do not bring lunch from home. Throughout school I am not really hungry, but a snack here and there is good. Not all vending machines have to have unhealthy snacks in them. Another good reason to have vending machines in school is to help school profit. With the money a school makes in a vending machine, they could buy new school supplies. So much money can be made off vending machines. A big issue with having vending machines is that the high calorie snacks cause obesity. That is not true because not all snacks are unhealthy. Having vending machines give students the right to make the decision

Valencia High School can encourage healthy eating by banning junk food from the student store and vending machines across campus. The junk food offered on campus serves as a temptation for many students with, “candy, cookies, sports drinks and sodas [being] food staples [that] students expect to find available at their schools” (Kisch). If it is not offered, people will not feel the need to buy it. When this junk food is replaced

Junk food contributes to childhood obesity in a very large way. About thirty-two percent of children are overweight and almost seventy-four percent are unfit. The bad food that is displayed in schools contributes to this problem. Piel points out that “foods and beverages available at schools make up a significant proportion of the daily calorie intake they should contribute to a healthful diet.”(Piel 14). One single can of soda has as much as thirteen teaspoons of sugar in the form of high-fructose corn syrup. Many of these sodas are available to children for low prices in vending machines as well as other

The young child stands looking up at the tall machine filled with every food he could want and more, stuffed behind the thick glass. How likely is it that he’ll walk past and instead choose a nice crunchy carrot over his Cheetos? Simple choices like these add up over time to make up a lifestyle of habits. A child’s diet is the building block to their health and the nutrition that they intake at school is vital to the rest of their life. Despite previous efforts to reduce the abundance of junk food within school lunch programs, there is still a great need to rethink the availability of caffeine and snacks, saturated in fat that could potentially lead to an array of health issues.

Vending machines in school are good so students can have options between healthy and unhealthy snacks. Some may say that this wouldn’t help obesity; however, the school has the choice of what they want to put in it. First, according to Bevco inc there are healthy options “Schools can choose to have healthy snacks as an option.” (Benefits of Vending

Companies have targeted schools, and in effect children, as a place to sell their sugary soft drinks and fattening products. “Vending machines stocked with candy and soft drinks are rife: nearly 19 out of 20 high schools have vending machines that sell soda, while nearly 60 percent of

To begin with,I want to talk about why should we have vending machines at school. If we get vending machines we should have healthy snacks instead of junk food. A vending machine will be nice if students miss food meals and they are hungry. Vending machine should be allowed in school because students can be hungry,get sick,and they may be skipped meals.

Read the last two pages of the student research paper on junk food and student achievement, and focus on errors in MLA Style. If you are not

The rate of diabetes is growing rapidly because people are getting into the habit of eating sugary foods at a young age. According to Rosemary Ferguson, a nutritionist, in the past 15 years the numbers of Americans diagnosed with diabetes has doubled to an estimate of 23.6 million. Since 2012, around 31.8 percent of children have been diagnosed either overweight or obese (“Obesity Rates &….”). Where students are getting unhealthy food is mostly in their school’s vending machines. It’s hard enough for parents to guide their children’s food choices, and it is impossible if the schools are peddling junk food throughout the day (“School Vending Machine….”). Instead of a vending machine that has sugary snacks and sodas, schools should decrease the availability of sweets. One of the reasons why students are getting into the habit of eating junk food is because parents are not telling them no. Students buy these sugary snacks from vending machines daily because there are few healthier choices. Schools should increase those better choices, such as fruits, vegetables, and drinks with less sugar. Starting at a young age, if children don’t take care of how much sugary food they are eating, their chances of having diabetes will grow even more.

I believe that it is time to consider putting healthier options into Mountain View vending machines. My child has expressed wanting to have better options to choose from, rather than having to opt for chips or pop tarts. I do not want to see the removal of everything that is bad or that has too much sugar because I do believe that is taking away the students’ rights to make that choice. In a study by Maia Paterson parents had this to say ” Parents saw high school as a time during which it is appropriate for children to have more freedom in decision-making and more responsibility for taking care of themselves.” In the same study it says “Parents viewed the issue of soft drink vending machines as a matter of their children’s personal choice more