Why Should Sugary Drinks Be Banned In Schools

Sugar addiction is a problem that has been in our society for many years. In today's world this type of addiction is being composed into drinks. Sugary drinks are found everywhere from local stores, to in home refrigerators. Sodas, juices, and energy drinks, all fall under unhealthy remedies to thirst. Sugar addiction can only restrain us from accomplishing healthy goals in life. Sugary drinks can lead to harming one's body. Over the past few years, many cities and states have considered taxing sodas and other sugary beverages. Sugary drinks must be tax due to its unhealthy components and addiction.

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To begin with, these sugar regulations would need to set a limited on the amount of sugar allowed in these products. Otherwise, people will continue to consume more and more sugar. Right now, it is a fact that “Each 12-ounce serving of soda a person consumes each day raised type 2 diabetes risk by 10 to 15 percent, and many Americans are consuming

However this argument is weak due to the most popular places, such as fast-food chains, are affected by the ban. You would also have to go out of your way to buy more soda, which is a huge inconvenience and it will cost more money, simply because you want an unhealthy beverage. The text “Soda’s a Problem But...” Klein argues against the ban, but a lot of her pieces of reasoning are not logical, for example “People would simply buy two 16-ounce cups” (Klein 289). This is illogical because it will cost more money to buy multiple cups of soda, which would cost more money, and they may not finish the soda’s that they bought at the convenience store or restaurant.  If you bought more cups of soda you would be taking up space within your car, if you have less space you will not have anywhere else to store more valuable objects like your phone or wallet. Soda being harder to get will help us make a healthier society because it will discourage people from buying more soda than they actually

No, because many kids at school want to enjoy a soda and candy for their own reasons. In, schools they say that many of these foods that they provide for the students is very unhealthy and can lead to obesity to students, but what will banning all soda’s and candy do, it surely won’t stop obesity throughout the school. This shows that banning soda and candy should not be banned. The problem is not the soda or the candy the problem is the unlimited supplies of the products are available at school seven days a week and 9 hours a day. The obesity is coming from the soda and candy but the reason is because the product is available. The other problem is if we were to take all the soda’s and candy away from school how will the students be able to realize that not only are they making bad choices but, will crave for more of the soda or candy and find ways to drink or chew more.

The third source I looked was an article which is ‘First tobacco, now sugar. Next they’ll regulate our trousers’. The purpose of this article is to persuade the government not to step in and tell people what to eat, drink and how to be healthy because people have their own rights to live, however they decide to live. This article is both sided for and against as well because the source has an interesting fact that drink fizzy drinks are not good for our health as it contain a lot of sugar. This point I have used as a for because this point tells me that not only changing the food will help you to stay away from obesity, drinking a lot of fizzy drink might link to serious disease like being obese. A quote to prove my point is “do you know that fizzy drinks and chocolate are bad

Did you know that drinking sugary drinks is actually a smaller cause of obesity than genetics? Although the state of New York has tried to instate a ban on soda, they have not been successful. The soda ban of New York has not been a success because people would find a way around the ban. Also the ban would cost the state more money than it has to spend.

However, the soda ban is not the best way to regulate people’s health because they can still buy as much soda as they want. According to “Three Cheers for the Nanny State” it states, “After all, people can still buy as much soda as they want” (Conly, 277). The soda ban should not be placed because there is really no point in doing

The soda ban is said to be a bad idea because it excludes diet soda and fruit juice which causes obesity and

Sugar is everywhere in our lives. When you eat, sugar is in the food such as hamburger, sandwiches, pizza, bread, etc. When you drink, sugar is in the beverage like soda, juice, coffee and even milk. Furthermore, sugar exists in snacks such as cookies, cupcakes, biscuits and so on. I cannot list everything with sugar here. Actually, when we eat, we eat sugar. Unfortunately, sugar is now considering a toxic to our bodies. It causes diseases like obesity, diabetes, heart attack and cancer, etc. As sugar threatens the public health, government is considering curb sugar consumption by taxes on sugar; restrictions placed on food production and even age requirements on purchasing sugary foods. For this research project, I decided to pursue the question, Should sugar be regulated? This question deserves to be examined because we need to make some change for life to reduce sugar intake but at the same time it’s controversial that whether the government should intervene and regulate sugar. I wonder how the government will take appropriate measures to regulate sugar as well as improve public health.

When most people think about sugar, their first thoughts are not: heart disease, addiction, or slow and painful death; yet, unfortunately, these conditions are very real consequences of the unregulated and excessive consumption of sugar. In Nature’s article, “The Toxic Truth About Sugar” (2012), Robert Lustig, pediatric endocrinologist; Laura Schmidt, Professor of Health Policy at UCSF; and Claire Brindis, Professor of Pediatrics and Health Policy at UCSF, evaluate the world’s ever-increasing and toxic struggle with the substance sugar – also discussing counter measures to promote healthier diets amongst American’s and other societies. Lustig and his colleagues develop their argument using statistical evidence as they address the global impact of sugar, refuting minor oppositions, before dissecting each harmful aspect of the substance – even comparing it to substances more known for their toxicity. Eventually, presenting readers with possible routes of regulation, the authors firmly suggest government intervention in the production and sale of sugary foods. Although the argument is well executed, I remain unconvinced that government intervention is actually necessary.

Soda banning is one of the uttermost debatable and controversial topics in the country. One of the questions that people are asking is should soda be banned? The soda ban is the best way to go to eradicate obesity in the country. It will lower the risks for diabetes, cancer, and death. If we banned it, we will save people from the ramifications of their health. More importantly, the economy could increase and create numerous jobs for out of work people. However, if the ban does happen diet soda won’t be a part of the ban even though it consists of a dangerous chemical, aspartame. Furthermore, if we banned it, we might be taking away a citizen's right to drink whatever they crave whenever they please. That being the case, the biggest

Should the government be able to tell us the amount of sugary drinks we consume? In the recent years obesity has become a national problem. Because of obesity, the current generation of American children might be having a shorter life than their parents. Children learn about acceptable behavior by observing and copying their parents, in this case the healthy way they eat and drink. Existing factors said that the ones responsible for a big change were sugary drinks causing us a drastic change in health. Sodas for example are cheap, especially if you buy them on sale. That’s one reason the obesity rate is higher and more accessible to consume in low income families. To emphasize sugary drinks mostly contain caffeine and chemicals in which harm our body. This cause make the government concerned encouraging them to limit the amount consumed, but -Do sugary drinks really cause the problem? -Does the Government have to take extreme actions to ban sugary drinks? Or -Do we have the right to drink wherever we want and how much we can to drink?

Childhood obesity is increasing and because the growth of this problem. two solutions have arised banning junk food and increasing activity opportunities for children. Junk food is not healthy for students, however it is a main source of profit for many schools. Junk food should not be banned in school because students are in control of what they eat and drink, schools are losing money and junk food is not the leading cause of obesity

Junk food has been blamed for the high rate of obesity in children all over the world. Many people consider junk food to be chips, cookies, soda and other high-calorie and high-sugar foods. These unhealthy snacks are sold at schools in cafeterias and vending machines, influencing children to make poor decisions by buying these snacks. Instead, schools should promote healthier food options to give to their students. Junk foods should be banned from schools because of the high rate obesity it leads to, affects children’s classroom behavior, and could possibly lead to depression.