Is Junk Food The True Bad Food? In many school systems across the United States, there are many different opinions on whether or not junk food should be banned. Some people favor the thought of junk food in school systems and feel as though kids should be able to eat what they want. Others believe that schools should provide students with healthier snacks and meals to eat. The true question is, how much is too much? There are certain school systems taking over meal plans and completely…
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unfocused in class? It has been brought to my attention that all schools in the state of New Jersey are trying to ban “junk food” in school cafeterias. I agree with the decision to remove junk food for three very important reasons. My first reason is it is unhealthy to the human body. My second reason is it affects our education, and my final reason is there are more important places to spend the “junk food” money. To begin with, junk food is without a doubt unhealthy. It is one of the major causes…
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accumulating fluid in the heart and throughout the body. Heart disease is another common problem among Americans, a class of heart conditions such as heart attack and coronary artery disease. Junk food was probably eaten in moderation. That ability has been taken away from government by banning it in schools, as well taxing these and sweet beverages too. According to Linda Bacon, author of Health at Every Size: The Surprising Truth about Your Weight she stated, “there is a widespread belief that fat…
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Toynbee writes that things like forcing food producers to cut the amount of sugar, fat and salt in food and banning the junk food advertisements in brakes between children’s programmes is it very least things the government should do and that Introducing more sports in school would be a good idea to further counter obesity. Toynbee says that no one chooses to be obese and that everybody wants to be thin. Even young children have now started to worry about body image she says and even the frequency…
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dear,mrs.keepers, I opposed to the fact that schools are thinking about banning chocolate milk here are some reasons why you should not ban chocolate milk .if you ban chocolate milk then schools will get less money for equipment for school. .kids who drink chocolate milk drink more than kids who don’t drink chocolate milk. .only 35 kids in my school order chocolate milk daily. .some lunch ladies believe that the chocolate milk gives kids a lot of sugar. .chocolate milk does not get you the same…
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START SOMEWHERE MICHELLE BRODBENT KAPLAN UNIVERSITY Professor Russ III CM220-20 October 27, 2014 THE NEED TO START SOMEWHERE While the SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) program seems to be helping millions of poverty homes put food on the table, it has created a downside and has room for improvement. As studies have proven, poverty stricken and the SNAP program has been linked to the increase in obesity and has caused health care prices to rise. Research conducted by the University…
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History of the Problem Across the United States the issues surrounding school lunches have been talked about for years, yet there is still so much that still needs to be done. Children’s diets are not up to par with nutritional standards and school is a main source of food for students. Kids eat at school 180 days of the year. This affects their eating habits significantly whether they purchase the school lunches or not. Studies have shown, “The top four sources of calories in the average American…
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There is no doubt that Australia is a nanny state, some actually argue that Australia has turned into one of the world’s strongest enforcing nanny state. Australia was once known as laid back and very fair with their people. A country whose citizens were friendly folk who lived a relaxed life style. It seems now however that the country has done a complete flip and by slowly incrementing more and more laws to restrict it citizens’ rights and freedoms has jumped its way to the other end of the spectrum…
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A classic meal in the USA is related to our food chains that we’ve created to give us a warm meal away from home. Yet these delicious commodities do not have a great effect on the people’s health. Six Big Macs could later become a Mcheart attack. We still find these types of products in schools all over, and what child would not want to consume a beefy cheeseburger and juicy fries? All those bad habits have caused us to become the country with the highest obesity rate. With 30.3% of obese citizens…
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low-income families. And those families are drawn to fast food not just because it is cheap; their main concern is not going to bed hungry at night, and fast food, which is high in fat and sugar, fills them up. To help low-income families eat more healthful foods, the government should make efforts to subsidize the high cost of eating, such as placing a small tax on foods with low nutritional value to lower the prices of fresh produce. Lowering food prices, however, may not be enough—the government should…
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