What do you think of this lunch: a bag of Skittles, a bottle of regular soda, two Little Debbie brownies, and a deep-fried pizza stick?
It seems that many students, especially low-income students, will go to great lengths to keep their junk food.
Many school districts across the country have done away with unhealthy snack foods and vending machines offering sodas and other sugar-filled drinks. They have overhauled their cafeteria offerings to ensure the appropriate number of calories and elements of nutrition. To no avail.
Many students now bring their lunch rather than purchasing it in the cafeteria, and that lunch consists of relatively inexpensive but high-calories low-nutrition offerings.
Consequently, the revenues garnered from on-campus vending machines are now lost, and many school activities supported by the profits from these machines have been lost. School newspapers, clubs, and intramural programs are gone from many campuses.
Ironically, some school districts are considering a return to vending machines offering junk foods but limiting the times that the machines are turned on.
It seems our fast-food culture will continue regardless of well intentioned efforts to curb its unhealthy inroads.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment