Banning Junk Food in Schools - A Frustrating Reality

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The discussion centers around a new law banning junk food in schools, sparking frustration among middle school students. Key points include concerns about children's ability to make healthy food choices and the serious issue of childhood obesity in the U.S., which incurs significant healthcare costs. Participants express mixed feelings about the law, with some supporting it as a necessary measure for health, while others lament the loss of junk food options and question the inconsistency of allowing cell phones in schools. There is also a debate about what constitutes junk food, with discussions on sugar and fat content, and the impact of diet on children's focus and learning abilities. The conversation highlights generational differences in school food policies and the broader implications of nutrition on health and education.
  • #31
I NEVER eat lunch room food. I get diarhea EVERY TIME. No kidding. They say the sloppy joes are the lunch ladies crap. I believe it.

My mom brings me barbeque chicken from a local fast food restaurant whenever she volunteers at my school, and it is wonderful, and it isn't bad for you either. Now, they just said we can't bring food, such as fast food, in anymore! THIS IS THE MOST RIDICULOUS RULE EVER! Soon they will make us eat in the lunch room every day, by the looks of it! I'm going to complain if they do. I have told the people that deliver it that it tastes like crap. I yell it too. I am P.O.'ED.

They also banned coke in the fifth grade. Then I was MAAAAAAAD.
 
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  • #32
Pre-AlgebraDude said:
My mom brings me barbeque chicken from a local fast food restaurant whenever she volunteers at my school, and it is wonderful, and it isn't bad for you either. Now, they just said we can't bring food, such as fast food, in anymore! THIS IS THE MOST RIDICULOUS RULE EVER! Soon they will make us eat in the lunch room every day, by the looks of it!

Kids... lol. I am barely getting into college and its like... damn. Even my 8 year old niece wants a cell phone! We wouldn't dare have an electronic device when i went to school. They were BARELY allowing cell phones when i was nearing the end of high school and it was for emergency purposes only (ha!).
 
  • #33
Since when did they even start allowing you to bring fast food into school? And how can you think BBQ chicken from a fast food place is a healthy lunch? What ever happened to mom or dad packing you a sandwich accompanied by a piece of fruit and handing you money to buy milk to drink with it? If you were really good (and usually when dad packed the lunch), you might find one cookie packed with it as a treat.
 
  • #34
I feel old, they hella let kids do so much just in the past 2 years
 
  • #35
Moonbear said:
Since when did they even start allowing you to bring fast food into school? And how can you think BBQ chicken from a fast food place is a healthy lunch? What ever happened to mom or dad packing you a sandwich accompanied by a piece of fruit and handing you money to buy milk to drink with it? If you were really good (and usually when dad packed the lunch), you might find one cookie packed with it as a treat.
Anyone who brings sack lunches packs them for themselves, and they pack a whole bunch of sweets and crap in there. And the school really doesn't care whether we bring in fast food, they really don't care about us.
 
  • #36
haha sounds like food is your guyses least of concerns
 
  • #37
yomamma said:
Anyone who brings sack lunches packs them for themselves, and they pack a whole bunch of sweets and crap in there. And the school really doesn't care whether we bring in fast food, they really don't care about us.

:bugeye: What are all your parents doing? Why do they let them bring a bunch of junk to school instead of a healthy lunch? How can kids pay attention and learn if they're pumped full of sugar and caffeine rather than nutritious food?
 
  • #38
Moonbear said:
I got the exact amount needed to buy lunch or a bag lunch handed to me each morning, and nothing more.
Our public schools didn't have any food facilities (and I went in both Alberta and Ontario). There was no choice in the matter of bringing your own. And no lunch room; we ate at our desks, then went out for noon recess.
 
  • #39
Moonbear said:
:bugeye: What are all your parents doing? Why do they let them bring a bunch of junk to school instead of a healthy lunch? How can kids pay attention and learn if they're pumped full of sugar and caffeine rather than nutritious food?

didn't you know? nobody cares about learning anymore :-p
 
  • #40
Moonbear said:
:bugeye: What are all your parents doing? Why do they let them bring a bunch of junk to school instead of a healthy lunch? How can kids pay attention and learn if they're pumped full of sugar and caffeine rather than nutritious food?
Nothing, and sugar does not cause hyperactivity. :rolleyes: And yes, a lot of kids get VERY rowdy, especially in math... :confused:
 
  • #41
Pengwuino said:
haha sounds like food is your guyses least of concerns
? :confused:
 
  • #42
Moonbear said:
:bugeye: What are all your parents doing? Why do they let them bring a bunch of junk to school instead of a healthy lunch? How can kids pay attention and learn if they're pumped full of sugar and caffeine rather than nutritious food?
No problem. They just off-set the caffeine/sugar effects with Ritalin.
 
  • #43
Math Is Hard said:
No problem. They just off-set the caffeine/sugar effects with Ritalin.

No kidding!
 

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