Should schools ban Junk-Food? (January Post)

    Do you think that you are eating healthy? Chances are that you are not. Twenty percent of adults are either overweight or obese. That is 60 million people out in America. I think that schools all across the country should ban junk food  because most bad or good eating habits develop in the school cafeteria (which is where we spend most of our time at), kids keep buying more and more bad and unhealthy foods and it leads to bad eating habits.

    The average american eats fast food about 159 times per year. If you do the math that is about three times per week. Eating out three or more times is proven the be very unhealthy for you because it is about 990,000 calories each year. For a person from age 14-18 you will need about 873,600 calories per year.

    Poor eating habits develop in the school cafeteria at an early age which leads to a lifetime full of health risks, complications, and consequences. Every 12 ounce can of soda can increase your risk of a heart attack by 75%. Eating too much added sugars per day can cause major health issues such as obesity, diabetes, heart attacks, and in the worst case scenario, sometimes death.

Most schools have either vending machines or school stores where they can purchase junk food items but kids don’t know where to draw the line and give themselves a limit. Schools with vending machines and/or school stores tend to be a distraction in class and outside of class. Kids can make sticky messes and leave trash everywhere or they can eat it during class, distract other students along with themselves, and get themselves in trouble.

Vending machines and treat stores in school help because it can raise money for lunch, go towards the cafeteria, or even to the school itself. Although it helps, it is still causing people to be more overweight, and obese because kids are constantly buying food and it becomes an addiction. I think that we should ban junk food in school because it leads to bad habits, obese children and it is a distraction.