Taking Junk Food Out of Schools

In recent years, more than a dozen states have considered setting legislation limitations for the accessibility of junk viands in schools, most requiring vending equipment to be turned dark during certain hours, off until the students dejeuner break, or increasing the coast of unhealthy foods to discourage students from get it (P arents Advocating School Responsibilities) . In todays society teenagers are 3 times likely to be overweight than the generation of our parents. According to the 2001 operating surgeon General Report establishes that 14 percent of American youth are overweight (Surgeon General 2001).This is compared with 4 percent of American children in 1963. The like also stated that 300,000 citizens pass away each year from obesity-related illnesses or circumstances made worse by obesity (Surgeon General 2001). The author for not banning junk food in schools is more students leave behind get in trouble for smuggling in the junk food than other rule breakings. Bei ng able to enforce such a disallow would compel officials to go through a students locker, desk, book bag, desk and lunch boxes, taking up much needed time for the facilitator to teach and harming the students privacy.It should be up to parents on deciding what foods their children consume. If a child wants to have a little snack or sugary foods in their lunches they should be allowed to if its ok with their parents (Borkar 2011). Consumption of junk food is not bad if its done in moderation and can go well with a healthy diet. One advantage of allowing snack food in schools is that if teenage does not bring a lunch carrier then he or she does not have to stay hungry and can just have something to satisfy their appetite (Borkar 2011).