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English 1302/July 4th On-line Class
20 July 2011
Unhealthy Food Banning From Schools
Presently, children in Los Angeles Schools are being denied chocolate milk due to an unhealthy food ban. According to an L.A. Times article, chocolate milk being served in Los Angeles public schools has as much sugar as a cup of regular Coke (MacVean, par. 9). Such findings have resulted in chocolate milk, which accounts for more than half of the milk consumed in Los Angeles public schools, being banned on July 1, 2011. So, why are Los Angeles Schools and other schools in the nation enforcing unhealthy food bans?
It is not surprising that Los Angeles and many school districts in the country have been introducing strict bans on unhealthy foods due to an alarming problem with childhood obesity. The problem became more apparent when a national study conducted by the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) found that one in three American children attending public schools were reported to be obese (Chase, par. 7). Most of the blame for the alarming ratio of student obesity was directed to “junk” foods and sedentary activity. In response, Los Angeles schools and many other schools in the country have made it a mission to offer their students healthier menus and encourage good eating habits largely by banning food items that are deemed unhealthy.
The crusade to ban unhealthy foods from schools has had its fair share of critics, primarily by the producers of the labeled snack and soda foods who argue that banning their products will not solve the obesity problem that is currently affecting children. They claimed it is not there product, but the lack of exercise is the cause of obesity. In response to the obesity issue, producers such as Pepsi-Cola have generously provided large monitory donations to school physical education programs.
School administrators and student organizations themselves have argued that food bans on snacks and sodas would
English 1302/July 4th On-line Class
20 July 2011
Unhealthy Food Banning From Schools
Presently, children in Los Angeles Schools are being denied chocolate milk due to an unhealthy food ban. According to an L.A. Times article, chocolate milk being served in Los Angeles public schools has as much sugar as a cup of regular Coke (MacVean, par. 9). Such findings have resulted in chocolate milk, which accounts for more than half of the milk consumed in Los Angeles public schools, being banned on July 1, 2011. So, why are Los Angeles Schools and other schools in the nation enforcing unhealthy food bans?
It is not surprising that Los Angeles and many school districts in the country have been introducing strict bans on unhealthy foods due to an alarming problem with childhood obesity. The problem became more apparent when a national study conducted by the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) found that one in three American children attending public schools were reported to be obese (Chase, par. 7). Most of the blame for the alarming ratio of student obesity was directed to “junk” foods and sedentary activity. In response, Los Angeles schools and many other schools in the country have made it a mission to offer their students healthier menus and encourage good eating habits largely by banning food items that are deemed unhealthy.
The crusade to ban unhealthy foods from schools has had its fair share of critics, primarily by the producers of the labeled snack and soda foods who argue that banning their products will not solve the obesity problem that is currently affecting children. They claimed it is not there product, but the lack of exercise is the cause of obesity. In response to the obesity issue, producers such as Pepsi-Cola have generously provided large monitory donations to school physical education programs.
School administrators and student organizations themselves have argued that food bans on snacks and sodas would
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