Running head: SHOULD JUNK FOOD BE BANNED FROM SCHOOLS 1 Should Junk food be banned from Schools Brooke A. Alderete West Coast University SHOULD JUNK FOOD BE BANNED FROM SCHOOLS 2 Banning junk food from schools has become the focus for child obesity. Many argue that there should a freedom of choice and that junk food has always been in schools so why would it be the reason for an increase in child obesity. Others respond by saying the lunches contain more
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The Ultimate Guilty Pleasure Tasty‚ sweet‚ salty‚ filling‚ pleasing… junk food. Junk food is my guiltiest pleasure. I buy my Burger King whopper every Wednesday or I casually have a McDonald’s run on those lazy nights. Those pre-packaged‚ ready to go meals tastes so much better than my mother’s experimental cooking‚ which she claims is gourmet. It looks so good‚ it’s affordable‚ and it’s impossible to turn down‚ it’s like a gift from heaven. In all seriousness‚ would you rather have a plain
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products‚ fast foods and convenience store establishments have seen an upsurge of popularity as the aforementioned demands are increasing. Purchasing a soft drink is as instantaneous as pulling in the drive-through. With that‚ this leads to faster products‚ but the decrease of health in our country. These low prices‚ caused by subsidizing of producers to the companies making the junk food‚ leads companies such as McDonald’s and Burger
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you know how much you are damaging your health when you eat junk food? While the occasional junk food meal won’t ruin your health‚ consistently eating junk food contributes to serious health problems. It is very important to know the consequences of the style of life that we hold‚ which is sedentary‚ of eating junk food. Dangerous diseases and high cholesterol can also be caused by junk food. A main complication in eating junk food is that you can have problems with high cholesterol. High cholesterol
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JUNK FOOD NATION Obesity in children and Adolescents represents one of the most frustrating and difficult disease to treat. Furthermore‚ one in five children in the United States is now over weight according to National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). The author of this article looks at the obesity in children and what is causing it‚ and how we can find a solution to it. Although this article offers well-supported arguments‚ it also has weakness. It is clearly known that the driving
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WHAT IS JUNK FOOD ? The term “junk food” is used to describe food that is low in nutritional value‚ with a comparatively high caloric value. Many people try to avoid or limit such food in their diets‚ out of concerns that it is not healthy‚ despite the fact that numerous food manufacturers produce a range of products which could be considered junk. Nutritionists‚ doctors‚ and other health advocates often work to educate people about junk food‚ encouraging them to eat well balanced diets which contain
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Eating junk food can have a significant impact on one’s health. Though many people enjoy eating junk food and think it tastes great‚ the health consequences can be serious‚ and can range from everything to low energy levels to weight gain and illness. The term "junk food" encompasses a fairly broad category of food‚ but it typically refers to foods that are relatively high in caloric content‚ but low in nutritional value. Junk food is often high in sugar‚ salt‚ white flour‚ and fat‚ particularly saturated
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Junk Food Sucks Eating junk food can have a significant impact on one’s health. Though many people enjoy eating junk food and think it tastes great. The term "junk food" typically refers to foods that are relatively high in caloric content‚ but low in nutritional value. Junk food is often high in sugar‚ salt‚ white flour‚ and fat. A few examples of foods often considered to be junk food include fast food‚ sweets such as ice cream‚ candy‚ donuts‚ and prepackaged treats
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unk food is a derisive slang term for food that is of little nutritional value and often high in fat‚sugar‚ salt‚ and calories.[1][2][3] It is widely believed that the term was coined by Michael Jacobson‚ director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest‚ in 1972.[4] Junk foods typically contain high levels of calories from sugar or fat with little protein‚ vitamins orminerals. Foods commonly considered junk foods include salted snack foods‚ gum‚ candy‚ sweet desserts‚ fried fast food‚ and
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Should There Be a Tax On Junk Food? What would it be like to see a healthier‚ skinnier world? A world were more of the population exercised. People choose to eat well balanced meals instead of greasy‚ fattening foods. Where it would be easier to afford the more healthy foods and not the fast foods all the time. Junk food should be taxed because the rate of obesity is rising rapidly‚ so people need to choose their foods more wisely‚ and
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