Should junk food be allowed at school? Junk food is generally defined as “a diet high in processed foods and soft drinks” (Wiles et al.‚ 2009‚ p.1). By definition‚ junk food contains artificial food colorings and preservatives‚ including fast food‚ oily foods‚ snacks and high sugary beverage. Students usually eat snacks between meals. According to McPhail et al. (2011)‚ the snacking habit among students has increased in the past twenty years. This means students are taking more junk food in a higher
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Daud Date : 24 March 2009 Report about the School Canteen I am writing this report is to draw your attention regarding the school canteen. Many of the students of Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Batu Gajah are unhappy about the conditions at the school canteen. There were lots of complaints regarding this issue. In the first place‚ there are insufficient tables and benches. Our school has a student population of over 1 000. There is only one period
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family. Day states that “If she was so important‚ why can’t we get health insurance?”‚ and given the ailments not only afflicting the Lacks family‚
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Should Junk Food Be Banned from Schools? by Jae Curtis Another day‚ another junk food debate; from boycotting bake sales to banning sodas‚ many schools have joined the national fight against obesity. An August 2012 study from Pediatrics made a startling discovery after following a group of school-aged children: kids who went to a school without junk food regulations maintained about a 37 percent overweight rate from fifth to eighth grade without budging. However‚ in schools with junk food regulations
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Healthy and unhealthy habits Have you ever wondered‚ why people do and enjoy bad habits and they know its bad for them? there are danger‚ damages and effects that people don’t know about bad habits. according to www.wikihow.com‚ some habits can have serious consequences for our health‚ such as dangerous deadly heart attacks. and I think that people who have bad habits should realize that they are making fun of death itself. Can you imagine your self lonely‚ anti-social and unlovable? well
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Insecurities in Young Minds Does popular culture psychologically affect society’s self-perception? Society spends an alarming amount of time on social media outlets such as television and the internet to follow their favorite celebrities. This unhealthy amount of exposure to these people‚ who are being constantly trained and edited into these “perfect” human beings‚ causes the average person to feel insecure and go through extreme measures to resemble them. Alarmingly‚ those who are being affected
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Fast food should not be sold in schools Fast food is a breakfast‚ lunch or dinner choice for many people on a daily basis. It is used as an option to save time‚ or to satisfy taste and portions. But‚ what about the health consequences? People know that fast food is not synonymous with healthy living‚ but many forget this thought process when they are at the counter. Unfortunately‚ eating fast food on a daily basis does have an adverse effect on children’s health‚ such as obesity and lack of nutrients
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Ayana Venson University of Phoenix Fitness and nutrition plays a tremendous part in our everyday life. What we choose to eat and how we choose to eat it decides whether we live a healthy lifestyle or we live an unhealthy lifestyle filled with diseases and ailments. I know this for a fact that being obese causes these particular ailments. There are various ways to fix being unhealthy or obese. This happens through practicing proper nutrition and exercise. I am currently considered to be obese
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lower cost and start a garden in schools the Western Growers Foundation (csgn)‚ which stand for Collective School Garden Network offers grants to grow and sustain edible gardens in qualifying school districts. The grant Kindergarten to 12-grade level offers $1‚000 dollars cash‚ seeds‚ materials to grow and sustain edible gardens‚ grants that started early spring of 2015 (Collective School Garden Network 2015). Plus‚ once the garden is establish students on every school can take care of the continuous
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