Hey Team,
Check out this article on Student health. It is from an American perspective but its reality is not that different from our own.
Should parents be standing guard around stores that sell junk food to children?
Do Principals have the right to ask store owners not to sell candy to kids?
Can you make any connections to equality and systemic racism?
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/28/us/28food.html?_r=1&hp
Wow just seeing how much candy they eat for breakfast isn't healthy at all.
ReplyDeleteI think Parents and Principals should be aloud to stand outside stores that sell junk food to children because no parent wants their child to be obice or fat because then that also affects their life and education, the principals should tell stores not to sell junk food to children because then those parents that give their children a mojor alownce, then the child can just go to the store and buy junk food.
ReplyDeleteI do think that parents should start giving an daily routine for 30 minutes of exercise everyday, and eating healthy meals instead of eating sugar and chocolate and candy all the time. That isn't right for kids health and they're living style, eventually they are going to get used to it and there body is going to be over weight and they will get health problems and then its going to be too late to fix anything.
ReplyDeleteWow this really brings to light to what extent obesity is affecting people primarily the kids. Should parents be standing guard outside stores that sell junk food to children?
ReplyDeleteThis is a tough question it would be easy to jump on the bandwagon and say of course but the truth of the matter is, is it not the child's choice to choose what he eats. And if they want to continue the unhealthy living its their choice.
But I like what they're doing here because they're starting at a young age with these kids instilling good eating habits and stopping them before eating rubbish every morn becomes the norm for them.
WOOOOOW! these kids eat like this for breakfast...this is unhealthy,if i had the decsion to eat like this in the morning i would choose the healthy thing.
ReplyDeleteI can not believe that they eat candy for breakfeast, that is so unhealthy for them they should eat it later on in the day but not to much of eat.
ReplyDeleteThe Principal is doing a right thing by protect the kids by not letting the store dealer to not sell candy to the kids, they should have a healthy breakfast for the morning, to get the energy going for the morning and not sleeping in class, or just laying your head on the table, they should definitely tell the store owners to to sell candy's to the children in the morning.
ReplyDeleteI don't think principals have got the right to say to store owners to not sell candy to those kids. I'm all for their intention however I think it would be unfair to the store owners who bought the candy in the first place looking to make a profit.
ReplyDeleteBut on the other hand is a profit more important than a child's livelihood. I think not so I'm going to have to change my view I think a principal does have the right to tell store owners not to sell candy to their school children.
I think its a really good idea that they were at the store stopping the kids from buying the snacks. They are aware that the kids go there often, so they are stopping the kids from buying un-healthy stuff.
ReplyDeleteI think that parents should not be standing outside stores that sell junk food to see if kids are buying them because it should be the storekeeper's job to make sure of that. If parents need money to buy their children healthy food, they should be working instead of standing outside a store checking and protesting.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure if principals should be telling shops not to sell candy to to kids because the people at the store have no way of telling if that kid is from that school. I think that maybe someone with more authority, like the MP should tell the stores not to sell candy.
@vanessa we would all say we'd choose the healthy food but the truth of the matter is we don't know what we would choose and that most people would choose the Junk food.
ReplyDeletei agree talwinder....thats just too much to eat for breakfast.....and how can they eat candy or junk food first thing in the morning??Also i think what the local bakery near Philaadelphia did was smart because thye made muffins , they decreaded the suagr and made it more healty like using whole grains, so even though it sweet, it still healty and was put in to the the schools menu
ReplyDeleteParents should be able to stand around infront of the store because it is their children who are geting obist parents should not even give them money in the first place.
ReplyDeletei think princepals do have the right to ask the store owners not to sell the food the children because if they eat all that junk it is effecting them at school
Why would you even want candy for breakfast? It's so unhealthy. Like what happened to fruit?
ReplyDeleteMy relation to Equality and the bad eating habits is, everyone should be the same eating healthy, once in a while the kids should be able to eat candy or chocolate but on the other side parents shouldn't even allow the kids to buy anything wrong with the allowance or money they give them, they should probably save it up on something good instead of buy breakfast as chocolate everyday, it is going to effect there living style and there weight, this is were obesity comes in and takes advantage of the kids bad habits.
ReplyDelete@Talwinder I think they've all ready got those things in place at school with DPA ( Daily Physical Activity) and The snack program where they try to start healthy living there.
ReplyDeleteThat's not right students getting candy and sugar for breakfast. When they say "breakfast is the most important meal of the day", that mean they should eat healthy food, but instead parents are giving their kids chips and sweet drinks for breakfast. That's not right. I think eating this type of food for breakfast is like eating only (Macdonalds) for the whole week. Too much calories and fat.
ReplyDeleteI don't think parents should be standing guard on corner stores.If children can't choose for themselves,let them suffer.There's millions of children that are starving all around the world.Instead of focusing on children that get something to eat,let's focus on the ones that don't get anything at all.But,this is only a bandage solution.If we were to try stopping world hunger,along with poverty;we would have to take away all the money from everyone and equalize it in every land.By doing so,everyone would have the opportunity to make an honest living and have an adequate diet.Although,there's too many people around the world.There's more people than food (in amounts).Because humans have reproduced oh so many times,we have too many humans to deal with.One answer could be to just kill them all,but what kind of twisted,maniacal world leader would actually do that?
ReplyDelete@Alyssa, we know all the children wont have a perfect living style by eating breakfast, whole wheat bread all the time, they need there sugar but not all the time, they have to limit it down to wear they should only have it once in a while instead of everyday of there life.
ReplyDeleteAnd he weird thing is for some this doesn't effect their weight they can eat what they want and still maintain a healthy weight, but this is rare.
ReplyDeleteI thik that parents should stand around the stores so none of the kids eat junk food,because they need to start eating healthy,it is their health this isnt right.Tey need to learn about the importance of their health.
ReplyDeleteI dont really think that Princepals have the right to do that but they should defenently not sell them to kids only once a while,because the princepals dont rreally own the store and im not saying that they should let kids have candy but they should not let the kids have candy for sure.What i think is the the store owners should hide their candy so the kinds dont really have that much access to junk food.
I think that parents should be allow protest aginst stores selling junk food to there kids in the morning.They say breakfast is the most important meal of the day and you should have a proper breakfast.If all the kids donate the same amount of money that they use to buy candy and junk food to there schools they could start a breakfast program so they would have a healthy breakfast each morning then it would help put a stop to kids eating junk food in the morning.The stores would also gain sales because the schools would purchase the food from them.
ReplyDelete@El Presidente, well sometimes kids sit out of DPA and just eat snack while they look at other kids have there healthy routine, so i think the teacher should force the kids to participate in DPA instead of sitting out. And snack program the same, did you notice when ever we have healthy stuff like bananas barely anyone takes it so we have to throw it out, but when we get tubes all of is done by the time i am done handing it out.
ReplyDelete@gurinder, let them suffer? I agree we should focus on the ones who get nothing to eat but we should educate those who do so they can not make waste of what they have been blessed with the opportunity to buy and eat food everyday.
ReplyDeleteWhen you think about it halloween would be the best holiday for those obice children. And the worst for those parents who dont want their child to get fat.
ReplyDeleteAlyssa, i agree with you but the kid did eat alot of junk food just for breakkfast and also the paretns should be working to get better healty foods for their kids. And i dont really think any storekeeper would want them to have to less buyers so i think most of them would think of thier profit before the healty eating of kids and also the store keeper would ahve no idea if the kid went to school or not.
ReplyDelete@ alsaa
ReplyDeletei disagree with you store keepers don't care about the children they just care about the money they don't care about who eats the candy
i think the parents should know what their child eats, and should make their childerns understand that eating heathy is goign to affect their lives.
ReplyDeletebut i am not sure if they should have principals and parents stand outside stores that sell junk food and stop the childern to buy junk food.instead they should make eating healthy an important point at school and at home so the children would know that makinig healthy choices from a small age is affecting their lives.
I don't think parents actually need to stand guard around stores , but I think parents should go with their children when their buying candy or junk food just to see how much they are taking , and if they take too much the parents should stop them and tell them how much they should take , which shouldn't be a lot. I don't think principals have the right to ask store owners to not sell candy to kids , because the store owner might still sell candy to the kids , and then a big issue is going to end up happening , I think principals have a right to tell the store owner not to sell a lot of candy , but if the store owner doesn't sell them the candy then the kids might go else where and no one knows how much candy the other store owner is going to sell to the kids.
ReplyDelete@talwinder Wow I have never seen people sit out of DPA only when they have got an injury. And I agree with what you said about the snack.
ReplyDelete@El Presidente, it might not affect them right now because there only kids, but when they grow up and mature it will defiantly affect them then because that is the time that the body starts "changing" and etc.
ReplyDeleteif parents don't want their kids to eat junk ffood they shouldn't give them money and just pack them a healthy lunch instead of gaurding the doo of a store
ReplyDelete@Talwinder yeah sugar is okay in moderation but as a breakfast it is not right.
ReplyDeleteIt is the childs choise of what they eat, but i do like how the parents are trying to teach kids that eating such sugary foods can make you very unhealthy. For a lot of kids eating unhealthy has become their way of life, and i think that there should be a stop to that, but that doesnt mean taking away everything that is sweet, or sugary, kids are still gonna want a treat.
ReplyDeleteI do not think that pricipals have any right to tell a store owner not to sell candy to kids, because thats just like a pricipal telling the store owner how to run their store, and you dont see store owners telling the pricipals how to run their school. But the pricipals are only doing that so the children will have a healthy and happy life, so they do have a certain right, maybe the stores just shouldnt sell to kids durring the morning or lunch.
i think that some not only the parents should stand outside the stores and watch for children trying to take candy but also the employees because if the employees have any children(which they should have), they would not want them to be obese and die of a young age like twenty-years of age or even lower. one time on the news, a baby that was only one month or two was already 20lbs and i think that is way too obese
ReplyDelete@Vanessa, i think thye hsould have other people who stand around because even though it better for kids if parents are standing there but then how are they suppoed to get monye to buy helatier foods for thier kids
ReplyDelete@Talwinder i agree the kids should be saving up there allowence not spending it every day on junk food that could result in there lives changing.If they were to give there school 5$ they could start a breakfast program not only allowing kids to eat breakfast but a healthy one to.
ReplyDeleteIt depends this can go either way, since that it really depends whenever or not the children care about sweets in the area or they like it. If the area the kids like sweets then they should.
ReplyDeleteIt mentioned since from the article it mentioned that the amount of calories the kids are eating are mostly from junk food they eat: pop,chips and candy.
Apparently kids are eating candy for breakfast too as it mentioned in the beginning of the article.
What I think is that the principle does have the right to prevent store owners from selling candy to kids, since the school most of the time it seems like all they are consuming is sweets.
The connection I can make is that their diet is affected by the amount of money they have. Reason candy sweets and food that have a lot of starch and salt are really cheap, since all the food that doesn't have the same amount as the cheap food is more expensive then the cheap one.
I think rights are just something that people made up so they can claim something.If we dismiss what we think is right and our feelings and sympathy for a moment,the world is unfair to begin with.People are born into places where it is wealthy and very prosperous,and other places are barren wastelands scarred with war and fear.
ReplyDeletePrincipals can't stop them.These store owners are trying to make a living.It's like taking away money from someone.If we think about how there's too many people on the Earth in the first place,and how obesity is going to kill off humans;shouldn't we allow it? By having obesity,we have humans die earlier;therefore less energy is consumed in a life time.
But,people care for each other so allowing these wonderfully deadly sugary concoctions to continue killing of humans is unlikely.
@rukis how many times have you seen someone toss their packed lunch in the rubbish it isn't that simple.
ReplyDeleteThis doesnt really sound like equal rights because what if there was a child that walked in that wasnt over weight? would the parents till let them buy candy,i think not really but sometimes it could happen because they might think ok she's not obese she is fine,that wouldnt be fair to the obese because if they cant have candy because of their weight then none of the kids shouldnt have any.
ReplyDeleteKids should have at least 30mins- 1hour of excersising because this is could at least make them lose enough weight,but the thing is kids might a gree to it but they wont really put in their all and if you try to feed them healthy food they with probably replace it with one of their candies,or chips.
@Alyssa, i don't find it right i think that kids should start paying attention because they don;t know what mess they are going to get into when they grow up.
ReplyDelete@El Presidente If the ones that get food,have food we should leave them alone with their unhealthy food.Unhealthy food leads to a shorter life,meaning less energy used in a life time meaning that global warming's effects will slow down.And do you really care for people that are obese or at risk of obese? Maybe the ones around you,but how are you actually going to change it for everyone without destroying the systemic racism system.
ReplyDelete@Janat and Usman yes the storekeepers don't care about what people are buying because they want money. But I don't think that parents should be guarding the doors. If they want their kids to not buy junk food, they should pack them a healthy lunch or tell them they have to save the money they have or use it for healthy food like fruits.
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ReplyDeletei think that the matter is to have childerns make healthy choices ,not that the parents don't want their kids to be fat.Being fat...i don't think that what the parents want but itn't alway that they are fat because; they eat a lot or they only eat junk food.
I also think that the parnets should be aloud to do what they are doing because no parent wants their children to be fat. In my opinoin children should play more sports, I am not saying for them to stop playing video games, those are quite fun and good to play in your free time but they should start playing sports more often, fist steps will be to join sports clubs (I am in one)it is fun, healthy, and you can get excersize while you enjoy yourself, it is a good experience and you will be in better shape than ever.
ReplyDelete@Gurinder Thats not the right way to think a profit compared to a child's life isn't worth it these kids are the future how can you say it would be better for them to just die off if one of them could be the next president or world humanitarian their potential is too important to just have them "suffer" and above all else a human life is something to be cherished not thrown away without a second thought.
ReplyDeleteJanat I dont really know,but i know for a fact that most parents buy vegies for their family they should make healthy snacks to their children but make it look goood.because I know alto of kids dont really like their vegies,and well they should eat their vegies so,what ever they have that is healthy they should make it for their kids,and if they cut back on the junk they buy they save money.
ReplyDelete@Stephanie, i agree they should use there money wisely and not spend it on junk like candy when they get at home with there parents trust of not buying it at school and using there money good.
ReplyDelete@PamelaaSuccessful , if you were a store owner would you want parents to be guarding your store ?
ReplyDelete@ Nida
ReplyDeleteYes that is true, parents should be watching their kids too. Do you think the kids will stop buying snacks because of the issue that happened at the store?
@ Rukis
ReplyDeletei agree, if parents dont want their kids to eat junk food then they would proably lessen their pocket money because thats how they get all the junk food from , so maybe decreasing pocket money might help because kids can just borrow from thier freinds but i think maybe the parents gurading the doors, is leading a kid to an heltier life but its really fair
@ gurinder encourage them to exercise get active and eat better. It won't always work though since the entire decision is up to them. Most of the time when they get to our age they might change their mind and decide to get into shape instead of being lazy and do nothing at all.
ReplyDeleteIt was interesting to find out all the issues Obesity has caused for everyone. But it was even more suprising to find out that Parents actually have to go this far to stop their children from eating junk food. I seriously dont think that Parents shouldnt be standing guard because then it'll be another thing a child doesnt learn on their own, learning from experience is more effective then learning from someone else, in my opinion. But children should be guided, so in that case, I disagree with myself, because there has to be certain limitations, what are you gonna learn after eating junk day by day, and by the time you realize whats wrong, you are already obese, with heart and respiratory complications. So all I think that parents should do is tell their kids, if they havent already done so, to stop going to corner stores, or atleast, lessen the frequency of visits, instead of once a day, make it once a week or something like that.
ReplyDeletePrincipals have the right to ask store owners not to sell candy because they are responsible for the children that go to their school, they are supposed to control what comes in the school, and what goes out, whether it be an item, a thought, or a person. It is up to the store owner to listen, and chances are they are not going to agree with them, but in this case, I think that the store owner agreed because it was only for a period of 15 minutes, so how much money can you lose in fifteen minutes? But if it were something like nothing before and after school, then there'd be a loss of profit, and thus I think that the store owners would have doubts in making the right decision, the right decision for us is to stop selling candy, but to them, they want to make money, thats their livelihood, so they cant just stop selling something that could be a big chunk of income for the store owner.
Well, I think that theres a reason why the children go to the corner stores rather then get snacks from home. A reason could obviously be, a lack of money. Corner stores generally have cheap prices, compared to a supermarket, when it comes to snacks. Parents cannot afford to buy snacks from the supermarket, and as the article says, you can easily get a sweet drink and a snack for under a dollar, and that's really cheap, compared to something you get from the supermarket that is also unhealthy, for example, Rice Crispy Square bars, they cost like something around 5 dollars, 6 pieces within, and that adds up around 80 cents per bar, not without a drink. So you can see how easy it is to get something unhealthy for a cheap price. Capitalism is one of the reasons why people in the United states are so poor, the Big companies get bigger, and the smaller ones get eliminated, therefore making them go bankrupt, losing all source of income, forcing them to buy cheaper things, which pretty much end up being unhealthy.
@Vanessa i agree if the child is not over weight they shoudl be allowed to buy the candy but if they keep it up it will become overweight.
ReplyDeleteYes kids should have at least 30 min-1 hour of excerise a day because it help to get all the engery out and to keep you active and healthy.Store keepers thiknk that it does not really matter because they gt thne money from the kids buying the junk food but i think that if the store owner were to work out a way then it woudl be better for parents and kids.
@Talwinder yeah kids should pay attention to what they eat too because they could end up really sick when they get older. And is it that hard to eat fruits and vegetables? You can still eat junk food; just not all the time.
ReplyDelete@gurinder there's begging to be an uprising of people who are obese losing weight with shows like biggest loser and people changing there ways before it gets to that point when they watch those shows you don't have to break the system down you just have to educate people and if they continue to become obese it is their choice.
ReplyDeletei think parents are smart for standing outside the store because there your parents they only want the best for you, they want you to be healthy and not alwayss eating candy and then it stopped them from eating the candy, but principals dont have the rights to stop you from eating candy , they dont have power over you, they shouldnt be trying to stop you from eating candy.
ReplyDelete@ elpresidente what i think gurinder is trying to say is do something or not do anything at all if you aren't even going to try.
ReplyDeleteyes I think that parents should be standing around stores that sell junk food to children because now days children are making very unhealthy choices for them by eating things they are not suppose to eat such as junk food, food that have very high calories and things that are really oily and then that causes them to get in some serious bad shape and some problems which they are not suppose to have in this age so I think that for their good health and shape all of the parents should be standing guard around the stores that sell junk food to children because they are not going to stop selling junk food they are going to sell them because they just want money they are not going to see that children’s are going to get in bad shape all they want is money nothing else. But it deepens on children’s if they want to make their eating habits healthy or not so healthy. Also like Talwinder said that the parents should have a routine of 30 minutes for their child to do some exercise that would help them burn some of the calories and fat.
ReplyDeleteyes i think that the principles because the principle is doing the right thing, he is not doing anything wrong that he should not go and tell the stores owner to stop sell so much of junk food he is trying to help the kids stop from eating to much junk food. Really junk food in the morning for breakfast who eats that? But I also think that Alyssa is right that instead of the principle someone else much higher level go and tell the principle like the MP or someone like that. But over all I think that someone should tell the stores owner not to sell candy.
I think parents should do that because parents just want kids to have a better livestyle and if kids are going to eat junk food for breakfast then I think they shouldn't eat breakfast at all because if want to ruin your health then you might as well not eat breakfast at all then eating all those unhelathy foods.
ReplyDeleteIt's that the families that are * PREDOMINATELY* white and/or have a history of wealth and slave owning are the ones at the advantage.By having these highly funded schools,there is a much healthier and rewarding snack program.By living in a neighbourhood that is full of wealthy people,there are much more respected/healthy/quality establishments.By having these quality establishments,students are offered much more expensive (and probably healthier) types of sustenance.It's also that the families that are rich *usually* have a healthy diet.
ReplyDelete@El prsidente your right but still gaurding the store door is a bit to much
ReplyDeleteWell yes and no. No because Im not getting any profit for it and my money can be lowing and yes because the kids are eating bad stuff and its not good for them.
ReplyDelete@NL I disagree because it better to eat something then nothing in the morning before you start your day but i agree on the part where it should not be junk food.The kids should give there money to the school so the school can start a program so the kids get a healthy breakfast unlike when they have candy for breakfast.Just liek our snack program we give them money and we get healthy snack.
ReplyDelete@ Stephanie i agree because even thought the skinny children buy candy they still shouldn't get it because it is not fair to the obese they have to start eating healthy,but the skinny dont,that is not fair.
ReplyDelete@Stephane you are absolultly right, kids should eat something in the morning but it should not be junk food, it is the fist meal of the day and it should be something to get you going(but it also should be something healthy), get you ready to learn not something that is bad for your diet, eat healthy means a better body and that means a better life beacuse the more you learn, the better education you get, the more it will pay off in the future.
ReplyDelete@ Pamela that is true mostly everyone does that.
ReplyDelete2 Abdullahi your sooo right because kids need to learn the importance of healthy eating,but the only thing is that they learn this in P.E(physical education)but what bothers me the most is that they dont really learn from it and it is very important but they think that it is for the teacher's benefit,not theirs so thats why they dont really listen and then they go on with their life.
ReplyDelete@Pamelaa I think you are right. The reason that I think you are right is because storeowners want the money, isn't that why the put chips and things like that up?,they know the kids are going to come, it's how the stay in the game.
ReplyDeletesorry i meant to write @ instead of 2!!
ReplyDeleteYa that's the bad thing the stores are going to sell less and thats bad for their business. Less business less money.
ReplyDelete@Vanessa that is ture and it happens all the time even right here in our own school, the do not care and the say things like how the are going to become police officers, how can you become a police officer if you are not in shape and you don't have a good education?
ReplyDeleteBut Abdi they also attract the other customers not kids with their energy drinks and their other things,but what mostly gets the kids is how tasty it looks to the kids and I think when the kids come around probably they should put out healthy snacks that look good that would make them want to eat it but is good for them.
ReplyDeleteLOOOOL Abdi that is soooo true,an obese police officer on the job eating a donut!
ReplyDelete@Vanessa you are right about that one and don't worry about the 2 thing lol!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDelete@Vanessa double lol!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDelete@Brown Kid that is right and who wants to loose their business?
ReplyDeleteP.S. I really like you new profile pic.
@Rukis I agree with your comment.
ReplyDelete@Vanessa i agree its not fair but it should and it should be.But over all they all should be eating healthy espicial in the morning because breakfast is the most important meal.Dont you think thoes kids school should start a program where they get a healthy breakfast like how our school does with our snack program.
ReplyDelete@Vanessa don't you think that skinnier people already eat healthier? Sure they eat candy, but I don't think it's that unfair for obese people to start eating healthy and skinnier people not because they already do.
ReplyDelete@Abdullahi I agree it will pay off in the future.And it will benfit everyone who starts young.This may sound like the store where the kids get there candy from is going to be loosing money but they wont because if the kids school were to start a breakfast program they could buy the food from the stores so everyone gets something out of it and it will help everyones future.
ReplyDeleteIts not only that they eat it for breakfast it also not good for your teeth so more visites to the dentise but that only if you dont take care of your teeth...
ReplyDeleteIt really does not depend if your skinny or fat but it going to effect your health either way.
@ Abdullahi
ReplyDeleteYes this is true because they put it in the front of the store so that kids buy it because thats the first thing they see. They do know that its not good for the kids but the only thing they care about is money, but i dont blame them.
@ Stephanie
ReplyDeleteYes this is true, it will pay off in the future. When kids start now imagine what happens when they get older. The more sweets they eat the more sicknesses they can get. Fat, sugar, salt all adds up to something bad and the more they consume of it the more life threating it is.
Another thing, because the kids do not read the nutrition facts they eat whatever. I am pretty sure if they were with an adult at all times in a store (food store) they would be picking something more healthier.
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ReplyDeleteVanessa 6
Stephanie 5
Abdullahi 5