Restricting food at school canteens takes all the fun out of life for kids. Though increasingly many school are ignoring state government programs and selling "banned" food. Allowing "junk" food to be sold only twice a term is too limiting and quite meaningless. At lunch times high school students are going to the local shop and buying what they want.
There is nothing wrong with pies and sausage rolls in a normal healthy diet. Octogenarians have regularly eaten such food all their lives. Elderly people also have a sweet tooth and eat cakes and ice cream. Couples are seen at shopping centres partaking of coffee and and cake. The key word is moderation. Packets of chips with empty calories are the real culprits.
Obesity starts in the home not at school. It is what parents feed their children that is the issue. The colour-coding system is farcical and childish. Of course children don't want to be seen by their peers eating the good stuff. If tasty food is not sold schools will have to subsidize canteens. They certainly won't make a profit.
There is nothing wrong with pies and sausage rolls in a normal healthy diet. Octogenarians have regularly eaten such food all their lives. Elderly people also have a sweet tooth and eat cakes and ice cream. Couples are seen at shopping centres partaking of coffee and and cake. The key word is moderation. Packets of chips with empty calories are the real culprits.
Obesity starts in the home not at school. It is what parents feed their children that is the issue. The colour-coding system is farcical and childish. Of course children don't want to be seen by their peers eating the good stuff. If tasty food is not sold schools will have to subsidize canteens. They certainly won't make a profit.
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