Should schools ban junk foods ( Essay for English class)

Should schools ban junk foods

In the past, during school years, children had to bring their own lunch, which was more convenient and less expensive.. Kids at that time had way more energy, and played outside a lot, and their bond with their parents was also different. Nowadays, parents work too much to support the lifestyle they have. So, now, because of time crunching, giving money to their child to purchase whatever they want, without supervision, can be very catastrophic. As the eighties came along, and the schools were introduced to junk foods, kids started to consume them. As a result, a lot of health risks occurred.

Some of the Health risks that would occur to children, who consume some of the junk foods, would be live problems. Your liver is there to filter the food. If too much junk food is consumed, then the liver would have a problem to filter all the chemicals that are in the junk food. After a while, kid’s body won’t take it anymore and it might trigger lives failure. Another health risk that is just as important is their teeth. All the sugar and the salt as well as other chemical might damage their teeth, because, they usually don’t have their tooth brush with them, so, the next time that they’re going to brush their teeth, is usually before bed time. As for the heart, if it s forcing too much, also depending if the child already has a heart problem, and also if they’re not exercising, will cause an even more of a problem, they may have an heart attack at a very early age.

Serious condition, like diabetes, may occur a bit later in their life. As teenagers, they may not be able to do or eat the same things as their peers. For exercising, they may get very tired and not as strong as they should be. Promoting sitting on the couch and playing video games is not a good idea either. So, cutting the junk food and replacing it with lots of veggies and fruits and proper protein, and also exercising once they feel better, will definitely help along in their life. Which goes perfectly with the topic of obesity, knowing that the amount of physical activity, is probably not enough to counter balance the amount of junk food that they have to burn to stay fit. They would be able to give their all either, being to tired, because their body is trying to digest all those chemicals, which, again, makes them very tired.

Which brings to the topic of mental health. Junk food has a lack of oxygen, which is what feeds the brain and the rest of the body. Lack of oxygen contributes to fatigue and lack of concentration. A lot of studies also show that kid’s grades are sliding down very fast, due to being tired and lack of concentration. They would not be able to retain information’s from the books for the next exams. It also contributes a lot toward ADHD and ADD. Kids can’t pay attention to what they’re doing for more than a few seconds at a time, so they’re focus is all over the place, which again, contributes to very low grades in school.

In conclusion, junk food should be ban for the sake of the kids and also the parents. It would save the parents a lot of money for them to make lunch for their kids to bring to school. Now in hoping that the kids would eat it. It would also save a lot of money toward hospital bills as well. Less problems, less trip to the hospital. It’s also the responsibilities of the parents to make sure that their kids have a proper lunch, and also do activities with their children to keep the bond between them. The more there’s a bond between the chid and the parents, the more the child will listen to their parents.