Lunchtime lock-in to fight obesity amongst schoolchildren?
- added July 6, 2008
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- JanaPokana
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According to children's minister, Kevin Brennan, secondary pupils under the age of 16 should be locked in school premises at lunchtime to fight the obesity crisis in Britain.
New research carried out at London Metropolitan University has shown the extent to which children buy large quantities of food and drinks that are high in fat and sugar during lunchtime. The figures show that some students left school to buy junk food more than 11 times a week and sometimes consumed their daily recommended alowance of fat and sugar in a single sitting.
According to Brennan, keeping students on school grounds, where only healthy food options are available, was one means of supervising and controlling their eating habits. However, teachers have stated that this move is logistically impossible to carry out, while parents have complained that it takes away parental choice and is extremely patronising, especially towards older children.
New research carried out at London Metropolitan University has shown the extent to which children buy large quantities of food and drinks that are high in fat and sugar during lunchtime. The figures show that some students left school to buy junk food more than 11 times a week and sometimes consumed their daily recommended alowance of fat and sugar in a single sitting.
According to Brennan, keeping students on school grounds, where only healthy food options are available, was one means of supervising and controlling their eating habits. However, teachers have stated that this move is logistically impossible to carry out, while parents have complained that it takes away parental choice and is extremely patronising, especially towards older children.
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- JanaPokana
- 3 months ago
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This is certainly not the right solution. Instead of locking teenagers up, you have to educate and inform them so that they can make intelligent food choices. Don't people know by know that repression only breeds an even more extreme desire to do something?
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I'm with dadapapa on this one. Locking people up isn't going to help anyone, the root cause of this problem is how available this food is and how little the children care about what it does to them.
Jamie Oliver was doing a good job showing kids how disgusting junk food is, give the guy some money to tackle the problem further!-
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- phillyharper
- 3 months ago
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