Introduction :
Delhi High Court has asked that restricting junk food in schools and surroundings to ensure healthy eating habits in children. The Center for Science and Education had called for a total ban on junk food in schools to prevent children at high risk for obesity, diabetes and hypertension. The high court has ordered the Food Safety and Standard Authority of India (FSSAI) to frame guidelines for making healthy, nutritious, healthy and safe food available for school in India. But the question here is whether this will prevent children from junk food cravings or just restrict while on the school campus? Should not the court to apply total ban on junk food to children across the country?
Yes Support :
1. The future of our country is in the hands of children and we would give them a healthy body and mind to a better and brighter future. Children can not be expected to understand the ill effects these foods have on your health, but the elders do and it is our responsibility to ensure that we stay away all harmful foods. Obesity due to fat on junk food has been to slow the development of children.
2. Diabetes has been an obstacle such in the gay life of children undergoing daily insulin injections. Speaking from personal experience, my brother is diabetic since I was 10 years old; before he could not refrain from junk food because they were available even in school canteens and is now obliged to refrain from them anyway. Medical science has been exceptionally useful for making lives better for diabetics, but the pain of seeing their loved ones enduring the pain of syringes every day is terribly wrong.
3. Children are not the best judge when it comes to health and sugary drinks, processed fat and salt. At home it is the responsibility of parents who do their best to provide nutritious and healthy food for children, but children in schools have the free will to buy what they wanted. Now that schools will be restricted to ensure that children do not get this kind of food within 50 meters radius, expect children to eat healthier than before.
4. Now that's the beginning of summer, soft drinks and ice cream would be the inevitable favorite of children and adults alike. We can not expect children to refrain from cold drinks and ice cream completely, so the total ban can not be called for. The best idea is to keep the number of these may have on the safety limits for children and therefore schools along with coordination of parents and organizations canteen determine the number of children may have these junk foods.
2. Diabetes has been an obstacle such in the gay life of children undergoing daily insulin injections. Speaking from personal experience, my brother is diabetic since I was 10 years old; before he could not refrain from junk food because they were available even in school canteens and is now obliged to refrain from them anyway. Medical science has been exceptionally useful for making lives better for diabetics, but the pain of seeing their loved ones enduring the pain of syringes every day is terribly wrong.
3. Children are not the best judge when it comes to health and sugary drinks, processed fat and salt. At home it is the responsibility of parents who do their best to provide nutritious and healthy food for children, but children in schools have the free will to buy what they wanted. Now that schools will be restricted to ensure that children do not get this kind of food within 50 meters radius, expect children to eat healthier than before.
4. Now that's the beginning of summer, soft drinks and ice cream would be the inevitable favorite of children and adults alike. We can not expect children to refrain from cold drinks and ice cream completely, so the total ban can not be called for. The best idea is to keep the number of these may have on the safety limits for children and therefore schools along with coordination of parents and organizations canteen determine the number of children may have these junk foods.
Do Not :
1. The sudden ban on junk food be shocking to those who are already accustomed to this type of unhealthy processed foods. A total ban would be a strict step and could have adverse effects al. Children crave for fries and soft drinks, and if they find available at your fingertips, you may want to explore other areas where we could get these without much trouble. It is a proven fact that his rebellious teenage age wanting to try those things that are not actually within reach.
2. Over the prohibition of the reeds, you need to send a positive message to children about the harmful effects these junk foods on their health. The approach is important as in Britain people do not stop to have processed fat and salt, but are educated about why these are not good for your health. Through workshops and educational campaigns both parents and children should be educated on how these packaged foods can damage your health even beyond repair.
3. It is difficult to refrain entirely from junk food, especially when we have given to have this type of food available at home most of the time. Bust lives have enough lazy parents to pay attention to what they are keeping the reach of children. Even if junk food is banned from school or in nearby areas, there are chances that children have this kind of chips and cookies stored at home. Restrict make parents aware of the harmful effects these processed fats, salt and sugar have on their children and they together can draw limits to this kind of food.
4. Due to the fact that packed food industry is a major contributor to the economy, it is difficult to put a total ban on these foodstuffs. The HC has definitely considered the matter in a sensible way before passing judgment. Lives lost due to cigarette smoking has been increasing for a long long time, but the total ban could not be imposed even in this type of products that are directly harmful to health and the environment. Having a total ban would be asking too much government.
Conclusion:
It is clear that the imposition of a total ban is difficult 500-meter radius which the request was ordered but prohibited on the school campus and surrounding area must strictly enforce. Parents should be informed of this law and should be done to understand the importance of healthy eating, especially in rural areas where food hygiene is a big problem. Government schools helped mostly need to pay attention to this rule because they are the ones who have mostly been ignoring the need for healthy eating and safe for children. Street vendors are usually not seen outside private schools, but schools outside government, there is a huge rush for these unhygienic and unhealthy food.
S.Ganesh,MBA, Phd
HR , Group Discussion Team !
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