Halez Abdullah
Ms Singer
English II
But critics say schools made a serious mistake when they began adding soft drinks and
junk food to their menus, in large to prop up struggling lunch programs for which federal
reimbursements have not increased since the early 1980s (Watson).Considering this foods,
schools should be the one environment where there is no advisement on unhealthy foods such as
fast foods and junk food. Just like students are taught good behavior and conducts at school, they
should also be taught good eating habits. Students spend most of their time in school; therefore
there should be more advertisement on healthy foods and the benefits of eating healthier. Fast
foods and junk food may make someone feel hyper and active after they have consumed the
unhealthy products, but in most cases there is usually a crash after a while of eating the
unhealthy foods. Junk food obviously tastes great, but most students do not know harmful these
foods can be. It is very harmful for them to constantly consume these foods. Most students are
not aware of exactly what they are putting into their bodies. Unhealthy foods such as junk foods
and fast foods should be banned from school because students can get distracted in class,
Students can get distracted in class. It is very easy for students to become disturbed and
not pay attention to their teachers. When there is something else adding to the distraction for Abdullah2
students it just makes it much worse. For example, when students are conversing with another
classmate, this causes interruption. Also, eating in class is another interference while trying to
pay attention and listen in class. Students tend to make a lot of noise while they are eating and
also pay more focus on their food rather than their instructor. More importantly and what may be
the biggest disruption is students eating unhealthy foods. When students eat junk foods they
become lazy and very tired. This causes them to constantly zone out and not pay attention to
their teachers. If they are listening to their instructors more likely they will not remember
everything being said by their teacher because of how the junk food makes them feel. Junk food
also causes a crash which most like leads the students to fall asleep in class. Falling asleep in
Students can become obese. Similar scenes play out daily at middle and high schools
across the nation, where soda and a bag of chips have become the meal of choice for a generation
brought up on fast food. So widespread are sugary soft drinks and high-fat snacks on campus that
what children eat at school has become a focus of the debate over how to reverse an alarming
increase in overweight and obese youths (Watson). Obesity is a huge factor that America faces.
Obesity in America is only becoming worse and it is increasing every day. Not only has obesity
increased in the Unites States, but it has especially increased more in the southern states. Since
Tennessee is part of the southern states it is more likely that someone from our very own state
becomes obese. Unfortunately obesity in Tennessee is only going to become much worse. The
only thing that can be done is to eat much healthier. The school systems especially need to
consider this. They need to realize the numbers in obesity are only going up and they need to try
to help students better their eating habits. If the schools continue to provide junk foods and allow Abdullah3
the students to purchase these foods at school they are only adding the numbers of obesity. No
schools should allow any type of unhealthy products this includes all snacks and artificial drinks.
Students can get diseases. Along with the fact that students can become obese, students
just like everyone else can get diseases from having a poor diet. Students can get all types of
diseases including but not limited to diabetes type a, diabetes type b, high blood pressure, high
cholesterol, heart disease, cancers, and the list continues. The fact that students are being served
unhealthy fatty foods every day at school only makes it more likely from them to get a disease. It
makes it very hard for the students to maintain a healthy diet if they are constantly being feed
foods that can cause them to get diseases. Students only have a limit of choices to choose from at
school, so the choices of healthier foods such as greens, fruits, and etc. should be much more.
Students everyday are being served foods that cause diseases such as pizza, hamburgers, french
fries, fried chicken, chicken tenders; also they serve the students drinks with huge amounts of
sugar such as chocolate milk and strawberry milk. Just like schools want to teach students and
want to help them excel in knowledge, they need to help them excel in their health first. Schools
should focus on teaching students about how to maintain a healthy eating and what can cause
then to get diseases so that students may stay away from junk food and go towards eating
United States as a whole needs to eat much healthier and needs to maintain a healthy diet
and exercise. The best place to promote better eating and staying active is at school. Schools do
not do enough to help their students on making better choices for their health. This is an
unfortunate thing; schools do care about their students education, but need to do much better on
providing education about health. Students need to realize that in the long run consuming junk
food and not exercises will only hurt them and cause a bad future for them. Snack machines and Abdullah4
drink machines should be switched out for better health snacks to help students make better
choices. All schools should eliminate all destructive foods such as junk foods and fast foods
because students can get distracted, students can become obese, and students can get disease.
Works Cited
McCatchy. "For Schoolchildern, Eating Well Is Learning Well." SIRS Knowledge Source. Urban
Schlosser, Eric, and Charles Wilson. Chew on This: Everything You Don't Want to Know about
Watson, Aleta. "Fast Food Sold at School Lunch Means More Fat Children." San Jose Mercury
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