soda and snack machines in school

Having snack machines in the school leading to people overweight is one of the great myths in this world that just make me rather amused. Granted, it can't help keeping people healthy. Perhaps there should be healthy alternatives and there are in many cases. Of course, by the time that I got to school, there was no snack machines, no soda machines, nothing like that. So I don't think that would be a problem but people who wanted those types of snacks would bring them at home. The point is, while school enables the access to those things by having the machines, it does not mean that they will be the sole problem. The thing is, if you remove those things from the school, people will still bring them. Plus in the back of my mind, I just know that schools know the profit of these things and know they can make some money. It is a horrifying thing to think that a school would profit off of this thing but its really true.

i thinks its bad to have them in school, but then a gian it depends on whats in them maybe if they put healthier things in them kids wouldn't be so fat.

I think maybe a good balance would be to provide some healthier options instead of doing away with the whole thing.Most eating habits are created and sustained by the home environment. You can take away the bad snacks but that doesn't mean that they will choose to eat the right things. It has to be substantiated at home. But, I do think it's a good idea to provide healthier choices for them.

I think there is no use in banning them, kids will get candy and soda and all that stuff from other places anyway, so it does not really help or prevent anything. The only exception is very young children, it is not good to teach them a bad habit very early on in life. But if the kids are already 10 or over, I think you can't really control them no matter what you do...

I completely agree with you. Society keeps on complaining about obesity and how children are overweight nowadays. Everyone should play a role in promoting healthy habits, even the schools. In one can of soda, there's so much sugar. Chips, cream cookies, cupcakes... all of these can lead to diabetes. I think it's a good idea to put healthy snacks in schools. If it's already there, why not try it, right? If children really want unhealthy snacks, they would have to either ask it from their parents (who are, hopefully responsible) or buy it themselves.

Soda and snack machines are there because that's what children want to have. These are unhealthy for them, sadly, that's what they will mostly eat. Replacing these with healthy snack machines might not be a good idea, but you can try. They might just totally ignore them. Juice are not that healthy. It contains a lot of sugar and it may be acidic. Most children drink juice even without having food which could make them suffer from hyperacidity, or worse, ulcer.

Hello fellow mylotter, many of these machines have already been replaced here in primary school where I live, and I think it helps somewhat but its not gonna stop students from bringing their own junk food from home. In areas where it hasn't been replaced yet, I believe it would be a good idea to fill up the vending machines with snacks labeled healthy choice and juice/water/mineral water machines.