Banning sugary or unhealthy foods for children?
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It is alarming. We drink mostly water.Scott wrote:Regardless of the banning issue, this is an alarming demonstration.
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If a person did not have that sugar "tolerance" built up as a child and then suddenly they are subjected to all the "glories" of the junk food market, it could be more detrimental to their health than anything. For instance, if someone doesn't have a high concentration of sugar for a long time (say a year or two) and then they suddenly have a piece of chocolate birthday cake, they can get seriously sick.
However, I am all for having healthier school lunches. That certainly wouldn't be a bad thing.
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I think the most important thing is that sweets, and other fatty foods are limited, and the diet is well balanced.
Kids are going to eat sweets if they want sweets, and the same for a burger and fries, or whatever. But a happy, healthy, emotionally stable kid, who is taught the right way to eat from an early age will always make better choices than a kid like Jeremy, who never really stood a chance.
Unfortunately, kids like Jeremy are far more common than they should be.
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I am glad she put her feet down on my cravings and now I think I will definitely do the same thing for my child. It pays in the long run. The government might not be able to do much to stop children from taking sugary stuff because if it's not illegal for adults, the adults will yield to the pleas of their kids and smuggle some cookies or candies for them. And there's not much the government can do about that.
The reason they have some success banning drugs is because drugs are illegal for the adults as well.
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Exactly! Once we get adults to make healthy food choices, the children will fall in line.JanaeiAlexandria wrote:I think that if children are taught good eating habits at home as well as at school there is no need to ban unhealthy or sugary foods. Banning anything tends to make it that more intensing, teaching moderation is key. Children mimic what their parents and role models do. So when we practice good eating habits, they do as well.
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Scott wrote:[This is a discussion topic for the March 2016 book of the month Eating Bull by Carrie Rubin.]
When it comes to cigarettes, alcohol, marijuana, or large doses of caffeine, it is generally illegal to give it to children or at least to sell it to them directly. Sugar is arguably more addictive and arguably leads to more deaths than many if not all of those other items. Do you want sugary or unhealthy foods to be banned for children in the same way? Why or why not?
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Absolutely not!!! In truth I think the same thing should be said of cigarettes, alcohol, marijuana, and caffeine. I think for some of these things (say alcohol and smoking), they should only be given to someone at a certain age. (I am perfectly fine with someone who is 18 being able to smoke, although to be frank I think the habit is nasty and am so glad that I gave it up.) Sugar, however, is much like the rest of these "bad" addictive foods/drinks. Moderation is key. If we refuse to give kids sugar, I believe that when they do figure out what sugar tastes like, say like a piece of chocolate, they will go nuts with the taste and develop an even unhealthier alternative to if they had eaten a little bit of it to begin with. Not only that, but I do believe that some sugar is good for your diet. Being a type 1 diabetic, people find it amazing that I still eat cake, chocolate, etc. The thing people don't realize is that I need sugar. My blood sugar drops if I don't have it. As long as I take insulin for what I am eating or drinking and I don't have a ton of it, it's fine. The same can be said of Jeremy. You realize that in the story one of the "Fat Slayers" made a point of telling Jeremy not to cut out hamburgers and pizza, but to cut down on fast food to 3 times a month. That is a reasonable goal. It also claims that while sugar is not good to have all the time, it still can be enjoyed in moderation. So, do we refuse to give sugar to kids? No, I think they should be allowed to have a cookie here and there, or a piece of pizza. They needs the sugar in the carbohydrates to survive and maintain a healthy weight. I think taking sugar out of a diet is completely illogical and incredibly unfair to anyone. Just because you take sugar out does not make you healthy, and it certainly does not mean that sugar will not be replaced by something just as, if not more, unhealthy in the future.