Monday, January 9, 2012

Junk food ban in Calgary schools starts today. What do you think?

(From the Calgary Herald website)

When students who attend Calgary’s public schools resume classes today after the winter holidays, they’ll notice the potato chips, chocolate bars and other sodium- and sugar-laden treats missing from the vending machines and cafeterias.

Under the Calgary Board of Education’s new nutrition policy, which took effect Jan. 1, schools will no longer sell or serve junk food to students.

“We know this is something that’s important to our schools and our learning agenda and we’ve been working toward this for some time so we’re very pleased that we’re at a place where we can bring it forward,” said Cathy Faber, superintendent for learning innovations at the Calgary Board of Education.

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3 comments:

  1. I'd like to know where the teaching of 'self control' enters in to the debate. So, because SOME kids can't control what they eat, others who CAN get choices removed?

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  2. Healthy eating starts in the home, not in the schools. It's too bad we have to police everything at the school level.

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  3. On the other hand... if kids are getting the healthy eating rules at home, why present conflicting messages from the board by offering bad food choices at school?

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