Oscar Mendez Jr.
Time for kids:
Keeping School’s Healthy
Last Tuesday, the US Department of Agriculture and the White House laidout new limits for promoting junk food and sugary drinks in schools. The new rule bans advertisements for unhealthy foods on school grounds during the school day. The new ban would (for example) ban an ad from Coca-Cola from a scoreboard at a high school football game, but allow ads for Diet Coke and Dasani water. “The idea here is simple – our classrooms should be healthy places,” Says First Lady Michelle Obama. “Because our parents are working hard to teach their kids healthy habits at home, their work shouldn’t be undone by unhealthy messages at school.”
According to the USDA, companies spend $149 Million a year onmarketing to kids in schools, but many big name companies such as Coca-Cola and PepsiCo support this ban, and will begin to advertise their healthier choices when the current ads are taken down.
“The new standards ensure that schools remain a safe place where kids can learn and where the school environment promotes healthy choices.” Says USDA Tom Vilsak.
This is yet another brilliant campaign to keep America's kids healthy, and a really great one too! Kids learn the most at home, where parents can model for them healthy choices. Kids learn to repeat this, because everyone at home does this. In a school environment where learning is the first priority, teaching should be done without any distractions, this includes unhealthy ads. Kids begin to see these things and think it's right to consume them. This is where the ban comes into play, it will perhaps reduce this.
Although I believe this is a good idea, I don't think kids in the high school age will pay any attention to the changes at all, because they know what's right and what's wrong. (even if it seems like they don't) This ban would help out kids in the elementary - middle school range, but than again, who posts Coca-Cola ads in these schools?
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ReplyDeleteGreat job! I think elaboration and supporting your ideas would have supported your information better though. You also should use quotes, even if its a non-fiction response.
ReplyDeletewhoops i meant more quotes sorryyyy
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