[quote]jacross wrote:
KiloSprinter wrote:
Massif wrote:
I think this is fucking pointless and will solve nothing. It’s a knee-jerk reaction so do-gooders can sit around and circle jerk each other.
You have been able to buy Cokes at schools for ages. This is not the reason that kids are fat.
15 years ago when I was in school, the canteen menu consisted of pies, sausage rolls, pasties, donuts, chocolate milk and soft drinks, and yet obesity wasn’t a problem.
This will solve nothing.
I agree.
Guess what the number 1 food item ordered by students is? (at my old school)
French fries
That’s not to mention that kids today are lazy bastards who rather play xbox all day instead of playing outside in the neigborhood, getting exercise and learning social skills.
BTW, when I was in 7th grade I sold cans of soda out of my backpack. I made about $20/wk profit and since I wasn’t a trouble maker, the teachers didn’t say too much.
That’s nothing, my cousin is in grade 7 and is making over $100 a week doing the same thing. He has workers, WORKERS! I was shocked, that boy is going to be one evil capitalist billionaire.
In year 5 he made $40 selling home made sherbert, he got shut down when parents started complaining about ‘white powder’ being sold in school.[/quote]
That’s classic…
Our school used to have the standard band fundraiser where they all sold candy bars for a dollar to raise money. Well one kid went Costco and bought a shitload of candy bars and proceeded to sell them for 75 cents. He sold like 200 of them before the administration found out and made him stop. I just liked it for the blatant asshole move against the band.
[quote]alstan90 wrote:
KBCThird wrote:
This is total crap. This is america, its a free country and you ought to be allowed to spend your money on what you want. And I really hope that nobody brings up “well, our tax dollars will pay his hospital bill” - the solution to that is to stop paying the damn hospital bill.
Yes because you really are allowed to spend you’re money on whatever you want, can’t you?[/quote]
On things that arent illegal? Yes, we are. Nice try though
[quote]bigscarymonster wrote:
They are kids. Hate to tell most of you with your “This is America and we have freedom to choose” rants but kids don’t really get to make choices about anything. The government fully feels that until kids reach a certain age they are mindless bodies that need to be directed in every way. It wouldn’t be the first time that they have put limitations on school aged children that they could never put on other adults. Oh, wait there was that prohibition thing.[/quote]
Who do the kids get money from? Parents. Dont want Li’l johnny drinking soda? Pack his lunch. Suburban kids who arent old enough to drive spend their entire day ON campus. Bring a lunch and there is no need to send johnny to school with $20 in his pocket
Good start, but there’s still tons of other shit kids can eat like fries, chicken nuggets (those things are disgusting!) and other sugary drinks.
Eliminating soda will probably help, at least for avid soda drinkers, but it all boils down to activity level and caloric expenditure. Most kids now a days, if they don’t play a sport, don’t do shit. I don’t play a sport, but at least I lift, do TKD, and am looking at doing gymnastics. People are too damned lazy, and it’s sad. Everyone would much rather be on myspace than having to chase after a ball or something. My generation sucks…::rolleyes::
I think this an absolutely great idea, but definetly a response to the Supersize Me process going on right now. They will still sell those healthy fruit juices with 60gs of sugar per can.
The real problem is the lack of after school activities and parental supervision blah blah. When i went to high school, they were scrapping middle school jv sports who practiced with the high school teams to allow students more time to “study” for college prep classes.
Result: kids go home, smoke weed, play xbox, knock up the neighbor, eat taco bell and get fat.
Not to mention alot of school districts have scrapped phys ed and even recess at primary school levels.
I think that crap should be removed from schools.
I was in the store buying some food and I see this obese mother buying packs upon packs of coke,diet coke,and sprite.Her obese daughter couldn’t wait for her mother to buy the soda,so she was already drinking it in the store before buying it.Her daughter was about only 2 years old and her mother was already putting that poison in her body!
I don’t think ANY 2 year old needs soda.
I need to write a book called “high fructose corn syrup nation”.
I agree everyone should be able to choose what they drink.
Its not like sodas are being outlawed,
kids can still bring them in their backpacks, buy them after school, drink them at home.
but in the lunch line I bet 8 out of 10 kids would order a coke over milk if giving the option.
In the article it said diet sodas would still availble so it really isnt doing a whole lot of good anyway.
[quote]deanec wrote:
GT625 wrote:
I feel that lack of education about nutrition is the main reason why the majority of Americans are obese.
In that case, I would think this would be a reasonable step toward rectifying that…
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I was saying more that we should try to inform the youth, not make decisions for them. It’s like telling a child not to do something but giving no explanation for your reasoning. If a kid knew what kind of garbage he was putting into his body when he drank a soda then he wouldn’t be drinking it.
[quote]GT625 wrote:
deanec wrote:
GT625 wrote:
I feel that lack of education about nutrition is the main reason why the majority of Americans are obese.
In that case, I would think this would be a reasonable step toward rectifying that…
I was saying more that we should try to inform the youth, not make decisions for them. It’s like telling a child not to do something but giving no explanation for your reasoning. If a kid knew what kind of garbage he was putting into his body when he drank a soda then he wouldn’t be drinking it.[/quote] yea D.A.R.E works really good… [/sarcasm]
I don’t think it’s a lack of information about nutrition that makes people obese. Everybody knows that junk food isn’t good for you. They just don’t care. “We’re gonna die from SOMETHIN’.” “I want to ENJOY my meals. I don’t need to be miserable watching what I eat.” Whatever. I’ll die not looking like a bag of flesh, and I enjoy eating well, and the rewards that go along with it. At least we can get dressed without wheezing and breaking into a sweat.
[quote]Kratos wrote:
I don’t think it’s a lack of information about nutrition that makes people obese. Everybody knows that junk food isn’t good for you. They just don’t care. “We’re gonna die from SOMETHIN’.” “I want to ENJOY my meals. I don’t need to be miserable watching what I eat.” Whatever. I’ll die not looking like a bag of flesh, and I enjoy eating well, and the rewards that go along with it. At least we can get dressed without wheezing and breaking into a sweat.[/quote]
I agree, and to further add to it, people don’t do what’s best for themselves, but what’s most convenient for themselves. Is it easier to grab a can of soda, pop the top, and chug it, or is it easier to get a glass out, get the milk jug out of the fridge, unscrew the milk jug’s top, pour without spilling, replace the top, and then put it back in the fridge? (Ok, a bit extreme in the way I’m breaking it down, but you get the idea). Of course, I’d opt for the milk, but to make it extra challenging, and really work those stabilizers, I’d stand on a medicine ball, one-legged, while pouring with my eyes closed. I’m not normal, it’s ok, just say it. Hehe!
[quote]KBCThird wrote:
the solution to that is to stop paying the damn hospital bill.[/quote]
And how would / could this happen? In your lifetime? Other than a large-scale funding crisis, I see the future options in-line with past ones, i.e. statu quo on policy.
[quote]Dango wrote:
All you’d be teaching kids is that there will always be a mommy type organization acting as a watchdog, always willing to make your decisions for you.
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