Massachusetts Schools Ban Bake Sales: Healthy or Half-Baked?
SodaHead News
2012/05/09 17:00:00
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In an attempt to curtail youth obesity, the Massachusetts school system has placed a ban on junk food that extends from a half-hour before school starts to a half-hour after it ends. That means on-campus bake sales are a no-go, and it has no shortage of critics. Some students and parents are hailing the ban as a vast overreach of government -- a "nanny state" measure that cannot be tolerated.
One blogger at PJ Media wrote, "It’s over. The whole American experiment. Over. Done." Lauren Smith, the medical director for the Massachusetts Department of Public Health explained, "We're at a place in Massachusetts where one-third of our kids in schools are either overweight or obese. [The goal is to] create an environment in schools where kids have an opportunity to make choices among healthy options." Do you think banning junk food (and consequentially, bake sales) is a good idea -- or is it half-baked?
One blogger at PJ Media wrote, "It’s over. The whole American experiment. Over. Done." Lauren Smith, the medical director for the Massachusetts Department of Public Health explained, "We're at a place in Massachusetts where one-third of our kids in schools are either overweight or obese. [The goal is to] create an environment in schools where kids have an opportunity to make choices among healthy options." Do you think banning junk food (and consequentially, bake sales) is a good idea -- or is it half-baked?
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RandyScott 2012/05/09 17:24:18Half-baked
+17Just another sign that the Government wants to control every aspect of your life. I'm waiting for the day that the Government takes you children at birth to make sure they are raised properly. It can't be far off when people actually think the Government should have anything at all to do with what your children are eating.
Besides, you might want to be careful...you don't give them more ideas.
There's nothing wrong with junk food in moderation. I personally don't have an issue with the school district banning vending machines and the like, but a complete ban that includes things like bake-sales? Unnecessary and over-the-top.
If you have roaches in your kitchen, you aren't required to tell anyone.
Oh...and everything in my kitchen is FDA approved. If I make bacon, eggs and toast, it was FDA approved before it even hit my kitchen.
Btw-check the guidelines for the FDA...they actually let X amount of bugs and other contaminants in food...
I'll buy stuff at reputable places that are overseen. I won't buy stuff from people who haven't cleaned their kitchen in a year, and have roaches crawling around their kitchen.
You'd be surprised...
Even when you think a kitchen is clean, you'll be repulsed by the things you CAN'T see.
Occasional bake sales are fine and teach children that any food can be ok in moderation.
Moochelle needs to stay out of the private lives of people and schools and let them handle things their on way, good or bad.