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.
However, I believe there's way too much nannyism in our politics these days!
That said, it is perfectly legitimate for the school system to ban the sale of junk food during school hours. As described in this post, that doesn't necessarily mean that "bake sales" are banned from school property, just during the time school is in session.
Who has time to conduct such bake sales during school hours anyway?
Seems to me that this question omits some of the facts.