Why Sugary Food and Drinks Should be Banned in School

By Kruti Patel

Let’s admit that we all love sugary snacks and drinks. They’re so tempting, and it’s amazing to have them at school (if you have them at school). But if you eat or drink too much, then it won’t be good for your health, and you could get sick. If you continue doing this, it could affect you even more! So instead of encouraging these foods and drinks, we should try banning them. Here’s why I think they should be banned in school.

First of all, eating junk food and drinking sugary drinks like soda is not good for your health. Too much sugar has become a problem for years for children and adults. It can lead to endangering sicknesses that aren’t just the common cold or flu, like diabetes, cancer, depression, and aging faster. This is a bad start for a child’s life, and you definitely don’t want this to happen to you or your child.

The second reason is that even though parents tell kids not to eat the sugary food and drink the sugary drinks, most of them might do it anyway. This will cause parents to lose trust in their kids. Children might be tempted to eat the yummy treats and drinks, but if they eat and drink too many, they could get really sick. Plus, the parents could scold them, get them into more trouble, and even lose their trust after they feel better. Banning these foods and drinks from schools saves children from the torture of getting sick, getting in trouble, and loss of trust.

Lastly, children could eat and drink these types of junk food and sugary beverages every day at school, so they could become addicted. Everyone loves succulent, sugary snacks and beverages, but eating them every day will not only be hazardous to your health, but if you continue to do so, you could become addicted to it and not accept other foods. You might even start to be a bit more picky about food and drinks. For example, you might “need” a sweet treat if you keep eating and drinking like this every day. Soon, it will become a bit of a problem since it will become another added expense for your parents to buy the candy, soda, and other treats that you crave for.   This can easily be helped by banning these foods and drinks from school.

Clearly, sugary food and drinks should be banned in school because there could be a risk to children’s health, a loss in parents’ trust of kids, and could make children become addicted. Children getting sick too many times will be a huge worry for parents and cause them to lose focus. Parents might not trust their kids to make correct choices if they keep on buying snacks and drinks that they can’t. And children getting addicted to sugary drinks and foods is not good at a young age, especially when they’re still growing. It’s because of these reasons that junk food and sugary beverages should be prohibited from schools.