NOURISH by Tamar N Henry

Author:Tamar N Henry
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
Published: 2017-11-07T05:00:00+00:00

Please Note

No child should be made to feel singled out or excluded for not having the ‘right’ foods in their lunch box. By offering parents guidelines, lists of available food items and above all the school’s support, one can hope to expect for more appropriate food choices, but if this is not the case the child should not be made to suffer. The school and its supporting staff are there to help both the child and parent in this circumstance.

Junk Foods on the Premises

This is a catastrophe for so many reasons. Retailers being allowed to sell junk or fast food in or close to schools is directly undermining children’s right to health and their on-going education. Think of the vision and all the hard work that goes into the implementation of a school’s health and food programme (no matter how small it may be), and the lack of integrity this demonstrates.

Schools would never invest time, energy and hours of teacher’s training into, say, a maths curriculum for them to later decide on an unsuitable, below-par programme that yields less than desirable results for their students. The thing to ponder here is why individual schools have the power to choose to sell produce on the behalf of fast food outlets and junk food options in the first place? As a health professional working in a school, I realise the bravery (not to mention the additional time and effort) it takes any administration to go above and beyond what is expected of a school and this should be commended.

Why, then, contradict that good work through the blatant exposure to non-nutritious, convenience food and drinks that so clearly undermine all the good being done? What really stunned me to learn is that in some schools, while foods prepared and sold by the school need to meet specific nutritional guidelines, foods from other outlets, including soft drinks, chocolate bars and other nutritionally low options, are allowed! As you might have guessed, the answer again is down to money. Schools believe that they can make more money in this way rather than by running their own food services.

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