A healthy choice
The cafeteria at Fremont high School in california, in the U.S., is a little different these days. There are no soft drinks or potato chips in the cafeteria. the candy bars and ice cream are gone,too.What happened ? The school stopped selling junk food.The principal and teachers are happy about this. But some students are not.
Dana Alvarez Is a student at Fremont High School and she is angry.She says, "I like to have soda and chips for lunch. It's not fair that i can't choose the food i like."But the principal and teachers at this large California school disagree with Dana. In the U.S., 14% of teenagers are overweight. Doctors say that junk food is one reason for this problem. Sometimes children eat junk food because it is easy to buy. Junk food,like ice cream, chips and candy,has a lot of fat and sugar. Children eat too much of it, and that is why they are overweight. In addition, teachers say that when children eat junk food for lunch, they often feel sleepy in the afternoon. Many parents are worried, too. They want their children to eat well, and they want the schools to sell only healthy foods.
The cafeteria at Fremont High School sells a lot of different food now, such as fruit, yogurt, salads,and juice. But this may not solve the problem. Sometimes students go outside school to buy junk food at lunchtime. And some students bring junk food from home. But in the cafeteria, students may buy only healthy food. The principal hopes that most of this students will make a healthy choice.