Should we ban fast food near schools?

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  Posted by Wed Mar 25, 2009 6:46am PDT

  Not at all. It is the parents job to raise a child with good values and how to have a balance diet. I've seen parents giving toddlers pop. So should we then ban sodas from stores? You can't try to control every dumb little thing because someone doesn't like it.

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  Posted by oohay Wed Mar 25, 2009 7:38am PDT

  Yes we should, kids lack the self discipline (We all know we were there) and don’t realize the long-term difficulties they will face due to a daily consumption of fast food. Parenting does come into play but unfortunately for a large number of kids that parenting isn’t there.

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  Posted by Sara Wed Mar 25, 2009 10:27am PDT

  um, i love taco bell.

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  Posted by rockin' mom Wed Mar 25, 2009 12:50pm PDT

  I have to agree with the fact that people need to excersise (no pun intended) making good choices BUT in my opinion, I think ALL fast food resturaunts should be banned. The food isn't that great, and it's definately not good for you. It may be convienient, but the damage it does to you in unreal. When I was younger (17) I was 92 lbs. Super skinny. I ate fast food ALL the time. I never thought anything about it. Until I had to have a laparascopy. Guess what they found? FAT DEPOSITS ON MY ORGANS, ESP. MY LIVER. Inner fat is WAY more dangerous than the "cosmetic" fat. Guess where all that inner fat came from? Fast food. Your body is unable to process the kind of crap that's in fast food, so the fat attaches itself to your innards. The dr. told me NO MORE FAST FOOD. EVER. You may think it's okay to splurge on it every now and then, but it's not. It's a horrible choice to make.

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  Posted by Habanero♥™ Wed Mar 25, 2009 4:22pm PDT

  Rockin' When did you get diagnosed with inner fat? Wow. You know how I feel about fast food and soda. Ban it but they will find it, the parents that is!! Lazy, convenient and so much easier than having to actually plan for the week.

  I know...mothers now are so busy that they need a break from all the work, the chores, the tennis sets. O.K. I was being facetious!!!

  Raise 6 kids, be a teacher in your kids school(s), prepare breakfast, pack lunches, start dinner preparations, run home to tutor the few students in school who needed it and have dinner on the table by 5:30.

  Do this with no food processor, no microwave oven, no dishwasher and do it 7 days a week and never complain.

  Rockin I am so thrilled with what you wrote.

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  Posted by molly_ Wed Mar 25, 2009 6:26pm PDT

  As a teenager, I can tell you that moving fast food farther away would only piss people of. My school is about a five or ten minute walk from a Subway, a little doughnut shop, and a grocery store, while nearby schools are close to establishments like Ledo's and Panera. While this easy access is nice, and probably does encourage kids to eat fatter stuff, moving everything farther away wouldn't stop anyone. Seniors and others routinely skip class or slip out to drive to Chipotle, Qudoba, and Chik-Fil-A. I know a girl who drives to Chik-Fil-A nearly every morning, and a group that hits Qudoba every Tuesday for discounted burritos. As for school food, it's not great taste-wise, though they tried to up the nutritional value, and kids can still buy muffins and (my favorite) Cheetos. Everyone drinks too much soda and coffee, even though they have to bring it from home or buy it elsewhere.

  As an earlier (obnoxious but true) comment said, parents and society needs to teach self-control when it comes to what goes into your body as a teenager. Moving fast food farther away won't do anything. Kids have cars, and they pile into them and grab Dunkin Donuts coffee before first period.

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  Posted by Brittany Wed Mar 25, 2009 6:46pm PDT

  I agree kids should be taught nurtrition but I believe it doesn't matter if they know half the time anymore. I was taught nutrition and watching what I eat but I still had weight porblems growing up, I even suffered in high school with my weight badly when I even took a health class that went over nutrition. I am currently trying to lose weight but this time I plan to keep it off. I also believe kids and adults are going to eat what they want and if fast food is what they want then knowing if it good or not isn't going to make a difference. You can really only hope they make the right choices when it comes to their bodies. My school does sell fast food on certian days but hey I learned my dang lesson, I eat it not very often.

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  Posted by ckandw Wed Mar 25, 2009 8:42pm PDT

  Yeah this is crazy...When i was a teen we loved half days and walking to taco bell...then driving to taco bell...and we had to go pretty far it wasn't that close...I was a size zero and until i had my baby at 34 i size 4 at 5'7...now i'm a six out of lazyness of not exercising...My parents taught me how to eat right. No bad snacks during the week...my mom would make me artichokes and popcorn...weekend i could eat what i wanted...and to this day i'm the same way. I think staying thin and hardly ever sick in 36 years my parents did it right...and i still got to go have fun at taco bell on 1/2 days...we are not living in a russia or china...go there if you want the country to strip you ever single right and the rights of your neighbors...

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  Posted by Hector D Thu Mar 26, 2009 2:44am PDT

  Yes, and move them those closer to places where public employee's are!

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  Posted by Habanero♥™ Thu Mar 26, 2009 3:27am PDT

  That is so funny Hector!!!!!!

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