by 6S Kelly Pang
We can find canteen in all primary and secondary schools.What they sell to students?Most of them are soft drinks and junk food such as potato chips,chocolate,biscuits.They will also sell noodles,rice or bread to students for lunch and breakfast.A lot of students like to buy junk food or soft drink during recess.Those foods is important for their daily life but do they ever think that if children have too much junk food and soft drinks,that is not healthy for them?Singaporean Government has banned soft drinks and junk food at school to make sure all the children have a healthy and fot body.Do you think this is too inhumane?
To be honest,I don't think this is too inhumane.First of all,junk food and soft drinks contain preservatives which may cause side effects.The most common preservatives in soft drinks are benzoic acid,sulphur dioxide and tartrazine that are toxic if a large amount is used.Some additives may have other side effects such as causing allergies and hyperactivity.In Chemistry,scientics have found that the yellow colouring tartrazine may cause hyperactivity in children.And they also found that sulphur dioxide can cause allergies and breathing difficulties to people who suffer from asthma.That is really unhealthy if children eat too much.
Moreover,soft drinks contain too much sugar.In fact,sugary drinks are recognised by doctors as the single most reasons that cause of tooth dacy and obesity nowaday.If we drink it for a long time,we may also have a high chances to suffer the diabetes.Besides that,sugary drinks contain high level sugar and when eaten together with fat,then the positive effect of having vitamin will be cancelled.
Now I would like to give some suggestions to Hong Kong students who want to have a healthy lifestyle.They should do more exercise.For example,if students live near school,they can walk to school the time between school and their house is within twenty minuets.
Not only do more exercise can develope a healthy lifestyle,but also we need to concern the eating habits. I would like to recommend that school canteens can provide vegetarian food for students at lunch time.At vegetables contain dietary fibre has low fat,it is more healthier and canprovide sometypes of vitamins.Students have mpre vegetables can reduce the chance to become obesity.
This policies is not inhumane.Students can still have junk food and soft drinks but just occassionally.This is acceptable.
Yours faithfully,
Chris Wong
