Health

Junk Food Ban Is Not Enough: Schools

by The Daily Eye Team May 16 2017, 12:43 pm Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 40 secs

On Monday, the Maharashtra government issued a resolution instructing schools to stop serving junk food in their canteens, to stem health problems and aid learning. Foods banned: those high in fats, salt and sugar (HFSS): soft drinks, sweets, pastries, pizzas, and burgers. Approved foods include rajma, vegetables, daals, wheat rotis, vegetable pulav, and idlis. Many schools have banned junk food, but kids still bring unhealthy snacks in their tiffin boxes, says Rebecca Shinde, principal of CBM High School, Mumbai. “I am strict, but parents fight with me, asking why children should not be allowed to eat food from home,” she says. “We are not an affluent enough school to have a canteen, so there is a limit to how much we can control what children bring.”

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