Junk Food Ban
"It's not like they can take all our chips and soda and lock
them away somewhere."
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By Stacey Leung
After many complaints concerning the proposed state
soda tax, Senator Deborah Ortiz changed her bill to rid schools
of junk food.
I'm Stacey Leung with a commentary from Youth Radio.
The idea was that children in today's society are becoming too
fat, too fast. But what are you going to do? You can't monitor the
entire student body's eating habits, or install a metal detector
that detects Twinkies and other sugary confections instead of metal.
It's not like they can take all our chips and soda and lock them
away somewhere. The bill failed, and I'm not surprised. Most high
schools offer open campus lunch. So even if the cafeteria served
only soy-based products and healthy pastas, we could still run to
the McDonald's down the street.
Eventually, we'll grow up to realize why junk food is really just
junk. But for now, let us enjoy what we can while we still have
the time and energy to run around and burn off all those excess
empty calories.
For Youth Radio, I'm Stacey Leung.
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