Don't Listen to Mary Poppins: Avoid That Sugar

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Since nearly the invention of commercially sweetened foods and advertising that celebrates their goodness, sugary foods and drinks have been identified as the cause of several chronic diseases, contributing to poor health. When a person’s diet contains a lot of sugar, especially when it begins early in life, it is likely to cause health problems and possibly death at a young age. For these and many other reasons, it is essential to carry out research in order to establish the extent to which these foods affect people’s health. In gaining more information on this issue, the argument can be made that the government should ban sugary foods and drinks should be sold in elementary and middle schools.
One of the resources which can be used to emphasize this issue is a recent survey concerning the banning of sugary foods and drinks. Students in elementary schools have demonstrated signs of chronic diseases related to diet such as tooth decay, diabetes, poor skin texture, obesity, and respiration failures, among others. These circumstances emphasize the need for the government to step in and try to establish solutions to reduce or prevent chronic diseases. There are two main proposed verdicts that address the issue: sugary foods and drinks should be banned in schools and the sugar content in the foods and drinks should be reduced. The purpose of this paper is to underline why sugary food and drinks are bad for elementary school children, which leads to the recommendation that these things should be banned from elementary schools.
In order to understand the dangers of sugary drinks and foods, an explanation of their contents is necessary. These drinks and foods are composed of high carbohydrate-content, which is responsible for energy pr...

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