Fast Food - Should It Be Banned?

[SOLDIER #819]

Other people living in Britain may recall a school that decided to become healthy and serve no more junk food, then a load of parents started taking orders from a Chippie (fish and chip shop, a greasy British favorite of battered fish and fries, they also sell battered sausages, burgers etc) and were passing them though the gates!

That sounds pretty horrible on the parents' part, hahaha. Rather than giving them something decent (if the cafeteria food was bad to begin with) they pass their kids the worst stuff they can find and act like they're doing a good thing.

Although the opposite was true for my elementary school. The cafeteria food probably wasn't healthy at all between the sloppy joes and whatnot. And awards given out for good grades or attendance or whatever were free burgers at In N' Out. Certainly not the cause of childhood obesity, but it's funny how children are rewarded (in America anyway).

When it comes to instilling a good diet, schools seem to have the "damned if they do, damned if they don't" thing going against them.

Chez & RagnaToad: I feel pretty bad for eating something unhealthy, but I'm not so sure about being fuller after eating something healthier. That satisfaction of "having done good" certainly is there though. I was never one to eat the fat off a steak or mayo a la carte, which sounds gross by taste alone, but I love me a huge cheeseburger with thousand island and a mound of fries every once in a while. It fills me up nicely, too. All the while a (nearly dressingless) salad with some chicken will have me coming back to eat more later... granted it is a less substantial meal, with most of the carbs being fiber. Dieting is just such a mixed bag.

Regardless of what you're eating, it is better to just eat small meals throughout the day regardless of what they are, so it's more of a matter of being "satisfied enough" rather than being "full". Something about digestion burning calories, avoiding insulin production spikes, etc.