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Debate: Junk food should be banned from public schools.
Side: Disagree

Schools are certainly entitled to encourage and teach kids how to live and eat a healthy lifestyle because well, that is what the purpose of school. However, they are not responsible for the choices that those kids make because that is impossible. Many of kids lives held in the balance of public school bureaucrats. No.There are healthy choices at school, yet most kids choose the unhealthy. Why? It is their choice. Plus, in general, healthy food is more expensive than junk food. Why? Because if junk food was more expensive than healthy food, junk food wouldn't exist. So, many schools are forced into buying junk food because of budget shortcomings especially in this economy.
Debate: Junk food should be banned from public schools.
Side: agree

The biggest problem that always presents itself when talking about this issue is money, healthy food can be more expensive but this problem arises from the processes that are used to make the food and the fact that healthier food stuffs are in shorter supply, shorter because the demand is much smaller this makes them more expensive.What I was talking about though is not completely cutting out Junk food, like you say young people will always go for junk food. The problem is that there is too much choice and I admit some terrible cooking going on. I was a Chef for eleven years I know that it is quite possible to produce healthier food on a tiny budget. It takes a little imagination and a lot of education though to get people into eating healthier foods and respecting food as it should be. If junk food was more expensive I am sure it would still exist, people always need a quick fix. The state of the economy should have little impact on this topic though as this stuff was going on even during the better years.Food needs to be a bigger part of the educational system as it has such a high impact on peoples health, happiness and well being, it is foolish to ignore this fundamental essential.
Debate: Junk food should be banned from public schools.
Side: Disagree

Agreed. The biggest problem with healthy food is that it is expensive due to the supply and demand of healthy food where supply is contributed to the inefficient processes that are used to make the food, and less people want to eat it. That is a problem.As for young people, what is wrong with having too much choice? Wrong choices make smarter decision for the future.Agreed. Food needs to be a bigger part of the educational system as it has such a high impact on peoples health, happiness and well being, it is foolish to ignore this fundamental essential.But, it doesn't detract that food choices are educational only, and not coerced by banning.
Debate: Junk food should be banned from public schools.
Side: Needs control not banning

As for young people, what is wrong with having too much choice? Wrong choices make smarter decision for the future.This is undoubtable, the problem though is that young peoples bodies and minds are developing all the time, certain food additives (phosphoric acid comes to mind) mess with the homeostatic balance in their bodies which could lead to greater problems in life. The situation with the choice in this scenario is that it is the most commonly chosen is the worst offender. But, it doesn't detract that food choices are educational only, and not coerced by banning.Agreed, my stance from the start is not to totally ban but to control I realise now though my debate tags say otherwise.
Debate: Junk food should be banned from public schools.
Side: Disagree

Sure, there is the scientific evidence that proves what junk food can do to young developing minds, and may lead to greater problems in life. Isn't that a choice that they have to live with. For example, my friend in high school smoked and I didn't. Now, as you noted, he is paying the price for his choice. Due I feel sympathy for his health? Yes, but he made the choice to look cool in high school.Isn't control as the same as banning? Where is the difference? Control implies restricting.
Debate: Junk food should be banned from public schools.
Side: agree

It is a choice they make, but children should not always be allowed to make their own decisions as they will mostly chose that which is bad for them, there is a big difference between smoking and eating though, eating is not seen in the same light, probably because every one has to eat and nobody has to smoke.The situation where I come from is that schools ban smoking outright, but what food is ate is at anyones discretion. Schools supply food, they don't supply cigarettes. Schools are seen as a place of positive guidance, students may not like them but schools as well as parents and peers form who a person becomes. It is up to an individual child's parents to uphold their end of the deal but I feel schools fail in this respect. I understand that it would be very hard to turn that ship around but I believe it is possible and could create a healthier public.As for control being the same as banning, maybe. If the schools themselves stop serving junk everyday and had it (freshly made) twice a week then the kids will have to bring it in themselves, this is then thoroughly at the feet of the parents. This is where I think it should go.
Debate: Junk food should be banned from public schools.
Side: Disagree

Sure, some decisions should be made for children, but eating is not one. That must be learned through education.In America, smoking is banned in schools as well, and all advertising is banned in general.That is what wrong with America and public schools. Parents are being held accountable to upholding their end of the deal and cop out and leave all responsibility to schools for responsibility.Well, if schools stop serving junk food at school, and serve healthy food, there probably be spike in kids bringing it to school instead.
Debate: Junk food should be banned from public schools.
Side: Needs control not banning

This is where the biggest problem is, but I do think it needs to start somewhere and the kids of today will be the parents of tomorrow and hopefully would be able to realize through their education the difference and make more informed choices.
Debate: Junk food should be banned from public schools.
Side: Disagree

Yes, this is the problem, but as noted before, the problem will not be learned through banning by coercion but education.
Debate: Junk food should be banned from public schools.
Side: agree

Yes, junk food should be banned. Healthy eating habits should be trained from young, so that students will continue to make better food choices when they are older.Firstly, junk food is more expensive than the healthier food sold in school. If junk food is not banned, then students may eat them most of the time, they would spend much more money. Parents would have to give their children more for their pocket money. So it would be better to ban junk food in public schools.As shown by much research, junk food can lead to obesity and many health problems, like high blood pressure and diabetes. Even though a child may appear 'healthy' now, he/she may experience obesity-related problems, then he/she will have to spend more money on medical treatment in the future. Being fat also makes one less confident in oneself.
Debate: Junk food should be banned from public schools.
Side: Disagree

Should be??? hahaha...that is the problem with debates, it's always about "should be this" or "could be that" or "but i think" come on man i applaud your fraudulent attempt at heroism here but the main topic should be do people really wanna change???? come up with that answer then proceed to this one...can i change my argument maybe?...cause i am such a donkey's ass for saying the same exact thing everyone has been saying on the whole left side of the arguement...ssshhh i know statistics are the golden rule...it must be upheld by our agree hero's!!!!...
Debate: Junk food should be banned from public schools.
Side: agree

What in the fuck are you trying to say you incoherent mental patient I have a problem when people like... you ... put ... way ... to many .... ellipsis' ... and then their central argument really doesn't make sense...
Debate: Junk food should be banned from public schools.
Side: agree

I think it is a matter of what someone wants to eats but if they want to eat it they should bring it themselves. schools do not want to be responsible for obease children. I also think that schools should UPGRADE their healthy food, no wonder everyone wants unhealthy food because its the only edible thing.I HAVE ONE THING TO SAY TO YOU SCHOOLSUPGRADECHECKAND SERVEupgrade the foodcheck the food then serve the food
Debate: Junk food should be banned from public schools.
Side: agree

Last time i checked America had a high percentage of kids suffering from obesity. Therefore the school boards should moderate how much junk food is avaliable to students. They shouldn't ban it but they should lessen the amount that is currently avaliable.
Debate: Junk food should be banned from public schools.
Side: agree

Absolutely. If kids want junk food and they have access to it outside of school, they can bring their lunch. If you're going to eat from a school vending machine or the school's cafeteria, it should be limited to nutritionally valuable foods.
Debate: Junk food should be banned from public schools.
Side: agree

Yes it should absolutely be.Prayerfails argues (of course) that daddy corporation comes to the rescue of these poor schools by giving them money so they should be allowed to sell garbage.This however is false. Taxes pay for schools.And there is another outdated and completely unnecessary thing that taxes pay for called farm subsidies. We should make as part of a guarantee of continued farm subsidies which have become completely unnecessary in today's super mega huge farms, we should insist they provide our schools with healthy food.That way we don't increase spending, and reduce it on the cost of all the diabetes we have to treat when these fat kids get older.
Debate: Junk food should be banned from public schools.
Side: agree

Prayerfails: Plus, junk food companies donate millions of dollars to schools so they can operate.Me: So they can operate? Hardly, schools are funded by the government. Whether or not the schools have unnecessary state of the art equipment is irrelevant to operation.=P
Debate: Junk food should be banned from public schools.
Side: agree

yeah, junk food should be banned from schools. students will never get a chance to get junk food for themselves if it is banned. at least they would be reducing a junk meal of every days diet of students. it will also help in reduction of the number of the obese children or fatties.
Debate: Junk food should be banned from public schools.
Side: agree

I have seen big teens who stuff their faces and see them gasping for air when they run for p.e.
Debate: Junk food should be banned from public schools.
Side: agree

i agree because it is healthier for kids.ive seen kids who shouldnt be as big as they are.I do belive that they should give them candy on special occasions like christmas parties and such.
Debate: Junk food should be banned from public schools.
Side: agree

if you eat junk food at school, then you can't really control yourself as much as when you're at home because then no one is really watching you at school.
Debate: Junk food should be banned from public schools.
Side: Agree

Schools have absolutely no authority to control what students should eat or not. Especially in high school, the students should be mature enough to take care of themselves. If they choose to eat junk food then let them; it is their own decision. Some people do not see it as ruining their health.
Debate: Junk food should be banned from public schools.
Side: Agree

I agree because of the reasons below: 1.Children should not eat too much junk food because they will get obesity. 2. A lot of chemicals that is in junk food are also unhealthy. 3. It is bad for your health if you don’t eat healthy food and eat junk food instead you will be fat like an elephant and won’t move fast. 4. Do you think anyone will like to play with someone who can’t move much or someone who is really slow?
Debate: Junk food should be banned from public schools.
Side: Agree

i think junk foods should be banned because in schools when authorities sell it and it is been eaten by students they are not fully digested and it disturbs the physic of the students and it slow adds on and on.sometimes,they cause diseases and bp, tension it will disturb them mentally also.i could surely opt for a expensive healither food than wasting /ruining a child's future which cause their death.
Debate: Junk food should be banned from public schools.
Side: Agree

Banning junk food will be advantageous for the school in general. Due to the availability of junk food in schools the obesity rates in children are continuously increasing. Junk food can also cause various heart diseases as well as other diseases.Limiting the childrens intake of junk food could help them to become more fit,healthy and active.If they want to consume junk food they can do so after school hours.The school's number one priority should be the student's well being which also includes their health.
Debate: Junk food should be banned from public schools.
Side: Disagree

Whether it is bad food or not, it is the choice of the person to pick what they want to eat. If they want to eat healthy they can pick the healthy dish
Debate: Junk food should be banned from public schools.
Side: agree

But when they have junk food available to the individual, they are only advocating the problems they are so set out on stopping.
Debate: Junk food should be banned from public schools.
Side: Disagree

People have to make their own choices, whether or not it is good for them doesnt matter. It is in human nature to be a free minded soul.
Debate: Junk food should be banned from public schools.
Side: agree

It is in human nature to be a free minded soul.What are you talking about.People have to make their own choices, whether or not it is good for them doesnt matter.Ok, using this logic everyone should be able to do methamphetamine. I mean why not it is their choice right?
Debate: Junk food should be banned from public schools.
Side: Disagree

You can't use laws and rules to regulate a person into learning a life lesson. They must learn it of their own accord. Unless the junk food is distracting from schoolwork or classtime, it would be out of the purview of the school to regulate it.
Debate: Junk food should be banned from public schools.
Side: agree

You can't use laws and rules to regulate a person into learning a life lesson.So we shouldn't have laws against drugs ... because having rules to regulate them wont teach anyone a life lesson.They must learn it of their own accord.Give the people cocaine, so that they can learn how bad it is! Unless the junk food is distracting from schoolwork or classtime, it would be out of the purview of the school to regulate it.Junk food is bad for the body, just the same as other illicit drugs, alcohol, etc etc. Children do not know what is good and bad for them, that is why they are taught. Schools can start them out early on a healthier diet so that a healthy lifestyle can be promoted from an early age. To allow junk food on the argument that kids cannot have rules set before them to teach them a life lesson is ludicrous.
Debate: Junk food should be banned from public schools.
Side: Disagree

Schools exist to teach. "junk food" doesn't cause diabetes or obesity, habits do. If I was a principle at a school i would want junk food in the vending machines if I was trying to teach the kids to have healthy habits. I could monitor if they are applying the lessons then, all that would be needed is a contract with the vender which states I have access to information on what is being sold and supplied to the students. Without that tool all i would have is hope that less profit coming in from the vending machines is worth not knowing if the kids are applying what they've been taught. If food habits are such a problem, lets deal with the habits then; throwing a minor obstacle in their way isn't going to solve anything. People must learn not to use cocaine of their own accord. There is a reason a supply exists, its because there is a demand. Rules do not teach life lessons, they just teach that the man behind the desk can tell the guy in the uniform to do whatever unpleasant thing you can imagine so you better listen when he tells you the first time...
Debate: Junk food should be banned from public schools.
Side: agree

Schools exist to teach.So I guess you have never heard of physical education or HOPE."junk food" doesn't cause diabetes or obesity, habits do. Which if a child has a habit why fuel it?If I was a principle at a school i would want junk food in the vending machines if I was trying to teach the kids to have healthy habits.In trying to teach them healthy habits you would make unhealthy food choices, well I hope I don't see you taking that position.I could monitor if they are applying the lessons then, all that would be needed is a contract with the vender which states I have access to information on what is being sold and supplied to the students.Kids are kids, if you make something that is bad for them that tastes good available to them they will buy it. Whether or not they were just told how unhealthy the product was. Your experiment will simply show that kids will be kids and do what they want whether or not it is good for them.If food habits are such a problem, lets deal with the habits then; throwing a minor obstacle in their way isn't going to solve anything.Taking away junk food from one of their main sources of food is not a minor problem. It will not solve the problem indefinitely but it will pack a punch, removing unhealthy food from the cafeteria is a move in a good direction not a bad one.Without that tool all i would have is hope that less profit coming in from the vending machines is worth not knowing if the kids are applying what they've been taught. Vending machines still exist, just with healthy choices...http://www.schoolhealthyvending.com/People must learn not to use cocaine of their own accord. There is a reason a supply exists, its because there is a demand.Making it available to the general public won't reduce the demand, it will only increase it.Rules do not teach life lessons, they just teach that the man behind the desk can tell the guy in the uniform to do whatever unpleasant thing you can imagine so you better listen when he tells you the first time...Nor does not having rules ...
Debate: Junk food should be banned from public schools.
Side: Disagree

would the following be a good summery of your position? Kids are incapable of making rational decisions. Therefore for their health others have to make decisions for them. If so I'll say that children and teenagers can be surprising. Especially when taught properly. My 10 year old niece can play chess because her father sat down and taught her. She might not be able to beat me, but she makes some good moves and if she continues to play: it wont be long till I'm learning from her. Once when my nephews were being rambunctious I decided to make a game out of math, they now occasionally ask to play the game and do math without any prompting from me. My 15 year old friend is capable of deep philosophical discussion beyond most adults I meet. All of this is due to rational thought; without it chess, math, and philosophy wouldn't be. Given the proper environment exercising rational thought becomes desirable to kids, and they will indeed display rationality. If it is irrational to consistently pig out on junk food, it is completely possible to create an (non-coercive) environment where it becomes desirable for them not to consistently pig out on junk food. This would have its benefits to everyone. Kids wouldn't be obese or have diabetes due to food habits well they are in primary education and wouldn't develop it after they graduate. The problem wouldn't be covered up or postponed(which covering it up is not a step in the right direction, its passing the buck so to speak), it would actually be solved. If the decrease in the demand of junk food from proper education doesn't go below the hypothetical increase in non-junk food from withholding junk food then the school could make more money by selling junk food while at the same time not allowing children to become fat or diabetic. Also, living in a democratic society(s)[assuming your from one] a persons level of Autonomy is something which should be made as high as possible. Education is an Autonomy increasing force and should be used as such. An educational institution would better serve society by focusing on increasing autonomy, not on taking it away. For by increasing autonomy they are teaching what is required in a democratic society. What is required is making informed uncoerced decisions. I have always found it ironic we expect people to vote on, debate on, etc issues and representatives in society after they have been put through an often authoritarian educational system during their developmental years. Ones where they have been treated as incapable of rational thought for years, and expected, to the point of almost being encouraged, to fail at rationality.
Debate: Junk food should be banned from public schools.
Side: agree

Nope not a good summary at all.Though they both are quite capable of being surprising, many of them are not surprising in the aspect of what they like to eat.game out of mathYou made it a game, kids like games.Kids like unhealthy food, it tastes good.Everything you are saying is basic psychology, I know where everything you are saying is leading. It is however pointless, as a kid will still do what he/she wants if given the choice to do whatever he/she wants.My 15 year old friend is capable of deep philosophical discussion beyond most adults i meetThen the 15 year old is most likely with those in a genius level IQ range, which trust me isn't the norm as far as the population goes. Your following statement reiterates this. beyond most adults i meetIf it is irrational to consistently pig out on junk food, it is completely possible to create an (non-coercive) environment where it becomes desirable for them not to consistently pig out on junk food. If parents are not teaching them good paths to follow, they will find it hard to follow the good paths.
Debate: Junk food should be banned from public schools.
Side: Disagree

Yes, it is basic psychology. Schools do not use it enough in their educational methods. That is a problem.Hes not a genius, he is wrong as often as he is right. He is young though, I hope he'll prove me wrong. He isn't normal that I will give you. He isn't because of his environment, not only because of inherent properties of himself. If parents are not teaching them good paths to follow, they will find it hard to follow the good paths. agreed. Educational institutions can effect children in a way that they will effect their parents. Marketing companies do it all the time by using basic psychology in their commercials. "Hey kids, tricks are for kids." -commercial "MOMMY MOMMY I want the fluffy bunny rabbit on my box of cereal."-kid "eh, ok honey."-mom. It could very well go something like this: "hey that has the food triangles on it mommy(referring to a healthy box of cereal)!", "ok...?" " I want it!". "what are food triangles?" "what! their triangles that tell you what amount of the different types of food you should eat based off of your body type..." "wow, ok honey".
Debate: Junk food should be banned from public schools.
Side: agree

So should this have been a supporting argument? ;)
Debate: Junk food should be banned from public schools.
Side: agree

So we should have some heroine, crack, ecstacy etc. as a menu for lunch too?Maybe even a prostitute.It is in human nature to be a free minded soul.HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAA!!!! You do know that doesn't make sense right?Take that hippy bullshit somewhere else.