Everyone knows that cafeteria lunches at high schools can be described, at best, as flavorless. So with the mushy fries or soy burgers, it is nice to have a little salt to spice up the meal. So when I went to lunch one day and there was no salt, I was annoyed. How could they just run out of salt? As the week continued and the salt shakers didn't reappear, students began to complain. We were informed that because of the rise in child obesity, a part of the administration had decided that salt would no longer be provided by the school.
Students took matters into their own hands. A few began to bring salt from home and allowed other students to use it. To our surprise, a school official reprimanded the students for "dispersing salt" to other students, claiming it was a health risk. Fortunately, enough students and parents defied this and salt was allowed back into our cafeteria. It is less accessible, but still available for students.
What bothers me is that this was such a big issue! Surely if most of us are allowed to drive and even vote, we can decide for ourselves if we want salt or not. What other policies will they put into our schools?
Oh dear. Everything is a health risk, silly school.
Salt can be very unhealthy if someone has too much or too little, but it's up to the students, parents, and student's physician to decide.
Who knows what else they're going to ban. Soon nothing wil be allowed to be served. I never thought that they would ban such a thing in schools. That's crazy to me.
If anything, they should just sell almost all health food in cafeterias.
Fruit salads, yogurt, salads, etc.
That's what would be the most beneficial.
In the beginning, most people wouldn't buy it .. but if it were affordable, people eventually wood.
What I don't get is why it is that healthier foods are much more expensive. Salads are so much more expensive than fast food. It's no wonder people buy fast food more often.
I would be fine with that. Developing good eating habits is very important, and I would appreciate it if the schools offered healtier choices. My issue is that students should be allowed to choose what they eat and should not be punished for "distributing table salt". It's salt, not meth.
You should be glad they even let you have salt, we don't get any besides what they put on the food.
First, from a total nutrition standpoint, standard table salt is literally packed with toxins such as aluminum. You would be much better off, health-wise, to use solar sea salt.
Second, I find it ironic that the school would be so preoccupied with salt, when there are so many genetically-modified and/or toxic foods that the schools serve. Why not go after those issues instead? Why don't more schools 'go organic,' especially if they so purportedly care about students' overall health?
You sittng on your ass right now reading this is unhealthy. SOon, "Drinking water has been linked to obesity! Schools ban water fountains!"