Junk Food in Cafeterias

Everybody agrees that overeating is unhealthy, but having the government dictate its availability is not good either.   In the past two years, over a dozen states have considered legislation limiting the availability of junk food in schools, requiring vending machines be turned off during certain hours, or increasing the cost of unhealthy food to discourage its sale. Instead of prohibiting junk food the government should invest more in promoting healthy food. These times, the general people are too willing to give the government an excessive amount of control. Government is not our mother to be chasing us around to make sure that we are eating nutritious meals. By letting the government ban junk food we would not be looking at the big picture, we are giving them the power to dictate our lifestyles. Junk food banned from school campuses would contribute to too much government dependency, an excessive amount of government control; we would take away the effectiveness of parents; it would also be somewhat pointless because if kids want to eat junk food, they’ll find a way, also many schools financial state will be affected as well. By letting the government regulate what we eat we are depending on them to take care of us. Students should be trusted to make their own decisions about their diet. Schools should provide information about healthy eating to the students, but leave the decisions up to them. Government should not even think they’re needed enough to step in and ban junk food. We need to raise our children so that they know what is good for them and what is not. Children should not be pampered or babied; we should start worrying more on how to help a child grow in character so that they know enough to make their own good decisions. Government should not be given the power to dictate what is good or bad; all they should do is their job, to interpret the law or Constitution. The Framers never intended to let the government tell us what to eat....