It is a bad news for those school students who love junk food and aerated drinks instead of nutritious healthy foods. Awaken to the enormity of the problem of obesity especially among school students across the country; the Union Government is preparing guidelines to take junk food out of the school education across the country. By the end of July this year, school students will not have junk food outlets within 500 yards in any direction. The draft guidelines on regulating sale of junk food and aerated drinks in and around school premises would be ready by July, stated an official of the government. A private firm AC Nielsen ORG-MARG Private Limited has been hired in the process of framing norms to regulate availability of junk food and carbonated drinks within 500 years of school.
The guidelines will define what food is healthy and what is not. Most of the schools are welcoming the proposed move. Teacher’s community is all up for banning junk food in school premises. Doctors opined that it would be a welcome step if junk food is totally banned in schools. A renowned orthopedics said, “It is a forward looking step but beginning should be made from home.” School students should be made aware about the harmful impact of junk food on them, both physically and mentally, he added. “We all should welcome this step and help the authorities in its implementation for a healthy nation in the years to come, said Dr. Raj Bahadur, a renowned orthopedics in Chandigarh. In January last year, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) had given six months to frame guidelines on banning sale of junk food and aerated drinks in and around education institutions. Such a ban will set new standards for healthy food. It is observed in different studies that people in the age group of 16-30 are 5.47% underweight; 50% are having normal weight and 42.42% are obese. Reports also observe that people with sedentary jobs are more prone to overweight and obese than who worked in field because in sedentary jobs energy burn is less as compared to food intake.
Himachal Ranks Eighth in Male Obesity
Obesity has reached epidemic proportion in the 21st century. It needs a long-term strategy for prevention and management. Punjab tops the list of obesity cases both in male and female in the country. Punjab has 30.3% male and 37.5% female suffering from obesity. Himachal has also registered an increase in obesity cases. It ranks 8th in the matter of male obesity cases with 16% and 12th in female obesity (19. 5%) in the country compared. Haryana ranks 11th in male obesity with 14.4% and 6th in female obesity cases with 17.7%. Advent of information technology in our life resulted steep decrease in regular physical activities and caused progressive increase in obesity. An individual problem now has become a population problem.
What is Junk Food?
It has poor nutritional value and is considered as unhealthy. It is high in fat, sodium, or sugar content. It has little enzyme producing vitamins and minerals and contains high level of calories. It is responsible for obesity, dental cavities, type 2 diabetes and heart diseases.
Health Hazards
* Junk foods contain very high number of calories from sugar or fat with little protein, vitamins or minerals
* Junk foods are high in sodium, which can contribute to high blood pressure or hypertension
* Researches suggest that junk foods increase your risk for weigh gain, obesity and development of type 2 diabetes
* Raises cholesterol levels which further increase the risk of heart attacks
* Trans-fat abundant in junk foods is considered as the most harmful type of fat because it not only increases the ‘bad cholesterol low density lipoprotein levels but also reduces the good cholesterol with high density lipoprotein levels
The guidelines will define what food is healthy and what is not. Most of the schools are welcoming the proposed move. Teacher’s community is all up for banning junk food in school premises. Doctors opined that it would be a welcome step if junk food is totally banned in schools. A renowned orthopedics said, “It is a forward looking step but beginning should be made from home.” School students should be made aware about the harmful impact of junk food on them, both physically and mentally, he added. “We all should welcome this step and help the authorities in its implementation for a healthy nation in the years to come, said Dr. Raj Bahadur, a renowned orthopedics in Chandigarh. In January last year, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) had given six months to frame guidelines on banning sale of junk food and aerated drinks in and around education institutions. Such a ban will set new standards for healthy food. It is observed in different studies that people in the age group of 16-30 are 5.47% underweight; 50% are having normal weight and 42.42% are obese. Reports also observe that people with sedentary jobs are more prone to overweight and obese than who worked in field because in sedentary jobs energy burn is less as compared to food intake.
Himachal Ranks Eighth in Male Obesity
Obesity has reached epidemic proportion in the 21st century. It needs a long-term strategy for prevention and management. Punjab tops the list of obesity cases both in male and female in the country. Punjab has 30.3% male and 37.5% female suffering from obesity. Himachal has also registered an increase in obesity cases. It ranks 8th in the matter of male obesity cases with 16% and 12th in female obesity (19. 5%) in the country compared. Haryana ranks 11th in male obesity with 14.4% and 6th in female obesity cases with 17.7%. Advent of information technology in our life resulted steep decrease in regular physical activities and caused progressive increase in obesity. An individual problem now has become a population problem.
What is Junk Food?
It has poor nutritional value and is considered as unhealthy. It is high in fat, sodium, or sugar content. It has little enzyme producing vitamins and minerals and contains high level of calories. It is responsible for obesity, dental cavities, type 2 diabetes and heart diseases.
Health Hazards
* Junk foods contain very high number of calories from sugar or fat with little protein, vitamins or minerals
* Junk foods are high in sodium, which can contribute to high blood pressure or hypertension
* Researches suggest that junk foods increase your risk for weigh gain, obesity and development of type 2 diabetes
* Raises cholesterol levels which further increase the risk of heart attacks
* Trans-fat abundant in junk foods is considered as the most harmful type of fat because it not only increases the ‘bad cholesterol low density lipoprotein levels but also reduces the good cholesterol with high density lipoprotein levels
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