The real reason why schools can't have vending machines period or on during the day is because they aren't allowed to compete with the school lunch system. We have vending machines at our high school, however they have to be turned off during they day so they don't "compete" with our school lunch. This just boils down to a politics issue.

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We had no vending machines, nor a school lunch program. Course, when my school K-6 only had 30 kids in it...there really wasn't a cost benefit to any of this stuff. Mom(s) packed our lunch and we hoofed it to school. Rain, sleet and snow....mostly snow (300" a year)...we had no choice

I wouldn't have it any other way.

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my school barely serves us fruit juice yet alone pop and chips!

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yeah, about the sport thing, they are making gym mandatory 3 times a week. apperently those kids that wanna get out of gym always do anyways so it doesn't really matter to the overweight kids since they are just going to sit on the side lines.

I'm in the 6th form (am 16) and this is the first year that we've had access to vending machines... although if you wanted in the lower years you could sneak into the common room and use them.

To be honest, I hardly ever buy anything from there because it's mostly chocolate, sweets, fizzy drinks etc... and I like to eat healthily.

I think at my age we're old enough to know what to eat, when to exercise etc... you cant blame it on the government or the school system

Changing the schools menu won't make that much of a difference. Many schools have some type of fast food joint within walking distance of them. I'm sure that many will still choose "pizza" over "cucumbers".

If students are more educated to the importance of physical activity it shouldn't matter what they eat while they are in school. The school field should always be available during recess for soccer/football or any other game, and there should be some kind of lunch-program in the gym. Go out have fun, get fit - easy as that.

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Originally posted by OrZonE If students are more educated to the importance of physical activity it shouldn't matter what they eat while they are in school. The school field should always be available during recess for soccer/football or any other game, and there should be some kind of lunch-program in the gym. Go out have fun, get fit - easy as that.

Well, I think that you are thinking about highschool and not elementary school.

We weren't allowed to leave the school when in like grade 2 or 3. That could be a major law suit on the hands of the school.

Another question is, where did you eat your lunch when in elementary school? We ate it at the desk of the class room and then went out for recess after lunch was done.

I guess it would depend on the school, but even in junior high (the one I went to) we still had an option of going outside and playing whatever sport we desired. This was done under supervision of course, on the school playing field.

I'm not sure about grades 2/3 though, since I never attended those in Canada. But this goes back to a point someone made earlier, what are kids that young doing with money "for lunch" anyways. Let their parents make them lunches, I don't care how busy you are don't brush your kids off with "here's 10$ for lunch" when they're 7/8 yrs old.

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