JOURNAL 2

http://thestar.com.my/education/story.asp?file=/2007/3/25/education/17134721

When we read this article, I think most of you will start to remember all your sweet memories at your old school. Can you remember your old class, toilet and the most important area is the canteen. Actually, this article wants people to realize that the child obesity had been increased in our country lately. This problem occurred due to the increasing of the fast food advertisement in any media. When the reporters went to a few schools canteens in Selangor, the food that had been sold there was also unhealthy and lack of vegetables. Most of the food that had been sold there, we can also get it in any fast food outlets like burgers, nuggets, sausage, etc – it’s called “convenient food” which has been processed. Many parents complained their unsatisfactory regarding this matter. In my opinion, before we want to ban the fast food advertisements in order to decrease the number of child obesity cases or any other major medical problems, we, as their parents should check what our children had been eaten at their school’s canteen. The parents also should always be alert with the school conditions. If you love your kids, just sacrifice a little bit of your time checking and observing your children eating habits. The school also should play their part by observing the entire menu that will be selling in the canteen. The canteen should serve more vegetables and any other food that contains well balanced nutrients because it’s very hard to find children who love to eat vegetables nowadays.