Banning junk food in schools has been debated for over a decade. While it aims to improve student nutrition and health, eliminating junk food sales also removes a key source of funding for school programs. The thesis argues that a junk food ban in schools has both benefits and drawbacks, as schools rely on vending machine sales but such foods are unhealthy. Parents must recognize this tradeoff between nutrition and finding alternatives to replace lost vending machine revenue.

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The idea of banning junk food in school has been a big topic over the past
decade. The populace feels that we need to get rid of junk food to give kids
a more invigorating and nutritious diet. However what society doesn’t
realize is that if we take away the soda and the oleaginous snacks , it has
good and bad consequences. Every parent must realize that the money
these schools made off the vending machines is all gone and have to find
another way to fund a variety of programs that keep the school effective.

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