Healthy eating at school, but junk food outside: Bengaluru schools face a tough challenge
Schools in Bengaluru are struggling to maintain healthy eating habits among students due to the prevalence of junk food outside campus boundaries. While schools implement strict internal food policies, they face challenges in controlling student dietary choices once they leave school premises.
Why it matters
Addresses the public health challenge of childhood obesity and the limitations of institutional influence on student behavior.
Although several schools have been putting systems in place to inculcate healthy eating habits among children on the campuses, many principals say that they cannot have control over the choice of food when the schoolchildren step out. As a result, many children anyway end up eating junk or unhealthy snacks, the principals rue.
For instance, some CBSE schools and international schools in the city have installed “sugar board” and “oil board” as per the CBSE norms. They aim to educate children on low consumption of sugar and oil. Some had started this even before the CBSE made it mandatory for all schools to follow.
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