Students need guidance and need to be nurtured in an educational manner throughout all spheres of life. Nutrition education is not intrinsic, rather, it is an informative tool that can, with the right teachers and mentors, help children thrive. In the United States measures have been made for change but not on a grand scale. Surprisingly, officials in Mexico City seem to care more for the well being of their children.
The
New York Times article explains that the nation’s health and education officials stepped in last year to limit what schools could sell at recess.
“We managed to do the most important things, which was to pull out the soft drinks and to get the composition of foods changed,” said Dr. José Angel Córdova, Mexico’s health minister. He estimates that one-third of Mexico’s health care spending goes to fight diseases related to obesity.
It seems to be working at her school. Verónica Cruz Hernández now sends her 6-year-old daughter, Fatima, to class with a packed lunch of a ham sandwich, sliced mango, cucumber sticks and water. No more soft drinks. “She doesn’t want to be fat like me,” Ms. Cruz said.
“Almost all of the girls eat fruit,” said Leticia García Gutíerrez, 11. Then she added: “Sometimes we eat candy. But that’s because we’re kids.”
