Should Vending Machines Be Banned From Schools?

It has been discovered that obesity has become an epidemic in young children and teens is the past couple of years. This is due to the fact that schools have allowed the host of the disease to live inside and are around every corner. Vending machines are the reason why children are quick to turn down a healthy meal. It gives them quick access to foods that they enjoy and is high in sugars and salts. With this being the case, vending machines filled junk food should be banned from schools because it can put children at risk of type 2 diabetes and other types of issues, lead to obesity, and interrupt or slow their learning and memory process.

Junk food puts children at risk of developing type 2 diabetes and other issues. “They are much more likely to develop type 2 diabetes and other chronic sequelae from the true health hazard of being severely overweight.” ( Lee and Sprague 7). …show more content…
"Eating a high-fructose diet over the long term alters your brain's ability to learn and remember information.” ( Elaine Schmidt 4). High fructose products can cause a decline in being academically involved for children and young teens. UCLA conducted a rat study to examine how a diet that’s steadily on high fructose corn syrup delays the brain’s learning and speaking process. One group of rats were fed high fructose products and another group wasn’t. Scientist put them in a maze to see if high fructose would affect their ability to get out of the maze and the amount of DHA in their brain. DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) protects the synapses in our brain which has a connection with the brain cells that turn on our memory and learning ability. The group that was fed the high fructose were having trouble remembering the route they learned weeks ago and started to become insulin resistance. Insulin is a hormone that help maintain blood sugar and regulated the synaptic