Should Takeaways/fast Food Shops Be Banned From Opening Near Schools?

[Henrietta]

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/health/fastfood-takeaways-could-be-banned-from-opening-near-schools-as-mayor-tackles-child-obesity-emergency-9790431.html

No one's forcing children to eat there and it should be the parents responsibilities to teach good eating and monitor their kids health/weight surely?

Should our economy and small businesses be attacked by this notion?

[Mamyalynne]

It's not just about them not liking what school has to offer, also they want to leave the environs of the school for an hour.

[BRIGHT SPARK]

Ten minutes walk.........do they still teach kids to walk then!

[Daffy6543]

///or are we also worried about the parts of our economy not allowed to sell children booze and fags? ///

The school my son attends has just one shop nearby, it is a Bargain Booze shop.

[Daffy6543]

///It's not just about them not liking what school has to offer, also they want to leave the environs of the school for an hour.///

None of my 3 kids had a lunch hour, the high school they attended only gets 30 minutes for lunch, my son's primary was the same.

[Mamyalynne]

Have checked my facts with my daughter and the school I mentioned has 50 minutes for seniors - a brisk walk to and from the shops,guess it doesn't do much harm. Nearest McDs they would need to be as fast as Usain Bolt to get there and back.

[sherrardk]

The last upper school I worked out didn't allow the students to go out at lunchtime (Sixth formers were allowed out though).

[Daffy6543]

My son was allowed out at high school level because we live about 2 minutes walk from the school, he needed a photo ID pass though. All sixth formers are allowed out but they also need photo ID to get in and out.

[ummmm]

I used to live next door to a chippy, the best chippy in town, so I ate my fair share of chips.

I now live next to a boys school and the rubbish they buy in the morning is shocking.

[Old_Geezer]

It is another case of having a problem and finding a quick easy solution (maybe) and ignoring whether it is the right thing to do. A case of, "Fixed my problem, why care about the unconsidered side effects ?".

I tend to dislike banning things as a general rule, although there are some cases where it seems the best solution. Heer the issue is with the life choices made by the pupils and the ability of their parents to ensure they choose the right thing. I do not believe Big Brother should be interfering in people's lives like that, whether it is for their own good or not. If a mayor wishes to do something, how about a school leaflet drop explaining why school dinners, or going home to a healthy lunch provided by the parents, is best ? Advice is fine. Arguably a waste of ratepayers' money, but fine in that it isn't interfering where it ought not.

[Old_Geezer]

Schools that don't let one go home for lunch ? Isn't incarcerating folk in school against citizens' rights ?

[dave50]

What's wrong with school dinners? I used really enjoy mine back in the early seventies, especially when there was some left for seconds! Are today's too picky, not liking this or that?