Serve Fruits, Be Healthy
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Should fresh fruits be sold in school canteens? I think school canteens should introduce fresh fruits to
students. Since most school canteens don’t serve any, it is only time to
start introducing fruits. Not only because fruits can provide vital nutrients,
but are also healthier than junk foods that are prevalent in the counter. Students
usually miss the daily recommended fruit intake. Serving fresh fruits will add
up to the students’ meal, hence it will help to add more revenue to the school canteen.
One of the key reasons why fresh
fruits should be sold in school canteens is that fruits provide vital nutrients.
Vitamins and minerals are only some of the nutrients that we could get from
eating fruits. Students need these essentials to help maintain a healthy body
condition. It is a fact that fruits are good for our body, and that junk foods
are not. We can say that junk foods have become prevalent in most counters,
even it is unhealthy. School canteens should not patronize unhealthy foods such
as junk foods and stop selling these. School canteens should instead serve
healthier foods such as fresh fruits.
Students usually miss the
recommended fruit consumption, that’s why it is a great idea to serve it in our
school canteens. Fruits are disregarded by students since it is not always
available at home. We tend to forget taking fruits daily since we have to go to
the market to buy some, but what if we can’t and we only manage to visit the market every once in awhile? Having
our school canteens serve fruits makes it more convenient for us, students.
Given the fact that we go to school five days a week, students can consume
fruits more frequent than nothing at all. Lastly, serving fruits in school
canteens promotes healthy living for students.
Another reason why school canteens
should introduce fruits to students is that it will surely be included in the
student’s meal, therefore it will help increase the school canteen revenue.
Since fruits will be other goods for the canteen to sell, it will help the
canteen to gain more revenue. Serving various fruits means students get more
choices to choose from, thus adding more to the cost of their meal. Not only it
can add more value to the school canteen, but it can also promote a good and
healthy image of the school.
To sum this up, I strongly believe
that serving fresh fruits is just timely for the school canteens to start implementing
this idea. I offer you these three reasons: fruits give students essential
nutrients that they need, fruits are usually missed by students at home, and
adding fruits to the menu benefit both students and school as it adds more
value to the school canteen while it
promotes healthy living for students. Hopefully, every school canteen will gain
a healthy image once this idea is widely implemented and we can make it happen
only if we will share the same vision. As students, we should be united to
submit a petition that will serve as our request for the school canteen to
serve fresh fruits.
-TBWS
JULY 31, 2016
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