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JollyJoker
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posted April 14, 2011 07:35 AM |
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School already does dictate your bedtime with a very simple rule: You need to be awake during school hours. 
In my experience this is true only for sports.
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It's not very efficient to police everything, but of course there are certain rules for what kind of social conduct is appropriate in school. It's actually not a long time ago when there were school rules for upper secondary school about what you were allowed to do outside school.
Well, I don't know where you go to school, but 60s and 70s changed all that - for good, I might add.
Whether that's good or not, ain't the question. The question here is, that that you need a legislative foundation for this, because not only are children involved, parents are involved as well - they have to pay for it.
If people think that pupils are generally too fat and prefer an unhealthy diet, the reason is that thanks to the general policy fruit and healthy stuff is pretty expensive, while on the other hand the need to make fruit more durable (have to withstand longer transport and more time from producer to consumer) has lead to a reduction in taste, while on the other hand "snacks", "junk food" and sugar products can be sold extremely cheap.
A much more effective instrument would be the tax screw: a sugar tax and a "cheap fat" tax might change the eating habits a lot more efficient. Let a Snickers cost $2 and a simple burger at McD's $4, and things look different.
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