MEXICO CITY (AP) — A government-sponsored junk food ban in schools across Mexico took effect on Saturday, officials said, as the country tries to tackle one of the world’s worst
      • toy_boat_toy_boat@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        22 hours ago

        holy shit, i never realized that nestle is a swiss company. i wouldn’t ever have thought that one of the most horrible, evil companies in the world would come from one of its truly best countries. i’m flabbergasted.

        • Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works
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          19 hours ago

          It’s a major part of the Swiss economy. Agree Switzerland has some policies that other countries would do well to mimic, but beware of pedestals.

    • real_squids@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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      2 days ago

      If base meals are free I don’t see an issue with selling small snacks. At least that’s how it was for me, ymmv

      • Stern@lemmy.world
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        2 days ago

        Mexico has a serious obesity and diabetes problem. Worse then the U.S. even, though only by a couple tenths a percent currently. Makes sense to try and rein it in.

        • real_squids@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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          2 days ago

          Yeah but you can still offer healthy snacks, back in my school I could buy apples, bananas, other fruits in season. Sure, I would like that stuff to be free for kids, but in the meantime might as well sell it. If it’s really bad, you could set a limit of items per person.

        • Ofiuco@lemmy.cafeEnglish
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          2 days ago

          Yeah but it’s more about “time” and money than availability.
          People don’t have time to cook a proper meal due to work, eating healthy is also WAY more expensive than just eating whatever fills you the most.
          Translated to kids, well there’s just enough time to get them dressed and run off to school, hope they pick what’s good for them and not something that they like with whatever little money they are given.

          That aside, I could somewhat trust meals on private schools to be decent or to not get the kids sick… Not as much, at least. Now public schools… I fear for the poor kids as I expect these meals to become someone’s nepotism and not care at all about it being healthy, undercooked or expired.

  • Opinionhaver@feddit.ukEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Makes one wonder who thought it was a good idea to start serving food like that in schools in the first place. If the kids wont eat normal food then they’re not hungry.

    • HeartyOfGlass@lemm.eeEnglish
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      2 days ago

      My old elementary school had a deal with some distributor. Distributor put in a couple snack & soda machines & the school got a cut of the profit.

      I just assume this is similar.