Within precautionary measures to ensure a healthy environment .. Schools prevent the use of “Delivery” applications

With the approaching start of the new academic year, school departments broadcast awareness messages on proper nutrition for students during their period of school, stressing that they contribute to improving physical health, increasing focus and strengthening memory, while providing the body with the energy needed for daily activities, in addition to promoting mental health to counter academic pressures, and forming food habits that last long. The Department of Education and Knowledge of Abu Dhabi was obligated to schools with new measures to ensure a healthy food environment in educational institutions, including not to allow the use of external food delivery services during the study hours, to prevent them from obtaining unhealthy foods. Doctors and nutritionists revealed that the percentage of students who hold unhealthy food ingredients in the school “Lashbox” school is approximately 44% of the total students, noting that the most prominent manifestations of intake of unhealthy foods are the spread of obesity and diabetes.

In detail, schools in awareness messages on proper nutrition warned of foods of low nutritional value, including potato chips, soft drinks and fast meals because they contain high levels of sugars and fats, and low rates of minerals and vitamins necessary for the body. The specifications of the healthy food fund, most notably, were made of a safe material, and do not interact with food, and keep food from damage, in addition to containing different sections to put foods in appropriate quantities and without overlap.

Teachers and administrators in various schools, Muhammad Hani, Osama Al -Saadi, Thuraya Hafez and Amna Ibrahim and Rasha Moussa, confirmed that students, especially in the secondary stage, have become accustomed during the past years asking for ready meals from restaurants and receiving them through the «Al -Delveri», in addition to fast meals restaurants in the vicinity of schools that provide their services – from outside the walls – to students after choosing the meal and paying its price before entering the school to be from the receipt from the time of the rest School.

They stated that the phenomenon of obesity among school students is linked to the spread of fast food restaurant services in the vicinity of schools, and to resort to daily propaganda in front of the doors, through promotional offers to tempt students to buy them before entering the school, stressing that spreading a healthy food culture is important to which schools cannot School meals, with the need not to give them a large daily expense, to avoid buying unhealthy meals and other drinks and sweets.

Health standards

Doctors and specialists have identified the feeding of five health standards that must be adhered to in a school food meal, including avoiding unhealthy foods such as processed meat, sugars and sweetened juices, focusing on fruits and vegetables, and providing the child with water daily to avoid dehydration, choosing food boxes made of healthy safe material Unhealthy Food Fund increases the possibility of students with obesity and diabetes.

The family medicine consultant, Dr. Adel Sajwani, pointed out that eating unhealthy meals entails the presence of obesity in students, and it is a major cause of their diseases of high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease and poor perception, in addition to their future diseases, as it is a major cause of a number of cancerous diseases.

Swanani explained that unhealthy meals are filled with hydrogenated fats and sugars, and containing non -good preservatives, many of which are useless, in addition to the presence of colors and dyes in drinks that do not provide nutrients for students, and thus lead to bone diseases, such as softness and lack of proteins, due to malnutrition, in addition to the excessive intake of fast food makes children more vulnerable to depression, anger and stress Anxiety and mental illness.

Sawwani said: “What the child eats while he is young appears on his body in old age, so people are diabetes when they are 40 years old, although they do not eat sugar and the reason for what they were previously eating while they are young, because the human body does not work with the operating and separation system (on, and off), so everything we eat is an investment, so it must be an investment in health”, stressing the role of domestic control over the children They pay the price of fast food requests, so there must be control from parents to ensure the health of their children.

Ideal contents

The therapeutic nutritionist, Dr. Fatima bin Ammar, emphasized that the school food bag has an important role in promoting student health, improving academic achievement, and reducing pressure, expressing her surprise that there are unhealthy foods in them, such as sugars, chocolate, and “chips” and colored juices, noting that there are specifications for food that is placed in the student food bag to enhance their health, including that it contains water to complete the operations The vitality, because dehydration or liquid liquid in the body negatively affects the focus and the student’s ability to absorb.

She said: «The food box must contain vegetables and fruits, as these are foods that contain fiber and natural sugar, and their benefits positively affect the enhancement of the work of the brain, as it does not raise the level of sugar in the blood quickly, which is easy and fast to eat, and it has a relationship with improving the access of sugar to the brain. Putting pieces of cucumber or carrots and olives, and to replace potato chips with nuts, because of their great dangers that negatively affect school performance and lead to obesity.

She warned of the danger of the school food box containing foods such as chocolate, colored juices, potatoes, sweets or sugars that negatively affect the student’s performance and focus, noting the importance of choosing a food box made of harmless and easy to clean materials, and that it is tightly closed, and it must be cleaned daily with soap and water and dry it well to ensure its cleanliness.

Colorful box

“Languch) should include different varieties of fruits and vegetables, as they attract children and make them happy and accept healthy food, and whole grains (the type of carbohydrates is more important than their quantity) must be chosen with the importance of replacing unhealthy varieties with health.”

She said: «Children should get used to eating yogurt and berries instead of cakes, and eating regular breakfast pills with dried fruits instead of (corn Flex) grains coated with sugar, with the need to pay attention to the size of the food shares of different foods, stay away from sugars and milk with flavors, and drinking fresh water and juices.

Health

“The most appropriate ingredients for the food box are 25% healthy starches (whole wheat or multi -cereal bread, oatmeal, 35% fresh vegetables and fruits, 25% of protein: milk, yogurt, meat free of fat, white cheese, in addition to 15% healthy fat (walnut, olive oil, avocado).”

She advised the students of the students not to add any eggs or processed meat (mortadella, Judaism, Turkish, or salmon and tuna), in the school food bag, due to the ease of its corruption as a result of the different heat factors, which may cause the poisoning of children.

Dhahir pointed out that the percentage of students with obesity – as a result of eating unhealthy nutritional contents – in the age group from four years to 17 years ranges between 20%and 33%, while the rate of diabetes from the same category reaches 9%, noting that obesity students are at 44%diabetes.

Academic

The social worker, Azza Abdullah, stressed the importance of the student getting a healthy meal during his school day, as “studies have proven that in the event that good nutrition is not obtained in the first stage of his life, he is vulnerable to diseases in the subsequent stages of his life”, stressing that “students can be registered in a school at the highest level of academic reputation, but in the event that they do not get the basic basic nutrition, we know that they will not They can accommodate and collect this education, so it is necessary to choose the foods that are placed for the student in the food bag during the school day, where the quality of foods is significantly causing diseases, including obesity or weight gain and type 2 diabetes, with the need for the meal to be healthy and balanced to supply the student with the necessary energy during the school day, which helps him increase focus.

New policy

For its part, the Department of Education and Knowledge in Abu Dhabi affirmed that the healthy and safe food system is a key to physical and psychological health, so it is an essential factor in providing healthy and sustainable food systems in schools, noting that the responsibility for creating safe and healthy food systems and enhancing healthy food options effectively, is the responsibility of schools, in addition to that schools bear the responsibility to ensure that providing food supports their efforts to improve Environmental sustainability of its operations.

The department obligated schools, based on the new school policy for healthy food and food safety, to provide healthy food options and encourage healthy and sustainable meal practices, through measures to create an environment that supports healthy nutrition, and adherence to the recommended food standards in the Abu Dhabi Guidance Directory for Food circulating in educational institutions, if the school provides food services and measures to effectively supervise students During meals, and ensuring that students consume acceptable foods “not to bring in allergens that may harm other students”, and ensure that all students get a meal every day (unless they are fasting), and pay attention to worrying behaviors with regard to food (eating and bullying related to food), and identifying the measures the school takes to enhance the safety of students with allergies and lack of food.

She pointed out that schools are obligated to enhance a healthy food culture, create a food culture that encourages a healthy nutrition system that contains foods rich in foodstuffs for all school members, and a ban on eating unsafe food Other reaction (such as competitions and workshops), to enable them to make effective and sound options.

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sanctions

The Department of Education and Knowledge of Abu Dhabi obligated schools to take into account the sensitivity of students and not tolerate types of foods when planning school activities and meals, directing parents to inform the school immediately if their children arise, and provide suitable medicines for the school, and share food sensitivity records for students with relevant employees, parents and students concerned, to reduce the risk of Exposure to allergic foodstuffs, in addition to conducting assessments of students ’sensitivity, implementing appropriate measures to reduce their risk, and develop procedures for managing sensitive reactions to students effectively.

The department stressed that all schools are obligated to be fully compatible with a healthy food policy and food safety, by the beginning of the next academic year 2025-2026, as failure to comply with this policy will lead to the school’s exposure to legal accountability and the penalties applied under the regulations, policies and requirements of the department, without prejudice to the penalties imposed by the law of crimes and penalties and its amendments or any other relevant law, as the education department maintains Knowledge is the right to intervention if the school violates its obligations.