“Education” prevents the circulation of unhealthy foods in school canteens

The Ministry of Education prevented the circulation of unhealthy foods in the school’s canteens through an approved list that includes foods that are forbidden to circulate or bring from home to school, in order to preserve the health of students and their physical and mental safety.

Forbidden List

The list seen by “Emirates Today” included processed meat such as mortadella and sausage, Andomi and fast -prepared pasta, in addition to soft drinks of all kinds, and sweets rich in sugars such as chocolate and factory biscuits, as well as chips and crackers, cakes and pastries filled with fats and sugars, and nuts coated with chocolate or salt, as well as peanut For its danger to those who suffer from allergies.

Health recommendations

The Ministry stressed that preventing these foods comes based on global health recommendations that warn of their dangers on children’s health, as it leads to increased rates of obesity and chronic diseases, and negatively affects mental activity and academic achievement. She stressed that the school environment should be a supportive model for healthy health behaviors.

Food options

In the same context, the Ministry called on parents to cooperate in providing balanced food options for their children, and to stay away from ready -to -high foods and sugar.

Defense line

She emphasized that the correct eating habits represent the first line of defense to protect students from diseases, and give them the ability to focus and scientific excellence.

The most important meal

The Ministry also paid special attention to breakfast, noting that it is the most important meal on the school day, as the student provides the necessary energy, and helps to stimulate memory and improve the level of assimilation, as well as its role in reducing the tendency to consuming unhealthy foods during the day.

Dietary behaviors

She emphasized that implanting healthy food behaviors in the hearts of students from a young age is a joint responsibility between the school and the family, which is the best way to raise a conscious generation with strong health and high ability to achieve and succeed.