Health experts and academics are calling for a ban on the sale of fizzy drinks and junk food at school tuck shops, amid serious concerns over the increase in the number of overweight and obese children.
Developed by a scientific advisory group comprising 30 academics from 14 universities, the report card found food bought from tuck shops was mostly of poor nutritional value. Danielle Smith, the SA coordinator for the KaziBantu project at Nelson Mandela University, said at least 21 out of the 127 pupils in the 12-year-old age group were either overweight or obese.
Professor Zandile Mchiza, an obesity, nutrition and non-communicable disease research specialist at the University of the Western Cape, said she would also endorse a ban on the sale of fizzy drinks and junk foods at school tuck shops.
Oh my God. Is this only happening now So long overdue it’s embarrassing.
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