83.5% of the parents surveyed expect to ban unhealthy foods from entering the campus
97.2% of respondents feel that it is common for teenagers to eat unhealthy foods
The food nutrition and health work of young people always affects people's hearts.
Recently, the Ministry of Education and the National Health Commission and other four departments issued the "Guide to the Construction of Nutrition and Health Schools". The guidelines clearly stated that "Canteens, supermarkets, and other food business establishments are not allowed in schools."
Although the guidelines are not mandatory, they still arouse public concern about the health and safety of food on campus.
The Social Survey Center of China Youth Daily conducted a special survey of 1,535 respondents through the questionnaire website (wenjuan.com) recently. 97.2% of the respondents felt that it is common for teenagers to eat unhealthy foods, and 83.5% were affected. The parents of the interviewed students hope to prohibit all kinds of unhealthy foods from entering the campus.
97.2% of respondents feel that it is common for teenagers to eat unhealthy foods
Li Dan is the mother of a primary school student in Jingzhou, Hubei.
She felt that children now eat a lot of unhealthy food.
"Parents spoil their children, and the children will definitely buy whatever they want, and the children themselves have a lot of pocket money."
Wang Hua (pseudonym), who is engaged in sales in Beijing, has his son in the first year of junior high school.
Wang Hua's house is near a middle school.
During school hours, she often sees these middle and high school children in groups, buying drinks and the like in a small supermarket not far from the school, and drinking and going home together.
"I see that the drinks they hold in their hands are rarely mineral water, most of which are milk tea and carbonated drinks. The children of this age have pocket money, and the parents can buy them together. There is really no way for the parents."
The survey showed that 97.2% of the respondents felt that it is now common for teenagers to eat unhealthy foods.
Lu Daoxian is the vice principal in charge of safety and health at Longquan Central School in Zhaoyang District, Zhaotong City, Yunnan Province.
According to her observation, it is common for students to eat unhealthy food.
In her school, the commissary only sells school supplies and mineral water, not unhealthy food, but there is no way to completely prohibit students from bringing unhealthy food into the campus.
"We can't control the food sold in the canteen outside the campus, and students can easily access it."
In the survey, 85.7% of the respondents believe that the unhealthy foods eaten by teenagers are mainly purchased from outside school, 39.5% of the respondents believe that they are mainly purchased from the school, and 29.5% of the respondents believe that they are mainly purchased from their family members.
Liu Renxue from Shiyan, Hubei, his granddaughter is currently in elementary school.
He felt that his granddaughter did not eat too much unhealthy food.
But he also confessed that sometimes when he picks up his child and passes by the canteen at the entrance of the school, the child will take the initiative to ask for it.
Li Dan believes that children must not be able to control food safety. Younger children buy snacks based on their appearance and flavor.
She will teach her daughter to look at the date of production and other related information, especially when buying snacks in the small supermarket, pay more attention to it.
83.5% of the parents of students surveyed hope to prohibit all kinds of unhealthy foods from entering the campus
Although only 39.5% of the respondents felt that the unhealthy food that young people eat was mainly purchased from school, the respondents still believed that the campus is an important part of ensuring the nutrition and health of young people's food.
In the survey, 74.9% of the respondents hope to prohibit all kinds of unhealthy foods from entering the campus. Among the respondents who are parents of students, this proportion is even higher, at 83.5%.
Lu Xiaohan is a second-year student in the No. 9 Middle School in Langfang, Hebei Province. She clearly opposes all kinds of unhealthy foods entering the campus.
"Unhealthy food is still quite attractive to our age, and it is easy to affect attendance."
Zhang Xiaolei (pseudonym), who was in the second year of Chongpo Middle School in Hainan Province, did not want unhealthy food to enter the campus because there are indeed great "hidden health risks".
Wang Hua believes that unhealthy food should be resolutely prevented from entering the campus.
Although the family pays great attention to it, if a child eats unhealthy food brought by other children in school, it feels savory, and he will definitely want to eat it later.
For children of this age, the influence of peers is greater than that of parents.
Lu Daoxian firmly supports the prohibition of all kinds of unhealthy foods from entering the campus.
"Our school provides students with nutritious meals. Students do not go home at noon and are supervised by teachers. In order to prevent food poisoning and it is difficult to trace the source of food, we do not allow unhealthy food to enter the campus."
79.9% of respondents suggested improving the quality of meals in the canteen
What suggestions do the interviewees have for promoting student nutrition and health?
The survey showed that 79.9% of the respondents suggested improving the quality of the canteen meals and enriching the variety, and 76.4% of the respondents suggested that the school strictly control the food sold in the canteen or supermarket.
Wang Hua hopes that the school will further improve the food in the cafeteria.
Her son is currently in junior high school, and both breakfast and lunch are eaten at school. "Children are prone to hungry when they grow up. If the canteen can take care of both the taste and nutrition, the child is willing to eat and eat more and eat well. Eat fewer snacks. But at present, there are not so many school canteens that can do this."
Principal Lu Daoxian also believes that in the school, the canteen can replace the commissary in the catering of students. In the canteen of her school, nutritious meals can satisfy the students to eat, eat, and be healthy.
But the two middle school students interviewed had different opinions.
Lu Xiaohan believes that the canteen mainly serves meals and is the staple food.
The commissary sells more snacks.
The two are irreplaceable.
Zhang Xiaolei also feels that the canteen cannot completely replace the function of the canteen, because the opening of the canteen has a time limit and it is not always available.
In addition, 48.0% of the respondents suggested that students be given extra meals between classes, 43.8% of the respondents expected to open nutrition and health-related courses, and 36.7% of the respondents believed that students should be prohibited from bringing their own snacks into the campus.
Li Dan suggested that schools and families should teach children about balanced diet and food safety from an early age.
At the same time, if the school allows it, many parents will be willing to prepare healthy food for their children.
Lu Daoxian believes that doing a good job in student nutrition and health is not just a question of food.
She believes that on the basis of students eating well, homework should be arranged scientifically to ensure students' adequate sleep.
Fully open physical education classes, and carry out a variety of large-scale activities.
In her view, to truly promote the nutrition and health of students, it is necessary to cooperate with multiple departments, increase the improvement of the surrounding environment of the campus, and give students a piece of pure land.
Among the respondents who participated in the survey, 77.9% were parents of students.
China Youth Daily·China Youth Daily reporter Li Jieyan and intern Gu Xinfeng