Sentences with phrase «of the junk food rewards»

Just like with the issue of junk food rewards, our district has an explicit policy on the issue that is routinely ignored.

-LSB-...] These are just a few examples of the junk food rewards my kids have received over the years from teachers in their classrooms.

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When the participants were well rested, the reward centers of their brains didn't react nearly as much to the junk food photos as when they were lacking sleep, suggesting that we're subconsciously more attracted to fatty foods when we're tired and need energy.

When my oldest started Kindergarten, I was distressed to see that many of the lessons of personal protection I was teaching at home were being undermined at school where candy was given as a reward, class parties overloaded children with junk food, and fundraising involved peddling candy and cookies.

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What bothered me the most about unhealthy snacks after sports was the psychological cause - and - effect we were instilling in our kids by rewarding minimal physical activity (and really, an hour of playing soccer when you're 6 years old is not that extreme) with junk food.

With all the birthday celebrations, holiday parties, ice cream and candy rewards, bake sales, and sugar - fueled after - hours events, school has started to feel like one big junk food fest (SEE: Rant of the Day: Please Stop Feeding My Kids Junk Food at Schoojunk food fest (SEE: Rant of the Day: Please Stop Feeding My Kids Junk Food at Schoofood fest (SEE: Rant of the Day: Please Stop Feeding My Kids Junk Food at SchooJunk Food at SchooFood at School!).

Chris: I agree that my son was overstating the matter when he said «everyone» loves donuts, but enough people do love one form of junk food or another that it's become the default option for class parties, teacher rewards, birthday treats and the rest.

Yesterday's letter from Paul, a former high school teacher who defended the use of junk food classroom rewards, received an overwhelming response.

I've written a lot over the years (really, A LOT - see the Related Links below) about junk food in school classrooms, whether distributed by teachers as rewards for good behavior and academic performance or served as part of birthday or classroom... [Continue reading]

Many of us know first hand that school classrooms can be an unexpected source of sugar in our kids» daily lives, whether due to parents bringing in birthday cupcakes, junk - food - heavy classroom celebrations or teachers handing out candy rewards.

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And while I know of no academic studies looking at the latter two categories of classroom food, in my experience (and in the reported experience of my readers), food used as a teaching tool and as a reward also almost always falls into the «junk food» category.

The allergy policy really saved the day, so now we don't have to deal with the daily barrage of junk food that used to be the norm (rewards, b - day parties, holidays, etc).

the «competitive foods» in our schools — snack machines junk, bake sales during school hours, and the constant flow of rewards, treats, manipulatives, celebrations / party foods brought in by staff and parents to «share» with classmates... we'll never win this one.

It also increases the production of neurotransmitters in the brain associated with food reward and hunger control, and helps prevent cravings for sugar and junk food.

Tons of sugar — sugar is one of the key «hyper rewarding ingredients» that gets people hooked on junk food.

The assumption is that such a diet is fattening because there's something about eating a variety of foods, mostly junk foods, that is so rewarding or at least so less bland than a plain chow diet that both humans and animals get fat eating it.

Of course, very dense calorie - packed junk foods just lying around waiting to trigger your brain's reward system make it that much harder to eat healthy.

One of the reasons I find it easy not to eat junk food is because I genuinely find my own prepared meals just as rewarding due to deliberately manipulating different food combinations, ingredients and textures to maximise reward value.

Instead, most people just grab something quick and convenient to make the hungry feeling go away, or they binge on junk food out of habit, boredom, as a «reward,» or as a way to distract themselves from negative feelings.

The Washington Post A popular school fundraiser is just «junk - food marketing to kids,» experts say If you've been a kid or had a kid over the past four decades, you're probably familiar with the concept of cutting cereal box tops and other food labels for school - related rewards.