“Fast food should be forbidden for young people under the age of 18”.

Good morning, I am a senior student of the Centro Escolar el roble, I support the motion that “healthy food should be banned in schools”. My name is Camote and in this debate I will talk to you why fast food should be forbidden for young people under the age of 18. The teenagers that eat a lot of junk food have more risk to die early and be obese than younger people that eat more healthy food than fast food. So for that reason fast food is very bad for teenagers, but what are the real problems that fast food makes in your body? One thing is that junk food damages our body because the fast food has many fat that affects the balance of fat in your body and if you have more fat in your body then this fat can clog your arteries. This is not a problem only for the kids because this problem can affect every body. For that reason there are many people that have obesity can also develop diabetes that is a very complicated disease that can affect young and old people.

Also junk food contains artificial substances that change your metabolism . This is a big problem because when you are young, your metabolism is changing because you are growing. People below the age of 18 are still in growth and eating that type of food won’t give the nutrients they need to grow healthy. The teenager needs more healthy food, for example proteins that can make him stronger and give him energy for all day and to make all the activities that you want. The fast food doesn’t have any vitamins, proteins or carbohydrates that can help your body. For that reason young people need some nutrients that are fundamental for growth and the fast food won’t give all the nutrients needed. If the young people still eat this food, their growth will be affected and will not develop in a good way.

So for these reasons the fast food should be forbidden in all schools because it affects the growth of the teenagers. Also this problems can prejudice your health when you are old. So right now you need to change in the way that you eat, for example eat more fruits and vegetables that can help you to take care your skin, vision and be focused.