No Junk Food Near Schools As Madhya Pradesh Child Rights Panel Seeks 50-Metre Healthy Food Zone
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): Madhya Pradesh State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (MPSCPCR) has demanded a ban on the sale and advertisement of high-fat, high-salt, high-sugar and ultra-processed food items in schools, colleges, student hostels and within a 50-metre radius of educational institutions. Commission chairperson Nivedita Sharma has written to school education minister Rao Uday…
Madhya Pradesh's Child Rights Commission is advocating for a 50-meter radius of healthy food restrictions around schools, colleges and dormitories. Chairperson Nivedita Sharma wrote to the state's Education Minister, expressing alarm over children's consumption of unhealthy foods. The Commission cited the rise of packaged, processed, sugary, salty and fatty snacks in children's diets as a pressing issue.
To combat this trend, the Commission proposed establishing standards for nutritious meals in campus canteens and food outlets. They also called for an inter-ministerial plan, including health, education, women and child development, food safety, urban planning and rural development sectors. The goal is to curb the easy access to foods that harm children's eating patterns and health, aiming to curb future risks of obesity, diabetes, hypertension and other lifestyle diseases, Sharma argued.
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