Mum Angela Craig said: "As a parent, I am really cross at being dictated to like this. Up until this point, I think the school had handled the situation beautifully." & George Strang, whose grandchildren attend [the school] said: "I have written to the school asking if this is an early April Fool. If not, it is political correctness gone mad." [Source: Mearns (UK) Leader]Head teacher Gail Macfarlane said the decision to ban sweets was based on the schools interpretation of guidelines laid out in the latest edition of Healthy Eating in Schools. The decision was also influenced by a small minority of parents who wanted junk food eliminated from the school.
Many schools in both the UK and the United States have banned junk foods in an effort to improve student health and reduce rates of childhood obesity.
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