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Eat Right, Earn an iPod

Posted by Zonk on from the sign-me-up dept.

TheMster writes "The BBC is reporting on the UK government's latest policy to tackle obesity - through offering iPods and XBoxes to pupils. The lucky lads and lasses of 29 Glasgow secondary schools will be part of the pioneering scheme, which utilises the newly introduced swipe-card canteens to create a system of the 'better you eat, the bigger the treat'."

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  1. Outside food by tmbg37 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Hmm, what happens when kids buy healthy food from the cafeteria, but also eat unhealthy snacks from home?

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  2. Rewarding healthy eating isn't inherently bad ... by daviddennis · · Score: 4, Insightful

    but I would think this scheme would be exploited mercilessly by kids who simply brought their candy bars in from home, ordered the "good" food and threw half of it away.

    If I can figure out that kind of scheme, a kid surely can.

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  3. How smart by ucblockhead · · Score: 4, Insightful
    Giving kids XBoxes so they don't get fat? That's a bit...counterproductive.


    Now if it was an XBox wired so it only got power from an exercise bike...that'd be genius!

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  4. XBoxes? by Mensa+Babe · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "The BBC is reporting on the UK government's latest policy to tackle obesity - through offering iPods and XBoxes to pupils."

    XBoxes? To tackle obesity? What else? A new TV set? Why not offer bikes and musical instruments instead of XBoxes and iPods? This is the most stupid idea I have ever heard.

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  5. Eat right in whose definition? by iamacat · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I hope they don't give out iPod photo for eating only grains and vegetables, because then many children will eat diet unhealthy for them just to get a shiny toy. Low carb diet is over-hyped, but it sure worked for some people. And if you are an athlete or have an iron deficiency, you don't want to skip red meat. I would never be in reasonable shape or have a good energy level if I followed the stupid food pyramid. Better to reward exercise and knowledge of health issues rather than specific food.

  6. Re:The Schools are the PROBLEM!! by blahplusplus · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You said: " But back to fat kids. Why do they get fat? Is PE so value-less that the bright kids no longer want to take it. Is PE a time when 50 kids sit around for 10 minutes waiting for the teacher to set up the game, play for 15 minutes, then get 10 minues to go back and change?"

    I say:

    Kids hate PE for a number of reasons, but many kids in PE are teased and bullied to death and thats why they want out of Phys-Ed in the first place. You got to keep the culture of fucked up and dominant asshole kids in the first place from from picking on those and shunning those less athletically inclined then they are.