Colleges and public well being amenities are failing to look at the phased sugary drinks ban launched by the Authorities simply over three years in the past, largely designed to enhance the well being of the nation’s youngsters and deal with Jamaica’s battle with non-communicable ailments. Listed below are some readers’ reactions from The Gleaner’s social media pages .
“Sugar is addictive. Quitting chilly turkey just isn’t simple. It began at dwelling, ‘Mama seh it’s effective, it nuh duh har nutting.’ It’s low cost, refreshing and fills the stomach. They must be weaned off it. Hold the information flowing, and don’t overlook that bottled water is costlier.”
– @4ed600cff5da438
“The Authorities permits the importation of many sorts and types of ‘unhealthy’, sugary drinks, sweet, and meals, together with ice lotions. Cease! These items are manufactured in Jamaica; regulate the sugar content material in native merchandise; cease the importation of ‘junk’ meals.”
– @JAMAICANFREDDIE
“Look from when that, and the sugary drinks are nonetheless available in the market.”
– @downertricia1
“The Gov’t must be fascinated by rubbish assortment and crime, and cease fascinated by sugary drinks. Regardless that it’s an issue, it’s one of many smaller ones. A dat we are saying.”
– @LordHighTheDadz
“You’d even be stunned that scandal/lada baggage are nonetheless round, too. #lawlessja.”
– @Echelon45
“It’s seemingly that most of the college students don’t need no inexperienced juice to drink. Them need the sweetness to excite them style buds. So even when colleges limit entry, these youngsters will discover methods to carry the contraband drinks in. Concentrate on demand discount as properly, not solely provide facet.”
– @Zemi66
“Authorities want fi BACK UP!”
– @RicardoVernon6
“What precisely does these faculty directors need readability on? There are various colleges who’ve tailored to the ban and have put the measures in place.”
– Jo C. Coole
“Slicing it out in school, and it pack up in them fridge and pantry at dwelling.”
– Zella Sucra
“It prices to eat and drink healthily. Because the Authorities cares a lot, they need to have made the wholesome ones cheaper.”
– Lisa Da Petite Holness
“Take into consideration making it simpler for individuals to afford consuming healthily. Giving individuals basket to hold water. Costs [are] elevate[d] daily on this nation. Some college students can’t even buy the $60 sodas in these canteens which can be charging nearly triple the $60 price!”
– Aliechia McKenly
“We now have a sugar tradition; it’s not now this has been happening ;go searching Jamaica. The whole lot is sugar, and its low cost; solely when the physician say eat healthily we do have a look at the common food regimen of Jamaican starch and protein. Hardly any fruits and nuts or greens. I feel we have to re-educate ourselves on the best way to eat healthily. Keep in mind, we don’t want this quantity of sugar in our food regimen.”
– Mark Russell
“The distributors are promoting all the pieces else besides sugary drinks to college students. The corporate that distributes the drinks needs to be focused, not the varsity. Have you ever checked the sugar content material because the ban?”
– Yvonne P–owell-Panther
The unhappy actuality is that for most individuals it’s a matter of economics, because the sugary ones are far inexpensive than the pure and more healthy ones. We now have to make the wholesome drinks reasonably priced to be able to win this ‘well being struggle’.” – Audley Phillip
– Compiled by Khanique McDaniel