THOSE who attended school during my time have “Poli Aunty” and “Wheelbarrow Uncle” to thank for the healthy snacks and treats they could buy during break.
Colonel Saunders was a corporal in the army then, hence greasy and oily Kentucky Fried Chicken had not yet been conceived. The term “junk foods” which are unhealthily high in kilojoules, salts, sugars and fats, was unheard of.
Nicknames such as “Bones”, “Skeleton” and “Skinny” were far more prevalent on school grounds than teasing names such as “Fatty”, “Lard” and “Roly-Poly”.
However, several studies in recent years have pointed to eating practices and food preferences imprinted in childhood as contributing to the prevalence of being overweight and obese in adulthood.
In South Africa, school tuck shops stock an array of energy-dense snacks and food…
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