Junk Food

1. Tagore’s High School
Gandhi Nagar
IX Class Girls – A Section
Correspondent: B. Sai Kumar

2. WHAT IS A PROBLEM IN OUR SCHOOL?
IX Class meeting for
DFC
In small groups we discussed
problems that we see in our school
everyday.

3. PREPARING TO TAKE ACTION
 The IX Class A Section girls decided to work on the
issue of junk food.
 We researched healthy food in our textbooks.
 We found articles about healthy and unhealthy foods
on the internet.
 We started to think about ways to teach others about
how harmful junk food can be to the body.

4. Junk Food is a Problem at
Tagore’s
• Young children in the junior classes
eat chips and snacks that are
wrapped in plastic
• Junk food is not good for young
bodies and many of our students
are very small.
• Junk food lacks vitamins and
nutrients that students need to
learn.
• Junk food is expensive, and you do
not always know if it was prepared
safely.

5. THE PROBLEMS OF JUNK FOOD
PROGRAM
 We invited the parents of the junior class students.
 We created charts and planned demonstrations to
explain the dangers of consuming junk food and
sugary cold drinks.
 We had three demonstrations:
 The Problems with Coke
 Washing Fruits and Vegetables
 Plastics and Junk Food Packaging

6. Setting up
Practicing our demonstrations the props for
our
speeches
Creating charts
for our parents
to read in
English and
Telugu.

7. The parents liked our program and
brought their younger children too!
One mother was excited to know
about how vinegar can make leafy
greens safer for her children.

8. REFLECTING ON OUR PROGRAM
 We need to invite more parents in the future.
 For the next program we will bring healthy foods to
share.
 We want to make a school rule that will ban junk food.
 The IX Class agreed to avoid junk food, and bring
homemade food for afterschool snacks.
 We enjoyed Design for Change and want to continue
our projects!

9. THANK YOU!
IX Class Girls – Section A
The Tagorians
“Say no to junk food. Say yes to happiness and
health!”
- Mina, IX Class Leader