School Student

I wanted a plant-based diet, but my parents insist I won’t get enough protein without meat. The supermarket bakery pumps fake scents out onto the street, so you can always smell warm bread and chocolate outside our house. 
I think my parents fall for it too much. They’re always pushed for time, and it’s an easy option. In school, they teach us to eat healthy, then in the canteen we choose between pizza and chips. Adults exhaust me.

UK school meals are held to health standards, through which fat, salt and sugar are restricted, but many canteens still serve processed meats, pizza, and chips.

The last part of our brains to develop, in our 20’s, is the prefrontal cortex, which manages decision making and self-control – needed for making sensible food choices.

Is educating people about healthy eating enough?