I was reading about the fantastic move that the Health Ministry is doing in trying to curb obesity issue in Malaysia. Various measures are being proposed to keep our children healthy including to list the BMI result in their report cards, banning some unhealthy food, recommending healthy food etc. I totally 101% support the move as both Ethan and Eli will eventually be going to school and I do worry about the kind of food they will eat in school as we will not be there to monitor them.
But what irk me most is when I hear things like this morning over the radio. We now know that the Government plans to ban Nasi Lemak from the school canteen and as I would expect there are of coz protest especially from the Nasi Lemak sellers. Understand they will grumble especially if that is their main source of income. Anyway, upon hearing the complains and how it will affect a group of people's livelihood, I heard over the radio that there is a proposal to still allow the school canteen to sell Nasi Lemak twice a week. At that point in time I was like, what the heck are they doing??!! Ok, let's say that is allowed, for those who just can't resist Nasi Lemak (btw I do love Nasi Lemak!) after being deprive from it for a day or two he/she may want to not only take 1 pack but perhaps 2 or even 3 packs (breakfast, lunch and tea time) of Nasi Lemak in a day!! So tell me how does tht help to prevent obesity in our community??! It is the same concept as when you are very hungry u tend to eat more to ease your hunger...Why can't thy set a rule that sticks to the MAIN objective which in this case is to prevent obesity. IF they really are serious about it why can't they propose instead of allowing Nasi Lemak to be sold in the school canteen twice a week, please give the sellers a new list of healthy food that thy can prepare and sell instead. HELLOO.... please think out of the box and be creative, smart, forward looking and positive okay...when there is challenge why can't we sit down, discuss and think of a better way to solve the problem before we open our mouths instead of acting 'gabra' and talk nonsense and embarrass ourselves! Come on we're are better than that right?! Double BIG sigh...
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
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Hello. Actually, I need to do a news about this nasi lemak thingy. Then, I just search it on Google. Suddenly, your blog come out. Nway, from my opinion, the government should not only ban the nasi lemak. How about mcd, kfc, pizza hut and others fatty meal/food? This thing give a lot of disadvantages. Right? Okay, let's see if this big company we can't ban. But how about roti canai? In roti canai there's double triple cholesterol more than nasi lemak. But why government didn't ban it too? Because scared of Indians? And thing twicely, for me, schools cannot do anything, if outside there, there's still a parent who are totally pampered there children. Give all the children wanted to eat. Myb in school there are not taking nasi lemak. How about outside the school? There's still have nasi lemak sellers. Don't blame nasi lemak sellers too. They just wanna to find a money for their family.
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