How many days a week do you eat fast food? Once? Twice maybe? In the world we live in today it is common to consume fast food three to five times a week. In school cafeterias, children are exposed to these types of meals every day, increasing the chances of health consequences and reducing the space for their real performance. According to the Oxford Dictionaries, fast food is defined as “easily prepared processed foods served in snack bars and restaurants as a quick meal or to take away.” This meaning may seem harmless, but the truth is that every day more and more children are experiencing the consequences of our poor nutritional system. Below, you will be presented with a series of evidence that will broaden your understanding of why fast food should not be sold in school cafeterias. Globally considered the number 1 reason to ban fast food in schools, it leads to serious harm to health. In children, junk food causes signs of drowsiness, pain and general malaise. But as time passes and the habit increases, their health suffers greatly. With a high fat, sodium and calorie content, as well as low nutritional value, it is impossible for the majority of the student population not to develop future health problems. Obesity, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, liver disease, asthma, cancer and risk of death are what statistics have shown to be the effects of fast food consumption. There is 0% chance that a meal containing previously presented nutritional values ​​and possible health harms could be beneficial to humans, especially not to children, because the body cannot extract any nutrients from it. What is a person without health? Does a person who suffers serious harm make waste disguised as food? This reason alone might be enough to ban the student's freedom of choice and let him eat as he pleases. The flaw in this argument is that if students and their parents want their children to eat unhealthy foods, they can bring them in lunch and completely bypass the school's health rules. By banning fast food at school, students have the right to eat however they like and can take with them what they are hungry for. So basically, if banned, students will still bring their own fast food. If this were the case then the school should allow them to eat what they bring from home, but the school cannot afford to be an incorrect example of nutrition for the majority of the student population. As an educational entity, a school should always work towards what benefits its students and alumni most; they should indicate what is truly beneficial to the majority.