Jamie+Oliver+Food+Revolution

Food Revolution Being healthy is really important. The U.S is the world’s most obese nation. More and more young kids are being introduced to bad eating habits every day. Jamie Oliver is on a mission to get public schools into serving healthier, fresher foods to kids in school. I believe that schools should change their menus to healthy foods so kids and teens learn the importance of eating healthier so when they become adults they teach their children to eat healthier as well. Jamie Oliver states that “If a child isn’t taught what real food is, where it comes from, and how to make it tasty, yet affordable meal, how can we expect these kids to know what it’s doing to their bodies”. This helps the fact that more and more kids are becoming obese because they are eating to much fast food that isn’t good for them. Oliver says “They are likely to live shorter lives than their parents and die from an obesity related disease.” This means that if parents don’t teach their kids what’s good for them then they will most likely become obese. There is a cure to this problem. If schools help educate kids about eating healthy and stop serving processed foods then younger kids will know how to make better food choices. “They begged for information and education so they can make better choices and avoid these bleak futures” said Jamie Oliver. Parents wanted to educate themselves about food and eating right so they can teach their kids the importance about eating right and healthy. My opinion on this topic is that healthy foods in schools should be served, but they should also serve the junk food so kids can chose what they want to eat. Most kids don’t like to eat broccoli and lettuce and tomatoes for lunch at schools. They would much rather eat the unhealthy stuff that not good for you. You should be able to have a choice on what you eat. Half of the food served at school goes to waist because it is not tasty. Schools shouldn’t waste the money on this food if students aren’t going to eat it. If they make school lunches tasty, but healthy then more students would actually eat all of their food and not just throw it all away. In conclusion. I think that Jamie Oliver is doing a good job in wanting to change school lunches by making them healthier and better tasting at the same time. If most schools were like this in the U.S then maybe we can reverse the trend of being the world’s most obese country.