http://www.jamieoliver.com/foundation/
There's quite a bit of stuff to read if you explore the website further! One thing that I found useful is this few paragraphs below:
Why is school food important?
There is an obesity epidemic in this country,and the emotional and financial costs of this epidemic are huge. The UK has the highest rate of childhood obesity in Europe, with 25% of young people being classified as obese or overweight. The Government’s Foresight report suggests this will only get worse, with 40% of Britons expected to beobese by 2025 – unless we all do something about it.A school meal accounts for one-third of a child’s daily nutritional intake. For many children up and down the country, the majority of food they are fed at home is either made up of ready meals, takeaways or – in the worst cases – nothing at all. This means the meal they eat at school will be the only nutritious food they eat that day. Encouraging children to make better food choices at school is absolutely vital.
Jamie has long advocated that children who are fed better, do better. Recent research supports this and has proved that no matter what background a child is from, a hot, nutritious meal at lunchtime improves their behaviour and concentration in the classroom in the afternoon. This is yet another reason why school meals should matter to everyone who cares about the future of the UK’s children.
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With that, I am gonna leave you with the website, happy exploring :D
Yes, school food is important to children!
ReplyDeleteIt is also reflected in newspaper today that US school meals will get a healthy makeover after 15 years of the school lunch programme, where 32 million children participated.
To combat childhood obesity, the Obama administration have announced a final round of rules that adds more fruits and green vegetables to breakfasts and lunches, and reduces the amount of salt and fat. In addition, potatoes are not restricted and tomato paste is qualified as a vegetable serving.
This change of rule is double the amount of fruits and vegetables children are served in school and require all grains to be whole grains. All milk served must be low fat, and there are rules to limit the levels of salt and trans fat. There is also a minimum and maximum calorie intake per day based on student age.
Adapted from: The Straits Times, 27 Jan 2012, page A21