Obesity+In+America+Food+Revolution

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America is named the “fattest country”, as of recent studies show. The U.S. has thousands and thousands of fast food restaurants all around. School lunches are also leaving small kids to eat fatty foods. So combined we will be eating fatty foods all our lives. Professional chief, Jamie Oliver taking this problem and in the UK and showing change, and has decided to bring his knowledge to America.======

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After having success in the UK schools, he has decided to help the fattest city in America, Huntington, Wv. It is also called the “fattest city in the fattest country”. Jamie Oliver’s goal is to replace the “more convenient processed menu of breakfast pizza and chicken fingers.”======

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He found a way to achieve this goal in the UK, by having cooked recipes that were cheap, healthy, and something that the kids will eat. He used locally grow products instead of “reheating food in boxes”. He also speaks about how the kids of America are not educated enough about food. All across the U.S. this is also true, not just in West Virginia. “These 17 year olds leaving school do not have nearly enough basic food facts.” This shows that kids eat badly at school and at home. If school replace their bad school lunches, and replace them with healthy and affordable ones. Then students will receive a balanced source of nutrition for a good price. He has also brought this to the L.A. School District. He went to educate for 1 hour and asked “Where does honey come from?” many got it wrong. This shows how poorly L.A. school district applies health to its students.======

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The L.A. school district, recently removed food with high fats, such as chocolate milk, chicken nuggets, corn dogs, and nachos, off their menu. Now chefs are adding more healthy dishes. This is a good thing, but the students don’t agree. “Many of the meals are being rejected en masse. Participation in the school lunch program has dropped by thousands of students.” Kids don’t like the new food the schools are offering. They would rather not eat it or buy it from other kids, thus creating and underground market. After the schools noticed the change in the students not eating the new food, they brought back pizza and hamburgers. Also they changed even more dishes and let the students taste the new food first during the summer. However when these new meals appeared in school lunches, students called them nasty because of poor preparation.======

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Schools need to address food safety and to help teach kids to cook also. Right now kids don’t know how to cook or find healthy foods. They eat junky food at home and school. If schools can help educate kids about food, then kids can eat right and stay healthy.======

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Schools across the country need to change their “fat foods” to healthy ones. But the problem is that most kids won’t eat the new healthier foods. So schools must now find a way to have healthy food that kids will eat. Jamie Oliver succeeded in doing this in the UK schools and in L.A. and West Virginia. Will other schools accept that they need to change their meals? Or will they keep feeding their students fatty foods? L.A. schools are doing this will other schools follow in the path of healthy eating?======