Jamie Olivers Food Revolution

RachNRich · March 2010

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[QUOTE]That little girl is 4, and already has little boobie buds. Crazy.
Posted by kate51485[/QUOTE]

<div>I thought she was at least twice her age because of this....she needs a bra. At 4.</div>

Nebb · March 2010

We were shocked to find out she was 4. I wouldnt have guessed that by looking at her. I feel bad for that whole family.

kellyjellybelly · March 2010

It is really sad. At work today, we had a 10 year old girl come in - she weighed 162 pounds. Insane.

There was just a story in the new around here about how the schools are cutting out donuts, pop tarts and chocolate offered at the schools and offering more fruits & veggies. I suppose at least they are recognizing there is a problem.

btrflykate1230 · March 2010

Oh good! No diabetes!

kate51485 · March 2010

Wow. That your life could be shortened by 30-40 years is incredible.

btrflykate1230 · March 2010

Oh this is the fat thing. This will be so so nasty.

btrflykate1230 · March 2010

Yeah, the "too much work" thing with the lunch ladies came up again. This is our FUTURE!

WildRumpus · March 2010

They don't let the kids use a fork and knife?? My TODDLERS use forks

Nebb · March 2010

I cant believe the lunch ladies are still fighting against this. How can they NOt see that the food they were serving before is not good for them.

btrflykate1230 · March 2010

It takes more than a couple of days to make huge changes. I wish they gave him more time there.

kellyjellybelly · March 2010

This is so sad. I think the worst part is how the lunch ladies are fighting it. It doesn't look like most of the kids even know how to hold a knife, which obviously means they don't use them at home either.

This is one thing I am adamant about if we end up having children. I am by no means a model eater, but our kids will grow up eating healthy. I honestly hope they never have a McDonalds cheeseburger. I have never had one (though I cant say the same for the fries) and I managed childhood just fine.

WildRumpus · March 2010

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[QUOTE]This is so sad. I think the worst part is how the lunch ladies are fighting it. It doesn't look like most of the kids even know how to hold a knife, which obviously means they don't use them at home either. <strong>This is one thing I am adamant about if we end up having children. I am by no means a model eater, but our kids will grow up eating healthy. I honestly hope they never have a McDonalds cheeseburger.</strong> I have never had one (though I cant say the same for the fries) and I managed childhood just fine.
Posted by kellyjellybelly[/QUOTE]

Ditto. I am by no means a totally healthy eater, but I will do everything in my power to not serve my kids fast food (or school lunches after seeing this)

kellyjellybelly · March 2010

Yeah, I grew up in schools that did not have lunch service, so my mom was forced to make us lunch. I was (am still am) an extremely picky eater. I'm sure it wasn't easy, but she made me a lunch every day. In high school, I made a lunch every day, granted it was a cheese sandwich and pretzels every day, but it wasn't nasty cafeteria food.

Nebb · March 2010

I didnt have a cafeteria in elementary school, we ate lunch in the classroom or the gym. I didnt experience cafeteria food until highschool, which I cant say was very good. I dont recall vegetables. I did love the boneless rib burgers though, omg!!

btrflykate1230 · March 2010

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[QUOTE]This is so sad. I think the worst part is how the lunch ladies are fighting it. It doesn't look like most of the kids even know how to hold a knife, which obviously means they don't use them at home either. This is one thing I am adamant about if we end up having children. I am by no means a model eater, but our kids will grow up eating healthy. I honestly hope they never have a McDonalds cheeseburger. I have never had one (though I cant say the same for the fries) and I managed childhood just fine.
Posted by kellyjellybelly[/QUOTE]

<div>A friend of mine (actually, a few of them) think I am depriving my son by not feeding him junk food. That, I should, but limit it. Only give it to him on special occasions, kind of thing. I'd rather he never have it, and not know to ask for it,and spare myself the argument of "Can I have chicken nuggets for dinner?" all the time.</div>

kellyjellybelly · March 2010

My poor future imaginary kids. They are just out of luck in the junk food department.

bel138 · March 2010

I really hate when people "dumb down" food for kids. They only eat chicken nuggets and pizza because that is all you serve them. I've seen families that prepare separate meals for the adults and kids. No way in hell I will do that for my kids. You eat what we eat, or you go to bed hungry.

Nebb · March 2010

I remember as a kid having chips and dip for an evening snack everynight (my brothers both did as well and were each 6 years apart), we ate horribly junky food. I dont want that for any potential kids I have. Mcdonalds is going to be a rarity, not a norm.

kellyjellybelly · March 2010

I went to bed many times hungry as a kid. Really, if a kid is hungry enough, they will eat. I think people give in too much to kids, want to be their best friend instead of a parent.

btrflykate1230 · March 2010

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[QUOTE]I really hate when people "dumb down" food for kids. They only eat chicken nuggets and pizza because that is all you serve them. I've seen families that prepare separate meals for the adults and kids. No way in hell I will do that for my kids. <strong>You eat what we eat, or you go to bed hungry.</strong>
Posted by bel138[/QUOTE]

<div>My parents did that... only they served Hamburger Helper and mac and cheese with hot dogs. I'm doing everything I can to make sure I am the exact opposite of my parents. My mom was better about fresh foods, since we had a garden, but cucumber sticks for a snack would only take you so far when sloppy joes were dinner.</div>

mwhitson14 · March 2010

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Jamie Olivers Food Revolution : A friend of mine (actually, a few of them) think I am depriving my son by not feeding him junk food. That, I should, but limit it. Only give it to him on special occasions, kind of thing. <strong>I'd rather he never have it, and not know to ask for it,and spare myself the argument of "Can I have chicken nuggets for dinner?" all the time.
</strong>Posted by btrflykate1230[/QUOTE]

Two thumbs up!

Nebb · March 2010

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Jamie Olivers Food Revolution : A friend of mine (actually, a few of them) think I am depriving my son by not feeding him junk food. That, I should, but limit it. Only give it to him on special occasions, kind of thing. I'd rather he never have it, and not know to ask for it,and spare myself the argument of "Can I have chicken nuggets for dinner?" all the time.
Posted by btrflykate1230[/QUOTE]
We probably wouldnt be in this mess if more parents thought that way. Good for you!

bel138 · March 2010

Kate - What we eat is mostly fresh and organic, and foods that are boxed or bagged all fit in 1/2 a cupboard. We eat very little processed food. So when I said that, Iwas referring to what DH and I in particular eat.

btrflykate1230 · March 2010

Thanks guys! It's an uphill battle. Declan will get chocolate as gifts and my FI will eat it, since he needs to gain weight. People WILL try to feed your kid crap, but don't let them!

Bel-- Good for you guys too! We try to keep costs down by eating frozen veggies, as opposed to fresh, but it's what we can do for now. We're thinking about doing a farm share this summer to support the local economy and small organic farmers. We're figuring out our budget to make sure we can afford the huge upfront cost, but it'll be totally worth it!

bel138 · March 2010

We loooove farm share! It's $20 a week and more veggies than we can eat! The one we use also has an organic free range meat farm associated with it, but we don't have a chest freezer to store 1/2 a cow and 1/2 a pig at once.

AdeleDazeem · March 2010

I shop at Trader Joe's (mostly because there is one in the bottom of my apartment building) and I tend to buy fresh vegetables, chicken, lean beef, fresh fruit, tomato soup, etc...

My fiance and I shopped at Target one day (we were there - it has a grocery section) and I was floored but the aisles after aisles I walked by and didn't even want to go down. It was full of food I'd never buy anymore. I'm no Trader Joe's fan (sorry) but they don't have aisles of crap food like regular grocery stores. I passed an entire frozen food case of tater tots, french fries, and various fried potato choices. No wonder people are fat. The crap food is everywhere!

vgmartinez · March 2010

So if Ragu conains servings of vegetables, what do they put in it to make it taste good? Throwing carrots, celery, tomatoes, and broccoli in a blender and drinking it straight would taste like crap. Why not add high fructose, preservatives, and other crap to make it tasty. I eat Ragu with spaghetti too but I would also much rather eat fresh, raw vegetables than count on something out of a can or jar.

I love this show! It's interesting, I work in an elementary school and get to monitor the kids while they eat. Some of the food looks pretty good but after watching this I wonder what it's really made of. Kids can ask for seconds and I was pleasantly surprised when I found that kids are asking for seconds of their fruits and vegetables.

HisCB · March 2010

i am loving this show!

there was a tv special by tyler florence or bobby flay, i forget which, i think, he went into a public school and redid their menu with healthy fresh choices and it ended up costing less than all the junk the kids were eating before.

when i was a senior in HS i got free lunches, the only thing i ate wa salad bar and sandwichs. a friend of mine's mom would pack her a grapefruit every day and she would trade me for the chips i got with my sandwich!

back to the show!

ootmother2 · March 2010

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[QUOTE]Is anybody watching, I am under the impression this is the first episode on ABC right now? Im really interested to see some of the attitude residents of that city give him about his ideas towards what they should be doing/eating, I see it not going over well. I think its sad though, the statistics theyve already said - that over 50% of all adults in that city are obese. Its sad :(
Posted by Nebb[/QUOTE]

I thought the show was fabulous! I didn't go looking for it, it just came up after something I had been watching so I stayed on. I don't watch TV often at all.

I've spent some time in an area of West Virginia very similar to Huntington and I was amazed at what people considered normal food there. I do remember when the stats came out about a year ago that residents of Huntington, W.VA had the poorest health in the United States. The most diabetes, heart attacks, strokes, you name it they top it.

I did love how Jamie took on that teenage boy who was close to diabetic. He could turn his entire life around and I certainly hope he does. He made cooking out to be a "manly" thing to do, not just for the females which was all he had ever seen. That little girl in the family, 4 years old and already obese. Tragic, really.

ETA: I was never allowed junk food = school lunch. My mom made our lunch and always included carrot & celery sticks, an apple, orange or pear along with a sandwich. Only white milk was allowed. Did you see all those kids choosing between chololaete milk or strawberry milk? Schools didn't do that when I was in school, nor when M was in school

I also was lucky enough to get the only child in the USA who puked every time she ate at Mc Donalds! and I swear I didn't put anything into the food!

tlv204 · March 2010

So clearly I'm late and I didn't watch the show, but I have a question. Did they only talk to lunch ladies or actual district leaders that decide what food to buy? In our district at least, the lunch ladies have no say at all over what food is served when. We have a nutritionist (although why we pay someone for that I have no idea since the food is still absolute crap) and people higher up in the district decide what food to serve.

Although even if the lunch ladies dont' have power over what to serve, it's still really sad that they're arguing against changes. My MIL is a lunch lady and I wish they would interview her

If it were up to her they'd be eating raw cucumber and turkey burgers every day.

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