Jamie Oliver's TED talk Prize Wish: Teach Every Child About Food
Whether or not you have kids, definitely watch this video. Although the emphasis is on child nutrition, everyone can benefit from learning more about nutrition. Plus his accent isn't half bad to listen to either....
While Jamie's TED talk is two years old now, the worries and concerns he brings up are still present, in fact they've just continued to grow. Good news is things are starting to change. One step in the right direction is the USDA announcing this week that school nutrition guidelines have been updated to comply with the 2010 Dietary Guidelines. Theses guidelines are all based on scientific evidence. Once the studies are collected, they are reviewed and reviewed again before they go on to be discussed and put into recommendations that are published every five years. The Washington Post published an article on the USDA's new guidelines (USDA Updates School Nutrition Guidelines). While the article is brief, what I found interesting is they included a chart made by the USDA that compares a school lunch following the old guidelines to what a school lunch will be like now under the new guidelines. This is great information not only to be better informed on what is happening in the school, but also to give parents ideas on how to pack healthy lunches when they're kids bring lunch to school.
On a related note: A really interesting article my professor Joan Salge Blake showed us in Community Nutrition Class: Lunch Line Redesign. The article lets you click on images and gives you the behavioral science behind what influences people' food choices in the cafeteria.
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