[PNWHEALTH] [Fwd: Jamie...(noted chef in UK changes school lunches)]

[Laura Larsson]

Friends:

 From another list but I thought it might be of interest given 
how we are wrestling with the issue of junk food in schools in 
this country.

Wonder which of the great chefs might lend his name to a similar 
effort?

Laura

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Jamie...
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 16:12:25 -0000
From: Martin White <Martin.White at NEWCASTLE.AC.UK>
Reply-To: Martin White <Martin.White at NEWCASTLE.AC.UK>
To: HEALTH-FOR-ALL at JISCMAIL.AC.UK

Hi,

Apologies for cross-postings...

Those of you in the UK can't possibly be unaware of the current TV
documentary/campaign  series 'Jamie's school dinners', in which
celebrity chef Jamie Oliver if spearheading a campaign to make school
lunches healthy again.  He has done this initially by taking on the
contract for providing all school meals in Greenwich borough, 
London -
and by (re-)training the staff and changing the purchasing 
policy.  The
result, if controversial, is meals comprising real, fresh food 
and a ban
on chips and processed foods; and the public health impact - at a 
guess
I imagine significantly greater than most of the things we achieve in
our daily work.

Do we need further evaluation?  Judge for yourselves, Wednesday 
nights
at 21.00hr, Channel 4.  Also, do check out his campaign web site at:

http://www.feedmebetter.com/

There is a petition to the UK government you can sign too.

For those overseas, how does this compare with your country?  Does it
provide a useful model? Does it inspire?  Discuss.

Jamie gets my vote for this year's BBC Radio 4 food programme 
national
food campaigner award.

Cheers,

Martin...

Dr Martin White
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School of Population & Health Sciences
Faculty of Medical Sciences
University of Newcastle upon Tyne
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