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The premise of the show is that this British dude named Jamie Oliver is heading to the City of Huntington West Virignia, the least healthy city in America(and by extention the world I believe) to try to change the school lunch program which serves children only processed crap.
In one scene, Jamie Oliver wanted to see if kids could even identify produce so he went into a first grade classroom with a cart full of fresh fruits and vegetables. He held them up individually and asked the children to identify them.
They could not identify a single one. If it were the less commonly consumed vegetables like eggplant and artichoke, then I could understand but not being able to identify a tomato or a potato? ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?
Who here didn't know what these were at the age of 6? Perhaps it's a generational thing. I was born in 1983 and had any of my fellow peers at the age of 6 did not know how to identify any vegetables we would've thought he was retarded.
Here is the clip in question.
Speaking of vegetables, the adults in the school district are even dumber than the kids. In one scene Jamie Oliver was preparing a very nice dish of brown rice and 7 different vegetables. Then the nimrod school superintendent objected saying that the meal was not "reimbursable" because it didn't have sufficient vegetables or bread servings. She said because of this, Jamie Oliver's meal was unacceptable. Jamie asked what he could do in the short term and the school superintedent said to use french fries as his vegetables and pizza for the bread servings for a reimbursable meal.
Reimbursable? How about nutritious? I hate beuracratic red tape crap like this that defies all human logic.
I couldn't find the whole video but here is a preview clip which shows parts of the scene.
Since when did trans-fat laden French Fries count as a vegetable? Did anyone remember their moms telling them to eat their French Fries before they could have desert while growing up? What's next? Is apple pie going to be considered a proper fruit serving?
As for that grease pile pizza they said was acceptable as a bread serving, First of all, it's not called the "bread group" it's called the grain group. Secondly, brown rice not only counts as a grain, but is easily one of the most nutritious grains one could possibly eat.
What in the Hell is wrong with the West Virginia public school system? More importantly, what in the Hell is wrong with the parents of these kids? Proper eating and good nutrition are essential for proper child development and the prevention of health problems down the road. People developing type-2 diabetes in childhood was practically unheard of 50 years ago but now it is so common place we're seeing it in children as young as 5.
Is educating children about proper nutrition to offset future medical costs not a worthwhile investment?
I hope these idiot parents and beauracrats are proud of themselves. It's thanks to them that America will for the first time see a generation live a shorter lifespan than their parents.
Modifié par Busomjack, 15 avril 2010 - 04:37 .
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