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
Director, Public Health Research Group
School of Population & Health Sciences
Faculty of Medical Sciences
University of Newcastle upon Tyne
NE2 4HH
Tel: +44 (0)191 222 6275
Fax: +44 (0)191 222 8211
Mobile: +44 (0)7754 377399
Web: www.ncl.ac.uk/spahs
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