Food+Revolution

Food Essay

Would you agree if some Britain chef came to your house and said what you are eating is unhealthy? What if you are a super-intendant and he just started telling you that. How would you feel? Would you agree if he said most food is unhealthy? I would. Most food is made of preservatives. School food is probably the worst. We are one of the most obese countries in the world, and there needs to be change.

When I was asked if I would eat the cafeteria foods, like pizza or their burgers, I said maybe the pizza. What about you? Would you eat school food? When you see what the school food is before it is cooked, you probably would not. Look at the Burritos and orange chicken; they make me want to go throw up. The rest of the food might be ok, like the taquitos. Most of my friends buy the lunches, and when I asked them what they thought and they said the food is not worth eating, much less buying. I want the principles and superintendent to eat it and see if they like it.

Is obesity a problem here in America? Jamie Oliver, a Britain Chef, thinks so. Guess what kids have for breakfast in schools. Pizza. I know pizza might sound good for breakfast to kids, even to me, but I am pretty sure that is not very healthy. They need things like eggs, bacon, sausage, cereal, and stuff like that. The lunches are a little better than the breakfast schools, in some respect. The, problem is that they do not have salad for lunch as a meal or side dish, and if they do no one eats it. They have chicken nuggets and fries usually, and that won’t cut it. “In a town where I worked, there was an 80% obesity rate,” said Jamie. Does that seem like a problem to you? “Not only rich People can eat healthy,” says Jamie Oliver. This is in fact entirely true. My family is not the richest set of people around, but we eat healthy, even though in my opinion it is boring and really sucks. You do not need money, it just depends on if you want to eat healthy or not. It will be hard, but it’s possible. There is no doubt in my mind that there is a problem. People just need to stop being so stubborn and do something about it.

The diabetes cure. Not a pill. Not a drug. Just healthy food and exercise. You need vegetables, like carrots, tomatoes, potatoes, and broccoli. (Broccoli is gross if you ask me.) ”The kids did not know where honey comes from, but they sure knew about diabetes,” Jamie said. They didn’t know what a tomato was, thinking it was a potato. They need education on food. Jamie thinks that ”If a child isn’t taught what real food is, where it comes from and how to make it into an affordable meal, how can we expect these kids –our future- to know what it is doing to their body.” It’s so true. They need to be taught about food and its health value at a young age so they know about it when they are older and need it.

In conclusion, I think it is important that kids get an education on food and diabetes. If we start in the schools, it is possible we can keep our kids from developing diabetes. I would hope that schools and parents take responsibility and

teach these kids about healthy eating and feed them this food. Some people think it’s the schools job, some people think it’s the parent’s job. I think the schools and parents should work together. Food that is healthy for you is affordable, but we need to eat and buy it willingly for it to work.