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Many thanks to Cyndi for posting on Facebook this link to Jamie Oliver’s TED talk. I was glad to see it.

Jamie Oliver’s TED Prize wish: Teach every child about food
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/jamie_oliver.html

Jamie’s message is powerful and well timed alongside Michelle Obama’s campaign against childhood obesity. The upshot: One-third of America’s children are obese, and their projected average lifespan is shorter than the generation before them, because of the threats of diabetes, heart disease, and other diet-related illnesses.

After seeing this, I was intrigued when I ran across this promo for a new mini-series on ABC:

Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution
http://abc.go.com/shows/jamie-olivers-food-revolution

The show chronicles Jamie’s hands-on crusade to improve school lunches and community awareness, starting in Huntington, WV, the unhealthiest city in America.

One video clip shows Jamie talking to a mother in her kitchen, across a table piled high with gross unhealthy food. Other clips show him in the schools and on the local radio station, giving talks about nutrition.

I’m going to be interested to see what he recommends for both individuals and institutions. How much of the obesity problem is going to be managed institutionally? How will individuals take up the cause?

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