food+revolution+essay

America is proven to be the most obese nation in the world. It is because kids start eating unhealthy foods at a very young age in school lunches celebrity chef Jamie Oliver started a “food revolution” in the town of Huntington West Virginia which is proven to be the most obese town in the world. The kids are supposed to live 10 years younger than their parents because of obesity and diabetes. The problem unhealthy food in school cafeterias is that it’s turning kids into obese fatties. The food that is being served in school cafeterias is disgusting processed frozen food and fried cholesterol filled food that would make anyone fat. As Jamie Oliver said “are they cooking the food or are they just reheating it?” Not to mention the crappy flavored milk that has as much sugar as a soda. Our generation is being set up to live a younger life than our parents, due to diabetes, high cholesterol, and being obese. The cure to this problem is to start cooking healthier food, and eliminating the option of the crappy food that is chicken nuggets and pizza. The lunch cooks need to start cooking meals from scratch and include more fruits and vegetables. They also need to not try to take the easy way out and reheat the food and start actually cooking the food. When they reheat disgusting processed food it makes it taste even more disgusting than it was before. The problem with healthy school lunches is that kids who have already been in school for a couple years are already used to eating the unhealthy processed food and will not be willing to try the new healthy food. I think it would work for the kids that haven’t started school yet because they will have never eaten the unhealthy processed school lunches. The students that are in school already will bring unhealthy foods from off campus and eat it or buy a bunch of McDonalds or Del taco or any other unhealthy foods and sell it to the other students. It’s because they are used to eating like fatties and aren’t willing to try new things. I think the cooks don’t know how to cook the healthy food because it takes more effort than the easy to prepare crappy processed disgusting food. In conclusion the foods being served in our schools is terrible for our health and it will eventually make kids fat and have health problems. Although the healthy food is not being eaten and is being wasted.