Jamie Oliver, for a better school meal.

Jamie Oliver, for a better school meal.

Jamie Oliver, the famous TV chef and cooking book writer is once again upset with the way schools are handling their school menu's. A couple years back the TV chef was also campaigning for school to change their menu's and serve their kids healthier food. He did this with great success and even caused the government to review their laws and regulations for school concerning food. But now more and more school are once again trying to put soda, snacks and generally unhealthy junk food back on the menu. Not all school were happy with Mr. Oliver’s campaign since snacks also had the best profit margin of all foods sold in school cafeteria. Because kids could not get their snacks from school anymore, some kids even started selling snacks brought from home to their class mates.

Now some school are trying to get out of the government regulations by turning their school’s into academies. Since the government has less of a influence on how academies operate, they are able to put fast food back onto the menu. Now this information has come to the attention of Oliver and he’s is pushing to the government and the school to make necessary changes.

My opinion

I believe it is a good thing that Jamie Oliver pays attention to the school diets and in general food in the UK. Not too long ago I think I read somewhere that UK is still very high on the list of the most obese countries in the world. Therefore I think it is a very good idea to educate kids about the risks of fast food to their health. Another good thing would be to make the kids aware of the fact that you can eat some fast food but you should not eat this daily.