Summary Of Teach Every Child About Food By Jamie Oliver
In this Ted Talk titled “Teach Every Child About Food,” Jamie Oliver describes his personal seven-year mission to inform Americans of his goal of starting a food revolution. He is motivated to see change in children’s lives involving their food choices. Oliver describes how widespread and serious this issue of children not being educated on healthy food choices. He states the reality that this country is the unhealthiest in the world and that diet related diseases, such as heart disease and stroke, are the number one killers in the United States. He informs the audience that, 2/3 of the people in the room are considered overweight or obese. These statistics show the reality of the food epidemic and how frightening it is.
Oliver depicts a triangle that consists of three main areas to show the landscape of food (home, school, main street). He insists in his talk that all changes start at home. Parents at home fail to teach their children how to eat properly and cook easy, healthy meals. The next area of the food triangle addressed is in schools. In …show more content…
Food ambassadors need to be in all supermarkets around the country. These ambassadors will teach customers how to shop healthily and cook at home. The education of young children in schools needs to be the heart of food education. Foods that children eat in schools should be grown locally. The government must also work with the fast food industry to eliminate hidden fats and sugars in their foods. He suggests that every child should learn ten easy recipes. Oliver declares that this is a life skill that children must learn and parents must be the educators Jamie Oliver operates his own business called Huntington’s Kitchen. He strongly affirms that change is possible with parents, schools, and food businesses all working together to positively help children at a young age so they will grow up healthy and
Oliver depicts a triangle that consists of three main areas to show the landscape of food (home, school, main street). He insists in his talk that all changes start at home. Parents at home fail to teach their children how to eat properly and cook easy, healthy meals. The next area of the food triangle addressed is in schools. In …show more content…
Food ambassadors need to be in all supermarkets around the country. These ambassadors will teach customers how to shop healthily and cook at home. The education of young children in schools needs to be the heart of food education. Foods that children eat in schools should be grown locally. The government must also work with the fast food industry to eliminate hidden fats and sugars in their foods. He suggests that every child should learn ten easy recipes. Oliver declares that this is a life skill that children must learn and parents must be the educators Jamie Oliver operates his own business called Huntington’s Kitchen. He strongly affirms that change is possible with parents, schools, and food businesses all working together to positively help children at a young age so they will grow up healthy and