Food Revolution

Children today are expected to live 10 years LESS than their parents.

Thirty-two percent of our nation's children are obese or overweight.

Shocked? Horrified? I am.

Maybe you've seen ads for Chef Jamie Oliver's TV show "Food Revolution" — named after a health movement he has organized. And hopefully you've even tuned in to watch an episode or two. The premise: Jamie Oliver is putting his whole heart into changing the health of our children. His approach involves improving school lunches by replacing things like chicken nuggets, frozen pizza and french fries with fresh food and locally grown produce. Among other things, Jamie is teaching lunch ladies how to cook from scratch, showing school administration how to purchase healthy food within their budget, and most importantly, making Americans aware of the crap that we're feeding ourselves and our children. (I've included a few links below if you want to learn more.)

As part of his health movement, Jamie is asking for people to sign a petition. This petition is a show of hands — to show government and industry how many of us care about the health of children and what they get fed at school. The petition reads as follows:

I support the Food Revolution. America's kids need better food at school and better health prospects. We need to keep cooking skills alive.

That is all it says. A simple statement about a serious problem. Please add your voice to the 522,234 people who have signed to date. Click here to sign the petition online.

For more information:

- Check out this speech given by Jamie. You won't regret spending 20 minutes of your time to watch it.

- Watch this promo for the Food Revolution show.

- Visit Jamie's Food Revolution website.

Okay, so you sign the petition, and I will promise lots of updates on the kids in my next blog post. And believe me, we've been busy around here — there is a lot to fill you in on.

Hugs!