Parentalytics » Nutrition http://parentalytics.com Research based parenting information on education, healthcare, and nutrition Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:27:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 Jamie Oliver’s TED Prize wish: Teach every child about food http://parentalytics.com/?p=58 http://parentalytics.com/?p=58#comments Sun, 27 Nov 2011 15:34:40 +0000 http://parentalytics.com/?p=58 Continue reading →]]> “My wish is for you to help a strong sustainable movement to educate every child about food. To inspire families to cook again and to empower people everywhere to fight obesity”
- Jamie Oliver (a chef, a celebrity, a young father, a food revolutionary)

An inspiring, passionate, shocking – a ‘must-see’ TED speech about the need to educate our children about food.

  • 2/3 of people in the U.S. are statistically overweight or obese
  • On average current generation of children will have a shorter life span than their parents due to ill effects of food they eat
  • Highest causes of death in the U.S. are diet related diseases not the front-page news stories of homicides, natural disasters, accidents (it’s also a global problem)
  • Obesity costs Americans 10% of our national health care bill – $150 billion per year (much more than smoking). This amount is forecast to double in the next 10 years.

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