Is Your Kid Eating Pizza for Breakfast?

This photo from the New York Times notes the new series Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution, which addresses nutrition in school lunches.

If you watched ABC a few Sundays ago, you may have seen the  premiere of a new show titled Jamie
Oliver’s Food Revolution. The show follows Jamie Oliver, a British chef known the world over for his  healthful cooking, and more notably, for transforming the school lunch program in England into a  healthful and budget-conscious success.

His new American reality show took him to Huntington, West Virginia, which, according to data from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, earned it the moniker by the Associated Press as “Unhealthiest City in America” for 2008. Having no shortage of ambition, Oliver decided to observe and attempt to improve the city’s school lunch program, which served pizza for breakfast each day.

Seeing the state of a school lunch program in the unhealthiest city in America – where more than half of the adult population is considered obese – makes every parent think about what their children eat – and maybe, too, how there own community is faring regarding kids’ weight.

While California cities can’t claim to be the unhealthiest in America, there are  disparities with the healthy weight of California children. For example, a smaller percentage of Latino and Pacific Islander children are at a healthy weight compared to their peers in other racial/ethnic groups. Get our most recent data on California students with healthy weight to see how kids in your community compare.

Tags: Child Health Initiatives

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