Top celebrity chef Jamie Oliver is facing a tough time right now. England’s health ministry is not happy and optimistic about his efforts to change the eating habits of his fellowmen. England’s new health minister, Andrew Lansley, says “lecturing” people on how they should live doesn’t work unless individuals are willing to change their behavior.
We all know about Jamie’s efforts in changing the eating habits of schoolkids in the UK and the United States. He even spearheaded Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution together with Ryan Seacrest. It is gaining momentum as celebrities are openly backing him up in this endeavor. In fact, even Oprah herself is backing up this campaign.
But according to England’s health minister, Jamie’s efforts are actually pushing kids to resort to alternative ways to get the food they want. They shop outside the schools and even make unhealthier choices. Instead of eating in school (the healthy food Jamie is insisting on), more and more kids are not eating in school anymore.
I do think that Jamie’s Food Revolution campaign is indeed ambitious. It’s really hard to change bad eating habits of people anywhere in the world. But if it’s not him, who would start the change? Health minister Lansley should even thank Jamie for caring. What’s he doing to save his fellow Englishmen from a coronary early in life? It is an ambitious campaign because it will have a big impact in every one’s lives. We need more Jamie Oliver in the world if we really want change to happen. Schools should step up their efforts in helping the kids make healthy choices in the food they eat. Lansley shouldn’t blame Jamie for the kids who stop eating in school but should even help Jamie come up with a solution to this problem that came up.
To you health minister Lansley, instead of bashing Jamie Oliver for his good intentions, why not back him up or better yet, come up with your own plan for a healthy change?!?
