But what’s wrong with a potato?
Or better still a sweet potato?
Or a lovely hearty homemade soup?
Given that we have the majority of trainee humans
in one place for upwards of 6 hours a day
wouldn’t it be best that school lunch were compulsory?
Unless they go to prison this is the only
time in their lives that we have so many people
compulsorily inthe same place at once!
With economies of scale, wouldn’t that mean that
schools
could buy food at better prices,
and if the only choice were healthy –
REALLY HEALTHY meals.
Couldn’t we make massive inroads into our
country’s health?
Children could learn through growing the food cooking the food
weighing, measuring and understanding the scientific
processes involved in cooking.
Then eating it.
I know that happens a bit – but I mean RADICAL.
Massive emphasis on food and physical education.
Mindfulness so they can understand their emotions
and patterns.
Naturally and happily live the healthiest life
they can
An hour of exercise a day before they
start learning.
Science has known that would be the most effective
way for a child to take in succeed.
Infants schools are providing free school meals to
everyone.
YAYYYYY!!!!!!!!
But if everyone HAD to eat it – and it was
REALLY healthy..
and we taught children how to cook and choose
and eat.
and they we so well exercised, they were RAVENOUS for it.
(we have an army of amazing fitness instructors in the UK
who simply aren’t teaching
classes during the school day – they’d be happy
to come in and do it!)
and we incentivised children to eat new things
just as nutritionists do..
Repeatedly offering a tiny amount of
a new food…
making it a game or a challenge award certificates, and stickers!!!
In the classroom, not just the dinner hall.
combine that with Mindfulness techniques
to help children be wise and mentally robust
enough to make good choices..
We could stop the obesity epidemic in its tracks.
(you watch anti social behaviour statistics too)
And save our country billions.
In the future.
Here are some comments made to me
from the mums on FB…
“she just won’t eat healthy stuff –
I’d rather she was eating something”
“a little of what you fancy does you good”
“what’s wrong with pizza? Its just bread tomato and cheese”
“it’s nice to have a little treat like ice cream”
Again – I know what they’re saying.
But look at the ‘Kids’ menu’ when you go out for food.
Fish Fingers,
Nuggets,
Sausages,
Fried Fish
Pizza,
Chips,
Beans or Peas.
Because they know that’s what they’ll sell.
If we exposed children – straight out of their butternut
squash and asparagus puree phase,
To more flavours and textures and colours.
Excited them about good fresh food, so it was normal.
We’d have a whole generation who weren’t on a diet
who understood how to choose and cook delicious
healthy meals.
And wouldn’t think Muller Light Yoghurts were a
healthy option.
I just wanted to understand how such a massive
sudden change happens
from well nourished 2 year olds
to MacDonalds eating, sweet chewing,
pudding expecting, fussy, limited eaters.
And how we can’t as a nation see that this obesity epidemic isn’t by chance?
The seventeen stone, diabetic lady who argued
rather angrily
that I was judging her parenting
by suggesting that her 3 year old guzzling from a
coke bottle…