THE Medical Officer of Health is to spearhead a Jamie Oliver-style overhaul of school dinners in the Island.
Dr Rosemary Geller said that she wanted to see good food back on the menus of canteens currently serving meals containing unhealthy levels of fat, salt and sugar.
The drive to ban the burger and introduce more fresh, unprocessed meals is a key feature of her 2008 report, which is published today.
In it, Dr Geller reveals that none of the Island’s eight secondary schools is making the grade when it comes to food. ‘Despite improvements in school food in Jersey over the last few years,’ she said, ‘no Jersey secondary school currently meets national nutritional standards which apply to schools in England today.’
Article posted on 14th July, 2008 - 3.00pm
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I wasn’t aware that the Secondary Schools served these kind of unhealthy meals. My son starts Secondary school in September and he will be sticking to his healthy lunchbox. This will probably prove unpopular but given the choice most kids will go for the unhealthy option.
I completley agree with this policy. My Son went to Rouge Bouillon School who have a healthy eating policy, then he moved to Haute Vallee who do not follow this policy. Although the school does have healthy options, I believe they should take away the non healthy options, there is enough temptation for kids to eat junk food without the kids being exposed to it at school too. I would love to see the Jamie Oliver approach in our Island schools, I would also love to see Jamie Oliver!!
Get Jamie Oliver over here to promote this incentive - he is a much loved celebrity and is someone that kids actually seem to sit up and listen to. These children need to be told straight what effect this food will have on their health - I was overweight as a child and it made my life miserable. I wish they had been stricter with us back then, but at least the future secondary school intakes might be better educated about food and health.