I think Jamie Oliver presented an enthusiastic presentation on obesity and how it affects our nation’s children.
Overall I believe that most of the information brought forth by Mr. Oliver was informative at best. After reading Fast Food Nation, and much research for the upcoming research paper, I feel that he delivered a mediocre speech. I know I may seem critical, but I just sat through 20 minutes of old news. You know who he reminded me of? He reminded me of the chef guy from Hell’s Kitchen. He was very animated and passionate undoubtedly, but it just seemed over exaggerated.
Some interesting points that really stuck out to me were: 1) smoking cigarettes is cheaper than being obese!!! I mean really? I thought I had expensive habits. 2) how much sugar and fast food our schools really serve our children. (1 box of milk = 1 12oz can of soda) What really made me think was the wheel barrel full of sugar cubes to illustrate exactly how much sugar the schools are giving our children.
I don’t think that I will be using any information from this particular speech for my research paper; however, I will definitely be sharing this video with a couple of my friends.
