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https://www.theguardian.com/society/...ty-strategy-uk
Great to see a popular British chap like Jamie standing up against the obesity epidemic. One of the ways popular folk like him can effect change is by speaking out against injustice. Hopefully other top Brits like Gordon Ramsey and John Oliver will stand with him.
Jamie Oliver has accused Theresa May of letting down young people and parents, in a strongly worded attack on the government’s “travesty” of a plan to tackle childhood obesity.
The chef said he would be “really, really annoying” for the rest of this parliament as a result of Theresa May’s “unforgiveable” failure to introduce strong enough measures.
“Everything about the childhood obesity strategy that’s just come out is a complete stinking herring. It’s a terrible job Theresa May’s done there,” Oliver told the Radio Times.
“She’s completely let every child in Britain down, let parents down, everyone has been let down. The stuff on the shelf with her predecessor [David Cameron] was going to be much more robust.”
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The chef has campaigned on children’s nutrition issues since his 2005 Channel 4 series Jamie’s School Dinners. He is scathing about the planned sugar tax being the only element of the childhood obesity “plan of action” published last month that will force food companies to change their practices.
“If you look at the strategy, the only thing that’s mandatory – and I can honestly tell you that I put it there – is the sugary drink tax … Take that out, there’s nothing [else],” he said.
Oliver railed against the government’s decision to step back from using regulation, such as the plan’s failure to limit junk food advertising or ban promotion of sweets at supermarket checkouts.
“It’s the same old bull. And the same old bull hasn’t worked for 20 years. And it was done when they were all on holiday, in August. It just means ‘don’t care, don’t care, don’t care, get it under the radar.’ It’s a travesty,” he added.
He and fellow obesity campaigners intend to “be really, really annoying for the whole [parliamentary] term. But I do think British parents don’t want to hear bad news all the time. People just want stuff to be fixed,” he said.
The Department of Health declined to respond directly to Oliver’s comments. But it maintained that its plan was a world leader in combating obesity. “We are fully committed to reducing childhood obesity and are confident our world-leading plan will make a real difference to help reverse a problem that has been decades in the making. This is the start of a conversation and we haven’t ruled out further measures if we do not see the progress we need,” a spokesman said.
The Children’s Food Campaign, an alliance of health, children’s and education groups, backed Oliver. “Jamie is spot on. Many parents, teachers and health professionals have been in touch with us to express their anger at the weaknesses of the childhood obesity plan,” said its co-ordinator Malcolm Clark.
He added: “The food industry has embarked on a war against the academic evidence and the government’s own public health advice. Sadly, on many aspects – including marketing and price promotions – the government sided with them.”
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Jamie Oliver says PM's obesity strategy has let down every UK child
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2016-09-20, 08:06 PM #2The Unstoppable Force
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I was wondering when your next fat shaming thread would happen!
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2016-09-20, 08:08 PM #3Elemental Lord
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Yes.....it's the government's fault that children are fat and are the only people who can stop them from being so.......
At least this isn't about Canada.
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2016-09-20, 08:09 PM #4Ojou-sama
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Jamie Oliver popular? Haha
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He is one of the most well known and popular Brits out there. Originally Posted by Seiko Sora
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2016-09-20, 08:16 PM #6Ojou-sama
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He's still a bellend Originally Posted by Tennisace
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2016-09-20, 08:21 PM #7DeletedNo he isn't, most people think he is a twat with a tongue too large for his mouth. Originally Posted by Tennisace
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2016-09-20, 08:23 PM #8Merely a Setback
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I haven't like Jamie Oliver since he spread that lie about chicken nuggets. Which wasn't even that bad because it was just shredded chicken formed into patties.
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I gained weight when I stopped playing football/soccer 4 times a week, started working in IT and sustained the same eating habits which is the government's fault and not my own so I will sue Prince Trudeau for my troubles instead of biking/lifting again or being active for 20 minutes a day.
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He is an extremely popular chef both on television as well as with his book sales. You can't deny this. Originally Posted by Immortan Rich
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The government can help by subsidizing fresh produce, and perhaps by providing education to parents about how to cook quick, simple, meals with said produce. Or perhaps even give basic cooking equipment to poor parents. And so on. Originally Posted by Templar 331
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2016-09-20, 08:34 PM #12DeletedPopular abroad, there is a reason he is on NA tv screens and not ours anymore. Originally Posted by Tennisace
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Why is that? Decline of television in the UK? Originally Posted by Immortan Rich
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It is a noble thing he is trying to do, and for a limited time it might work but then real life happens.
He wish for healthy food for the children that's a good thing for sure and he has shown it can be done within a budget but then the press goes away and he also .. and it gets everyday ... that means it is up to low payed workers with no to very little motivation to do it the rest of the time ... then they gets asked to do it for x% less because well that's how it goes then it is back to the *easy* way ... cheap,easy and unhealthy.
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Jamie Oliver let down every UK child when he got Turkey Twizzlers removed from schools. Nobody wants your hipster "Spinach Served 8 Ways With a Sea Foam Butter" shit, Jamie.
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His recipes contained too much saliva Originally Posted by Tennisace
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It seems really sad that you and your ilk have turned on your own countryman. What's up with this treachery? Originally Posted by Seiko Sora
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2016-09-20, 08:40 PM #18DeletedYeah, we swapped all of out TV's for magic beans. Originally Posted by Tennisace
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It's the Conservative party. Letting down everyone whose family doesn't own a rolls royce is party policy.
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2016-09-20, 08:41 PM #20Ojou-sama
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Again, he's a bellend Originally Posted by Tennisace
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