20 Minutes well worth your time
As of today, and as chef Jamie Oliver states in the video linked below, the previous four generations have blessed our children with a shorter lifespan than their parents, in no small part because of the landscape of food we have built around them. Diet related disease is the #1 killer in America. What’s more, 10% of our health care costs can be directly attributed to obesity, about 150 billion per year ( that number is expected to double in ten years.)
Jame Oliver's TED Award Speech
Here is a short clip, briefly shown above, that shows how children today are more likely to recognize a package of Hamburger Helper than they are a tomato. We’ve grown so accustomed to eating out of a box, let alone at the same dinner table, that it’s gotten to the point where kids don’t even know what real food looks like!
