Riley Reflective Blog Entry #2

I found this incredible TED Talk and thought it would be a great addition to my research. Jamie Oliver in this video talks about the problems our diets pose in today’s society. The fact that shocked me the most is that food related disease is the greatest killer in the United States. We have all these shows about murder and homicides while the greatest murder is the little bit of suicide each of us commit with our eating habits every day. He, like me, also believes that the solution to this problem lies with our children and how we encourage them to eat. I mentioned early how many of the kids at Head Start even didn’t know what food was what. How one of the kids didn’t know the difference between butter and mayonnaise. He too brought up that topic and how important it is to teach kids what they are eating. The facts he presented on how much sugar is in foods we think are healthy is incredible! I was wary at first about doing this topic because I didn’t feel like it was an influential important topic. After seeing this video I realize how wrong I was. I really feel justified in choosing this topic now. Great video.