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03-30-2010, 10:30 AM
Survey: Kids spurn celeb chef's healthy lunches
By VICKI SMITH- Associated Press Writer
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A survey shows kids at the West Virginia school featured in "Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution" liked their standard pizza and chicken nuggets more than the celebrity chef's fresh, healthy menu items.
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In this publicity image released by ABC, from left, chef and TV personality Jamie Oliver, Mary Calhoun Brown and Huntington Fire Chief C. Creig Moore during the taping of his reality series, "Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution," in Huntington, W. Va., airing Friday, March 26, 2010 on ABC. (AP Photo/ABC, Holly Farrell) NO SALES
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And when denied the food they were used to, many stopped buying the school lunch.
The survey at Central City Elementary in Huntington also found children drank less milk after Oliver removed the sugary chocolate and strawberry bottles.
But there is a bright spot in the data from the West Virginia University Health Research Center: More than six in 10 kids said they'd learned to try new foods.
ABC chose to have the show in Huntington after a 2008 Associated Press story dubbed the five-county metropolitan area the nation's unhealthiest.
Read more: http://www.centredaily.com/2010/03/30/1884187/survey-kids-spurn-celeb-chefs.html#ixzz0jfrC6e2I
http://www.centredaily.com/2010/03/30/1884187/survey-kids-spurn-celeb-chefs.html
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I watched this, this past Friday night and I see where the kids are coming from but at the same time I'm thinking if someone would of done this in my high school and taught us a bit more about nutrition it might of helped or not who knows. I'm just glad someone is trying to cook fresh and raw meats instead of processed stuff.
By VICKI SMITH- Associated Press Writer
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A survey shows kids at the West Virginia school featured in "Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution" liked their standard pizza and chicken nuggets more than the celebrity chef's fresh, healthy menu items.
AP
In this publicity image released by ABC, from left, chef and TV personality Jamie Oliver, Mary Calhoun Brown and Huntington Fire Chief C. Creig Moore during the taping of his reality series, "Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution," in Huntington, W. Va., airing Friday, March 26, 2010 on ABC. (AP Photo/ABC, Holly Farrell) NO SALES
View larger
And when denied the food they were used to, many stopped buying the school lunch.
The survey at Central City Elementary in Huntington also found children drank less milk after Oliver removed the sugary chocolate and strawberry bottles.
But there is a bright spot in the data from the West Virginia University Health Research Center: More than six in 10 kids said they'd learned to try new foods.
ABC chose to have the show in Huntington after a 2008 Associated Press story dubbed the five-county metropolitan area the nation's unhealthiest.
Read more: http://www.centredaily.com/2010/03/30/1884187/survey-kids-spurn-celeb-chefs.html#ixzz0jfrC6e2I
http://www.centredaily.com/2010/03/30/1884187/survey-kids-spurn-celeb-chefs.html
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I watched this, this past Friday night and I see where the kids are coming from but at the same time I'm thinking if someone would of done this in my high school and taught us a bit more about nutrition it might of helped or not who knows. I'm just glad someone is trying to cook fresh and raw meats instead of processed stuff.