England is terrifying. When I first arrived I had a job caring for kids with special needs. These children do not eat vegetables, all their food comes out of tins and packets or from McD's or KFC. These children, by and large, do not eat with their parents. Kids meals are taken in front of the telly at 5 pm, and their parents eat later.
The numbers of children growing up with malnutrition are frightening. And it doesn't stop with the kids. The number of times I have bought stuff at the supermarket and the sales assistant has either had to ask me to identify the produce, or they have put it through as the wrong thing (usually cheaper - so I don't complain - let them learn from their ignorance), is quite worrying.
The school dinners thing has been an eye opener for me. We always took a packed lunch to school, but historically in this country schools have always provided a hot meal in the middle of the day. And lately its been complete rubbish. To be honest, there were many schools and programmes already in place to correct this, before Jamie got involved, but he certainly has brought the issue to the attention of government who have now imposed targets for healthy eating on schools, about time too.