Virginia shows up twice in the top 25 fatest cities in the Country. Virginia Beach is ranked #13 and Richmond is ranked #17. You can read more on the link:
http://www.forbes.com/2007/11/14/health-obesity-cities-forbeslife-cx_rr_1114obese_slide_19.html?thisSpeed=undefined
You can also see how Virginia stacks up against other States when it comes to childhood obesity. The report follows children across the Country from 1998 to 2008. In 1998, there wasn't even a problem with childhood obesity and you can see how the numbers climb in one decade.
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5828a1.htm
It was a fine example on The Food Revolution show that a class of 5 year olds couldn't even name basic everyday food like potatoes but they knew what a french fry was. I really believe that food education needs to start with preschool age children and even earlier in the home. Maybe it's time for a food traveling roadshow...
I would like this blog to educate, inform and to make people think about where their food comes from. I believe that when 'people know better, they do better'. I will be offering information, some commentary, and a whole lot of cooking recipes that come from playing around with local food in my kitchen. As a disclaimer - no recipes are copied out of cookbooks. These come from our own experience in cooking using seasonal and locally available foods with influences from living in many different countries.
There are lots of people locally who are all talking about the same thing when it comes to the Food Revolution or the Slow Food Movement. It is a difficult task to bring about this type of change but I am hoping that the groups at some point will unite. The direction is either new legislation for our schools or more transparent food labels or it might be to just get people interested in real food again. We will see.....
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