UK: Sarah Palin is a "Froot Loop"

Daily Mail

PJ: It is obvious to the world that America has an obesity problem. And to Jamie Oliver, the efforts of Michelle Obama in helping to educate children and adults about healthy eating is a no brainer. For those of us on the outside, watching the antics of US celebrities such as Sarah Palin criticizing those efforts makes us wonder if she really is insane.

'She's a fruit loop': Chef Jamie Oliver attacks Sarah Palin on healthy food for children

British celebrity chef Jamie Oliver branded Sarah Palin a 'Fruit Loop' for criticizing the Barack Obama administration's healthy eating initiatives.

He said making sure America's youngsters had a good nutritional diet was a 'civil rights issue'.

Oliver claimed that the U.S. was in a 'really dark moment' when it comes to children's health and needs to make it a priority.

Oliver, in Los Angeles filming the second series of his ABC show Jamie's Food Revolution, insisted that improving what children eat at school alone can have a far-reaching effect on their habits and health as adults.

He doesn't have much faith government will lead the way, but said the administration of President Obama is on the right track.

But former Alaska governor Palin,'clearly on this issue is a Fruit Loop,' he claimed in a reference to the highly-sweetened breakfast cereal.

The President recently signed a bill increasing the federal pay-outs for free school lunches and expanded the government's nutrition requirements to cover all foods sold during school hours.

Palin and other conservatives have said that telling children what to eat is government meddling and believes parents should decide.

But Oliver, who tried to transform the diets of a West Virginia town with his 2010 ABC show, claimed that paediatricians and dentists believe some parents are edging toward child abuse by not feeding them healthy food.

The obesity epidemic is hampering the American spirit of problem-solving and ingenuity, he said.

Oliver added: 'From my view of the health situation we're in at the moment, it really isn't allowing Americans to be Americans.'

But, he predicted that once a majority of the public takes to his ideas, things will change quickly.

He said: 'Americans, when you get them on something, will shift faster than anyone else.'


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