The above picture represents the amount of junk food one child in the UK eats in a year.  One in Three kids in the UK between the ages of 5-13 is already considered obese.  It’s worse in the United States.

Junk food mountain: The astonishing amount of rubbish one child eats every year | Mail Online.

Santa Clara County, California became the first in the nation to ban toys from fast food kids’ meals high in calories, fat, salt and sugar (more than 485 calories).

County supervisor Ken Yeager said Tuesday that the ordinance “prevents restaurants from preying on children’s love of toys to peddle high-calorie, high-fat, high-sodium kids’ meals,” and would help fight childhood obesity.

Perhaps Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution is working!

I’d rather see parents taking responsibility for their kids’ food rather than politicians passing laws, but whatever it takes!

Toys banned in some California fast food restaurants – CNN.com.

“I wish for everyone to help create  a strong, sustainable movement to educate every child about food, inspire families to cook again and empower people everywhere to fight obesity. “  – Jamie Oliver

TED Blog: Teach every child about food: Jamie Oliver’s TED Prize wish, now on TED.com.