The UK newspaper The Guardian is reporting that students who eat healthier meals, in particular those from celebrity chef Jamie Oliver, did better on their exams.
Oliver is known in this country, in non-cooking circles, as the host of Jamie's Food Revolution on ABC. The show chronicles Oliver's quest to get folks in Huntington, WV to eat better. The town is known as one of the unhealthiest towns in country.
But food for better grades? Why, yes.
As part of test preparation, schools around the country ask their students to have a good breakfast before coming to school.
Even in Caddo and Bossier, food is provided for students whose family can't afford them. The free and reduced meal program is funded through federal dollars.
Let's look at stats. Caddo serves 11,300 breakfast meals daily, and 26,900 lunches. In some schools in Caddo, the percentage of students on free or reduced meals are in the upper 90s.
Still don't understand the relationship between food and grades? Have you ever been so hungry in the middle of the work day that you couldn't concentrate?
Now imagine a healthy meal or snack and how much better you feel? It's like that.
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