By Christiénne Miller

I don’t think I’m off base when I say that March 26th marks the start of something great. It’s the date of Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution premiere. I’m tuning into and hope you do too. We need to, because our children’s lives depend on it.

If you watch the sneak peek, you’ll see something that horrifying. Reports that the medical community is seeing the first generation of children that won’t out-live their parents. A young girl who, due to her fatty liver, was given a prognosis of six years to live. I don’t even think she’s a teenager yet! How about this for a reality check: We are killing our children with what we feed them — in school and at home.

Now, this is not to say there aren’t very healthy families out there who’ve got it together. For most of us, however, (me included) convenience has outweighed common nutritional sense.

I’ll be the first to admit that I’ve gotten caught up in my career and the hustle and bustle of a life based on achievement — you kind of have to in today’s economic climate. Sometimes whipping through the fast food line is, well, fast and easy. While I may catch a quick meal a couple of times a month, there are many people who do it daily — and for their children as well.

I know some would argue that processed food is more affordable for a family on a tight budget; but is it really when compared to the medical costs of obesity? To that argument, I ask if they’ve checked out the many recipes for affordable meals and snacks you can easily make at home? Again, I’m not pointing any fingers that aren’t pointing back at me, too.

That’s why I’m so psyched Jamie Oliver it taking our food issues on. He was instrumental in reforming the school lunch program in England, and now he’s here to apply his talent to help us thrive. Seriously, I can’t thank him enough for caring so much.

From the looks of it, though, he’s got his work cut out for him. I know, here on SweetTalk, we’ve touched on how unhealthy attachments to food impact our health, but I’m hoping that Jamie’s graphic illustration of his fight to save the lives of our children and those in the West Virginian town he targets, will be just the thing many of us need to see to start a new trend: One of health through delicious and nutritious foods.

Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution is set to premiere on March 26 on ABC. I encourage you to check your local listings and set your DVR!

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