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	Jamie Oliver hasn’t quit yet. He's still running his campaign to get proper school meals on the menu. If you want to get involved why not lobby your MP or local councillor using Jamie's tips. Or why not suggest your school carries out a Junk Amnesty just like the one on the programme.

Find out the new government guidelines for school dinners by visiting the School Food Trust website. We're moving in the right direction. But remember, there is still lots more to do to improve our kids school meals.

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September 18 2006

Last year Jamie Oliver tackled the shameful state of school dinners in one of the most acclaimed TV series ever.

Kids were eating piles of processed junk and recoiled at the sight of fresh vegetables. And the terrible diet was leading to a health time-bomb, with soaring rates of obesity and hugely increased risks of heart disease and other life-threatening conditions for Britain's children.

So Jamie took over school meals in Greenwich and tried to persuade the Government to improve standards. With dinner lady Nora Sands he showed that kids could be fed fresh, nutritious meals. And after a huge campaign, newspaper headlines and delivering a 300,000-signature petition, Tony Blair agreed to set new standards for school meals, and committed £280 million for proper ingredients, equipment and training.

A year on, Jamie wanted to go back to see how much better things were. Surely with all that money and new guidelines, the dinner ladies' lives would be much easier and the kids would be happily tucking into healthy grub?

But as he starts to unravel the finances and see the reality of the changes through the eyes of dinner ladies, kids and parents, Jamie begins to realise that they may have won the battle, but there is still a war to be fought.



See what Jamie has to say and hear Nora's side of the story.		What does Jamie want now? He wants us all to get involved now. Find out what he wants YOU to do with his new manifesto for change.

Share your thoughts, experiences and ideas in the forum.

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Are you concerned about your child's school dinners? Do you know what they serve? Do you know who to talk to or even who's in charge?

Channel 4 has produced a fantastic downloadable action pack specifically for parents.

We've got lots of advice on finding out about the quality of your child's school meals, ways to start a campaign for change and some simple ways to improve your child's general diet.