We don't need statistics to tell us that what children eat affects their behaviour, not just making them hyperactive but sometimes aggressive, disruptive and antisocial. We all have to manage the effects on children's behaviour if they breakfast on a chocolate bar and a can of fizzy drink, followed by chemically flavoured crisps or processed food, more chocolate and another can at lunchtime.
Jamie Oliver's campaign has significantly raised public and Government awareness of the appalling quality of food eaten by many children. Maybe some of his methods were questionable, such as taking away lunch boxes, but that does not detract from the message he was trying to get across - we are what we eat.
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