Book Review

the organic market” (p.85), and benefitting local producers. “Rome’s emphasis on provenance becomes For the cost of The School Food Revolution (£45) a UK school produces 121 children’s lunches (37p per meal, p.107). Meanwhile, in the USA, “the most obese nation on Earth”, children view 55 junk food advertisements per day (p.181). In Melbourne, Australia, the McDonald’s fast food outlet at the entrance to the Royal Children’s Hospital is described by a paediatrician as a “running sore” (Sweet, 2008, p.336), yet an alternative view is that “it brings much joy to families” (Carol, 2008). The authors of this new book raise the spectre of junk food being “profoundly addictive” (p.170). A UK mother reports of her school-age daughter: “She’ll only eat burgers” (p.106).