Sam Kass: Want kids to learn well? Feed them well
Sam Kass: Vreți să învețe bine copiii? Hrăniți-i bine.
Sam Kass's work connects nutrition and education in an effort to make sure future generations thrive. Full bio
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family of teachers.
pentru copii cu dizabilități.
teacher in Chicago.
de predat la clasa a V-a.
after 25 years teaching fifth grade.
cu excepția mea.
teaches except for me.
de a primi răspunsurile potrivite
to get the right answers
rezultatelor școlare ale copiilor noștri?
the educational outcomes for our children?
many important questions,
is a good place to start:
de pornire e acesta:
and empty of nutrients?
și e deficitară în nutrienți?
are literally going hungry?
e literalmente înfometat?
that we are pouring into schools,
pe care le facem în școli,
up for success?
competition called "Chopped."
numit „Chopped”.
with mystery ingredients
având ingrediente secrete
it was a very special one.
a fost unul special.
trying to break into the limelight --
care-ncearcă să iasă în evidență --
nothing about --
to call "lunch ladies,"
„doamnele cu prânzul”,
we call "school chefs."
să le numim „chefi de școală”.
these women --
Dumnezeu să le binecuvânteze --
for thousands of kids,
pentru mii de copii,
with only $2.68 per lunch,
cu numai 2.68$ pentru prânz,
actually going to the food.
ingredient was quinoa.
al felului principal a fost quinoa.
of progress on nutrition,
au luat prânzul la școală
in most school cafeterias.
în multe dintre cantinele școlare.
was cooked by a woman
a fost gătită de o femeie
in Connecticut.
din Connecticut.
restaurant-quality good, except --
pretty much uncooked,
quinoa gătită insuficient.
that you're supposed to do,
de juriu TV pe care se așteaptă să o ai
I don't know what quinoa is."
„În primul rând, nu știu ce e quinoa.”
at High School in the Community,
la High School in the Community,
that for many of her kids,
că mulți dintre elevii ei
because she wanted to make sure
her children would eat.
stick to their ribs, she said.
to think about learning.
atât de puternice
să se gândească la învățat.
they tell the same story.
into the context of a child.
același lucru.
of the day, breakfast.
micul dejun.
when she grows up.
that serves a nutritious breakfast
când o să crească mare.
care le dă un mic dejun hrănitor
one lower in sugar and salt,
of obesity than the average kid.
conținut scăzut de zahăr și sare,
decât un copil obișnuit.
of anxiety and depression.
de anxietate și depresie.
and she'll show up on time more often.
și va fi punctuală mai des.
waiting for her at school.
o așteaptă o masă bună.
breakfast waiting for him?
un mic dejun hrănitor?
la matematică și la citire.
to have repeated a grade.
who do not have consistent nourishment,
care nu primesc hrană consistentă,
ends of the issue,
of the same coin.
ale aceleiași monede.
almost 20 percent --
nu au siguranța hranei,
aproape 20% --
face hunger every year.
în New York,
înfruntă foametea în fiecare an.
of preventable death and disease
cauza nr. 1 de deces și boală
that we've been talking about tonight
in their lifetime.
în seara asta
to put together but is true
these are the same children.
aceștia sunt aceiași copii.
and cheap calories
and that their families can afford.
nesănătoase și ieftine
lor și pe care familiile lor și le permit.
or hours get cut at work,
to cover the basic cost of food.
sau li se reduc orele de muncă
pentru esențialul de alimente.
to solve this problem, right?
problema asta, nu-i așa?
we instituted a program
am instituit un program
40 percent more low-income kids,
to every kid in that school
mai mult de 40% elevi cu venit scăzut,
fiecărui copil din acea școală.
incredibly successful,
a very difficult barrier
a nutritious breakfast.
o barieră foarte dificilă
breakfast before school,
for the poor kids.
înainte de ore,
and who needed government help.
doar copiilor săraci.
or how little their parents make,
și cine avea nevoie de ajutor social.
cât câștigă părinții lor,
implemented this program
scores by 17.5 percent.
acest program
la matematică și citire cu 17.5%.
have a consistent, nutritious breakfast,
increase by 20 percent.
au un mic dejun consistent și hrănitor,
the nourishment they need,
hrana de care au nevoie,
director at Burke County
la Burke County,
is one of the poorest districts
din cele mai sărace districte
live at or below the poverty line.
din țară
la limita sărăciei sau mai jos.
of the new standards that were coming,
noile standarde ce urmau să vină
fruit and vegetables and whole grains.
standardele de nutriție.
to all of her kids.
tuturor elevilor ei.
dinner when they went home.
când mergeau acasă.
from an unexpected place.
a venit dintr-un loc neașteptat.
for the Burke County Bears.
mediocre teams for years.
al echipei de fotbal Burke County Bears.
in the middle of the pack --
echipe mediocre ani la rând.
of the most passionate football states
la mijlocul clasamentului --
cele mai pasionate state din SUA.
a schimbat meniul,
the state championship,
to Donna Martin.
the basic nourishment,
to the Cheryl Barbaras
alimentația de bază,
doar de toate Cheryl Barbara
is just the starting point.
e doar punctul de plecare.
issues that we face.
este doar un model
of properly nourishing ourselves,
presante cu care ne confruntăm.
de a ne hrăni corespunzător,
that is more stable and secure;
our economic productivity;
o lume mai stabilă și sigură;
productivitatea economică;
for generations to come.
where our collective efforts
multe generații viitoare.
în care eforturile noastre colective
What is the right question?
more sustainably grown food?
Care e întrebarea potrivită?
cultivate sustenabil?
și the Burke County Bears --
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Sam Kass - Food entrepreneurSam Kass's work connects nutrition and education in an effort to make sure future generations thrive.
Why you should listen
Food entrepreneur Sam Kass is a former White House Chef and Senior Policy Advisor for Nutrition. He is the founder of TROVE and a partner in Acre Venture Partners.
Kass joined the White House kitchen staff in 2009 as Assistant Chef and, in 2010, became Food Initiative Coordinator. During his White House tenure, he took on several additional roles including Executive Director of First Lady Michelle Obama's "Let’s Move!" campaign and senior White House Policy Advisor for Nutrition. Kass is the first person in the history of the White House to have a position in the Executive Office of the President and the Residence. As one of the First Lady’s longest-serving advisors, he served as Senior Policy Advisor for Healthy Food Initiatives and he helped the First Lady create the first major vegetable garden at the White House since Eleanor Roosevelt’s victory garden.
In 2011, Fast Company included Sam in their list of "100 Most Creative People," and in 2012, he helped create the American Chef Corps, which is dedicated to promoting diplomacy through culinary initiatives. He is also an MIT Media lab fellow, entrepreneur and advisor.
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