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We'll meat again: Jamie's war on junk

The Age

When tea, butter, sugar and meat were rationed during World War II, the government was so concerned about the potential impact on people's health, its Commonwealth Rationing Commission mounted a public education campaign.

The campaign was so successful that the incidence of diet-related illnesses decreased during the war.

Now celebrity chef Jamie Oliver hopes to achieve similar success with his Ministry of Food, which opens its first branch outside Britain on Thursday, in Ipswich, Queensland, and will soon set up in NSW.

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