Food Revolution rolls on in Los Angeles as schools ban corn dogs and chicken nuggets... and opt for sushi

Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution may have been cancelled by television executives last month, but the Los Angeles public school system is still feeling its effects.The city's school board has announced it will stop serving corn dogs, chicken nuggets and a list of other unhealthy foods, in favour of protein-packed sushi.The new menu, proposed for this autumn, will also offer vegetarian dishes, such as spinach tortellini in butternut squash sauce and California sushi rolls, along with many ethnic foods.The decision comes weeks after officials agreed to ban flavoured milk, pushed by Oliver's campaign against childhood obesity in America.The decision has been a long time coming for the district, which banned sodas on campuses in 2004.Food services director Dennis Barrett said fried and breaded items are gone for good from the menus, which until last semester consisted of cheese burgers, hot and spicy chicken chunks, beef steak fingers in gravy and peanut butter and jelly pockets.Later that year, the school board passed a motion to ban the sale of junk food during the school day by restricting the calories and fat content in snack foods.The decision was the start of a trend followed by the state as well as districts across the country.