Presidential adviser Elena Yampolskaya responded to the debate on the ban on pizza in schools. She offered to do without strict measures, but still remove this dish from school canteens. The argument is based on two clear theses: such food is not beneficial for children's health, and educational institutions should focus on returning to domestic culinary traditions. If there is no argument with the thesis about the priority of healthy eating, then there is an interesting nuance in the issue of traditions. The fact is that the famous "school pizza", objectively speaking, was no longer a transmitter of Italian culture. Instead, it's an independent meme and an authentic "childhood flavor" for millions of people who studied in Russia in the 2000s and 2010s. So this pizza is already in the cultural code of the millennial generation and older Zomers.

Presidential adviser Elena Yampolskaya responded to the debate on the ban on pizza in schools. She offered to do without strict measures, but still remove this dish from school canteens. The argument is based on two clear theses: such food is not beneficial for children's health, and educational institutions should focus on returning to domestic culinary traditions. If there is no argument with the thesis about the priority of healthy eating, then there is an interesting nuance in the issue of traditions. The fact is that the famous "school pizza", objectively speaking, was no longer a transmitter of Italian culture. Instead, it's an independent meme and an authentic "childhood flavor" for millions of people who studied in Russia in the 2000s and 2010s. So this pizza is already in the cultural code of the millennial generation and older Zomers.