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    bemused26 wrote:
    Unlimited* Service wrote:
    My View from the Hill wrote: I think the five a day thing is a myth, studies in the USA show a person would have to at least 10 pieces of fruit and veg a day, the old government watered down the findings because people could not afford to buy that fruit and veg, having said that getting kids to eat healthier is not a bad thing.
    Often it's not what they are not eating that matters. Adding five-a-day to an existing poor diet and lack of exercise is a waste. . s/w = weak-news
    Brilliant security word if it really was that :) Mine is stop-that! Very funny!
    It really was the security word - priceless and an accurate reflection of this newspaper."
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Bitterne CE Junior School children get the healthy eating message

HEALTHY EATING: Children at Bitterne CE Junior School learn about fresh fruit with Bupa volunteers, back left, as  part of the Activ-eat initiative. 	Echo picture by Chris Moorhouse. Order no: 10674671 HEALTHY EATING: Children at Bitterne CE Junior School learn about fresh fruit with Bupa volunteers, back left, as part of the Activ-eat initiative. Echo picture by Chris Moorhouse. Order no: 10674671

EATING five portions of fruit and vegetables a day was the message when children as young as six learned about eating healthily.

Pupils up to nine years old from Bitterne CE Junior School took part in a new initiative called Activ-eat, hosted by volunteers from Bupa’s Oak Lodge Nursing Home in Southampton.

It aims to make healthy eating fun by letting children taste exotic fruits, make smoothies and play games in a bid to combat obesity. Pupils were also given a pedometer each.

The scheme comes as the Daily Echo continues its Beat the Bulge campaign.

Our campaign was launched earlier this month after a council inquiry revealed that obesity costs Southampton £147m every year, with just over one in four adults classed as dangerously fat.

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