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    geoff51 wrote:
    Great Idea! Now show their Fat lazy parents how to eat healthily and persuade the Supermarkets to have better offers on healthy foods and not just Beer and crisps!
    Problem sorted!
    Actually I am one of the parents and just to clarify your point none of us are fat and lazy. Such comments are really unhelpful. I think its good the children are educated to eat healthily so they continue to do this throughout their life. I think if you put in the right ground work now, it will become second nature to eat healthy and in turn they will educate further generations to do the same. I do agree that supermarkets should promote the healthier foods with special deals to encourage parents to buy them and also to help those families on a budget so they too can eat healthier rather than be restricted to the cheaper junk foods."
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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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