Feast of healthy eating knowledge (From Daily Echo)
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Bitterne CE Junior School children get the healthy eating message
9:57am Friday 2nd July 2010 in Beat the Bulge
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.
Comments(7)
Unlimited* Service
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11:36am Fri 2 Jul 10
My View from the Hill wrote: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.
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.
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s/w = weak-news
bemused26
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12:40pm Fri 2 Jul 10
Unlimited* Service wrote:Brilliant security word if it really was that :)
My View from the Hill wrote: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.
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.
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s/w = weak-news
Mine is stop-that! Very funny!
Unlimited* Service
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12:48pm Fri 2 Jul 10
bemused26 wrote:It really was the security word - priceless and an accurate reflection of this newspaper.
Unlimited* Service wrote:Brilliant security word if it really was that :) Mine is stop-that! Very funny!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
Walter Kurtz
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1:07pm Fri 2 Jul 10
Unlimited* Service wrote:I detest The Sun, Daily Mail, The Mirror etc. so I don't buy it. I detest Coronation Street & Eastenders so I don't watch it. Can you see where this is going....
bemused26 wrote:It really was the security word - priceless and an accurate reflection of this newspaper.Unlimited* Service wrote:Brilliant security word if it really was that :) Mine is stop-that! Very funny!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
geoff51
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5:27pm Fri 2 Jul 10
Problem sorted!
samtia
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1:26pm Sun 4 Jul 10
geoff51 wrote: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.
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!
My View from the Hill says...
11:10am Fri 2 Jul 10