Food dudes show way to healthy eating

THE first phase of a new initiative, The Food Dude Healthy Eating Programme, has just been completed by Bord Glas in selected primary schools.

The encouraging initial findings from Gaelscoil Mide in Kilbarrack, Dublin, indicate that the average percentage of vegetables consumed by the children increased from 24% to 62% and the average percentage of fruit consumed increased from 57% to 72%.

Bord Glas said the Irish study, modelled on the success of the Bangor Programme, developed by psychologists at the University of Wales, is a significant step towards increasing fruit and vegetable consumption levels and therefore child nutrition.