Nursery World - Healthy diet drive bears fruit in city primary schools

Children in Glasgow are going bananas over healthy eating. Children aged three to 12 are being given a piece of fresh fruit at least three times a week as part of a healthy eating initiative launched last week at St Cuthbert's Primary School.

Children aged three to 12 are being given a piece of fresh fruit at least three times a week as part of a healthy eating initiative launched last week at St Cuthbert's Primary School.

The Fruit Plus project, backed by the City Council and Greater Glasgow Health Board and sponsored by Sainsbury's supermarket, is being piloted at 12 of the city's primary and nursery schools for three months. If successful, it will be extended to all Glasgow's council-run nurseries and primary schools later this year.

The Government recently announced a programme across England and Wales to provide free fruit to children aged four to six. Glasgow is the first city in the UK to offer it to all three-to 12-year-olds. The fruit, donated by Sainsbury's, includes red and green apples, satsumas, bananas, grapes, cherry tomatoes and pears.

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