Date published: 2007/08/08
The BBC says:
A national scheme giving primary school children in England a free piece of fruit each day has improved their diet, a study of 5,000 pupils has found.
The number of children who ate fruit every day rose from 46% to 65% as a result of the initiative, researchers at Nottingham University discovered.
The school fruit and vegetable scheme was rolled out nationally in 2002, amid concerns about healthy eating.
It provides a piece of fruit to all those in the first three primary years.
What a shock. Next they will tell us that giving children books helps them to read, and giving them balls encourages them to play. Of course what they don't say is whether the cost of the scheme is justified given the benefit. Throwing money at something is always great for the recipients, but the money has to come from somewhere.
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