Warrington children get fruity with Bupa

Children in Warrington, Cheshire will soon be keeping fit and eating healthily thanks to ‘Activ-eat’, a healthy eating initiative for primary schools from the UK’s leading health and care company, Bupa.
Members of 1st Grappenhall Brownies pack will be taking part in Activ-eat on Thursday 23 June. Activ-eat has been designed by Bupa to make healthy eating fun and memorable for children. Activities will take place under the guidance of specially trained volunteers from Bupa’s Summerville home in Warrington and include tasting exotic fruits, making healthy ‘smoothie’ drinks and playing games which highlight the importance of eating five portions of fruit and vegetables a day.
Activity Co-ordinator Nichola Williamson, who will head up the volunteers from Summerville, said: “Childhood obesity is a growing problem in the UK with one in four children now starting primary school overweight or obese. Bupa has developed Activ-eat to help children find out about healthy eating in a fun but...

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