SPORTING HEROES ENCOURAGING HEALTHY EATING HABITS

In a joint collaboration between the Food Dudes and School Milk Scheme programmes, sporting heroes world champion boxer Kelly Harrington and all Ireland GAA player Philly McMahon will take part in a series of educational videos, targeting DEIS (Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools) schools, which will be available from April 12th. The videos will empower primary schoolchildren to adopt healthy eating habits while promoting the importance of physical activity.

In addition to perishable and non-perishable provisions provided to DEIS schools under the ‘School Meals Scheme’, children attending DEIS schools also received healthyeating food packs containing fresh fruit, vegetables and dairy during the recent school closures. The supplementary weekly pack was provided by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. In Ireland, the EU School Fruit and Vegetable and Milk schemes are implemented in primary schools under both the Food Dudes Healthy Eating Programme delivered by Bord Bia and the Moo Crew Programme delivered by the National Dairy Council (NDC). Bord Bia and the NDC have now joined forces to deliver this new initiative. ✽