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"The Commission’s proposal to introduce the consumption of fruit in schools will be beneficial to the health of the European Union’s citizens, making a significant contribution to the economic and social development of every Member State. Eating habits are formed during childhood and can last a person’s whole life.
Schools are the most suitable starting point for determining this type of behaviour as the school is the second form of authority, after the family, which has direct contact with children and significant influence over them.
This scheme, combined with the launch of a nutritional education scheme in schools, would produce more results in terms of developing preferences for a healthy diet, which includes fruit and vegetables. Children need to be, first and foremost, educated and encouraged to eat this type of product with increased nutritional value so that the scheme will achieve its intended objective, in terms of preventing obesity-related illnesses, malnutrition or diabetes, which may occur in adult life.
The amendments proposed by Parliament will improve the Commission’s text considerably by allocating EUR 500 million per year to finance the introduction of the scheme to provide pupils with fruit and vegetables, which will consequently boost agricultural production at European Union level."@en1
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