Healthy snacks for 360,000 children: Lower Saxony relies on nutrition!
Healthy snacks for 360,000 children: Lower Saxony relies on nutrition!
A big step for healthy eating in Lower Saxony: From the coming school year, over 360,000 children benefit from a comprehensive EU school program. That is around 30,000 more than in the previous year! A total of 1,578 schools and 1,031 daycare centers take part in this program, which has combined the previous initiatives for school fruit, vegetables and milk since 2017. The goal is clear: the early promotion of healthy eating with regionally and seasonally produced food. Stern and sustainable nutrition from childhood.
with a budget of around 7.2 million euros, of which around 4 million of the state funds, the program is financed by the EU and the state of Lower Saxony. The participating institutions include primary and special schools, daycare centers, school kindergartens and secondary schools. A broad commitment that can make a real difference for many schools and daycare centers!
meals and education hand in hand
But how exactly does the implementation of healthy eating in schools look like? The catering offers come into play. Pupils deal with the topic of "eating and drinking" both in class and through various catering offers. In Lower Saxony, not only snacks and drinks are offered via kiosks, machines and cafeterias; The combination of lessons and catering offers is also becoming increasingly important. The Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Education emphasizes that this is decisive Motivation and performance of the children is.
In a time when many students spend up to nine hours a day at school, adequate meals are an essential part of everyday school life. The children's educational opportunities should not only be promoted in the classroom, but also by a healthy diet. After all, there is an increasing loss of competence in households in terms of healthy eating, which makes many children come to school without breakfast. This often has adverse effects on concentration and behavior in class.
A look at the numbers and goals
according to of the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture The EU school program is an important component in order to contain excess and unhealthy nutrition in children. From the school year 2023/2024 there are even 220.8 million euros per year that are used to promote fruit, vegetables and dairy products.
- Goals of the program:
- increase in consumption of funded food
- promotion of acceptance for fruit, vegetables and milk
- pedagogical measures such as teaching units and farm visits
The positive resonances and evaluations of recent years show that programs like this actually help to increase healthy foods. It is to be hoped that the new measures will also be sustainable in Lower Saxony and that the children can grow up healthy and well.
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