Green, I love green!

Glas, oh is breá liom glas

Zeleno, volim zeleno

Zöld, ó én imádom a zöldet!

Yeşil, oo yeşili çok

severimTeşekkür ederim.

Зелено, ооо, аз обичам зелено!

Frederico Garcia Lorca

famouse Spanish romantic poet

“Verde que te quiero verde”

“Sheme of school fruit”

• program approved by the Croatian government

• 54 000 schools

• 24 states in EU

The aim of the project is to increase children’ s consumation of fruit and vegetables and by that:

• to balance nutrition and reduce intake of fat, sugar and salt

• to encourage children’s healthy eating habits by increasing the part of fruit and vegetables in their nutrition and to prevent obesity and diseases caused by inadequate nutrition

WHO (World Health Organization) recommends a dailyintake of at least 400 g of fruit and vegetables, to reduce

the risk of serious health problems.

•Statistic shows that the Europeans, nor the Croats

don´t eat enough fruit and vegetables

• We can see the growing trend of overweight

• In Croatia 26,4% of school children at the age from 7

to 14 are overweight

• It is consequence of bad eating habbits and

insufficient and irregular physical activity

STAGES OF THE PROJECT

1. Educational lectures about developing healthy eating habbits

to preserve health

2. Individuall and group children work in making reports, posters

and photos presented in classes

3. Making a questionnaire among fifth to eight graders

about fruit and vegetables

4. Questionnaire analysis, considering classroom

and school results

Primary school Gradac

5. class -16 pupils.

6. class -15 pupils.

7. class - 17 pupils.

8. class – 13 pupils.

How many times per week

children eat vegetables?

4 times and more 55,75%

3 times 16, 39%

2 times 21,31%

1 time 6,55%

How many times per week

children eat fruit?

4 times and more 68,85%

3 times and more 18,05%

2 times 8,19%

1 time 4,91%

Vegetables that children

eat the most:• Green lettuce 34

• Tomato 29

• Carrot 22

• Mangel 19

• Pepper 18

• Cucumber 17

• Total: 61

3429

22 19

Vegetables that children like the

most:

green lettuce

tomato

carrot

potatoes

pepper

mangel

tangerine

bananas

apples

watermelon

grapes

Fruits that children eat the most:

FRUITS THAT CHILDREN

LIKE THE MOST:

APPLE

TANGERINE

STRAWBERRY AND CHERRY

BANANA

WATERMELON

5. Preparing green smoothies with pupils

Green man and his wife

GREEN SMOOTHIES

• full of vitamines minerals and fiber

• easy to prepare

• very tasty

• improves look of your hair, nails ans skin

• they give you energy and refreshment

• encourage natural way to lose weight

• improves your mood

• regulates your metobolism

• improves memory and concentration

Think about your health!!!

Thank you!