Boroume and UNICEF close to children in the context of the National Action against Childhood Obesity
Tue 26 November 2024
Athens, November 26, 2024— The “Journey of Food” program set sail aiming to reach schools all around Greece in order to raise young people’s awareness regarding the value of healthy nutrition and, at the same time, to familiarize them with the principles of sustainability and the reduction of food waste. There has already been a great response, with 2,000 children from all around Greece having taken part within just a few weeks.
The program is being carried out on a national level and includes informative workshops at schools, field trips to farmers’ markets as well as collaborations with municipalities throughout Greece for the saving of foodstuffs from the farmers’ markets and the donation of these foods to municipal social organizations which in turn will distribute them to low-income families, who are more prone to obesity.
The actions are addressed to students from Year 6 Elementary to Year 3 Lyceum. Schools can declare their interest in the awareness-raising workshops here.
Boroume is participating as an implementation partner in the “National Action against Childhood Obesity” – which is being carried out by the Ministry of Health in collaboration with UNICEF, in the context of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan Greece 2.0 with funding from the European Union-NextGenerationEU.
The National Action against childhood obesity obesity is the first comprehensive program aimed at preventing and fighting against childhood obesity through the promotion and adoption of healthy eating habits and physical exercise. The program is being implemented by the Ministry of Health in collaboration with UNICEF and with the participation of academics, teachers and professors, famous chefs, parents and children sports clubs and local agencies and communities. It is the first program being carried out throughout the country, meeting the needs of children aged 0-17 and their families, at the primary, secondary and tertiary level of prevention.
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The “Journey of Food” program aims to raise young people’s awareness regarding the value of healthy nutrition and, at the same time, to familiarize them with the principles of sustainability and the reduction of food waste.