Fruit in Schools

David Fisher reports in the HoS:

The $12 million Fruit in Schools programme is helping keep kids focused and better behaved in the classroom, research shows.

Supplying fresh fruit to kids is a far better thing to do than turn schools into the food police and dictate what food items can and can not be sold.

The study found children eating fruit were more active, had healthier outlooks and behaved in a way likely to lead to better health choices.

Researchers also interviewed teachers and were told by 77 per cent that attention spans and behaviour in class were twice as good over the course of a year.

I’m not sure how you measure behaviour in such a way that you can proclaim it is twice as good, but regardless looks to be good results.