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EC obesity
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In July 2008
European
Commission
launched a
scheme to
provide free
fruit and
vegetables
to schools
across
Europe in a
drive to
curb child
obesity…
commission
to spend 90m
euros
annually on
the scheme
(about 22
million
children in
EU are
overweight)
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The figure
is expected
to rise by
400,000
annually.
Mission
IAS’2009
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The World
Health
Organization
recommends a
daily intake
of 400g of
fruit and
vegetables
per person.
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Most of the
EU's 27
member
states
currently
fail to meet
that target.
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The figures,
showing
averages
during the
period
2001-2007,
revealed
British
consumers as
having the
lowest
supply of
fresh fruit
and
vegetables,
while per
capita
availability
was highest
in Greece
and France.
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Retail
prices of
fruit and
vegetables
also varied
considerably
across the
EU.
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In 2006, the
prices were
about half
the EU
average in
Bulgaria and
about
one-third
above the
average in
the Republic
of Ireland.
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EU
Agriculture
Commissioner
Mariann
Fischer Boel,
launched the
scheme
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