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FruitDaypromoteshealthyeatinghabitamongstudentsstudentsMorethan467,000studentsfrom1,023pre-primaryinstitutions,primary,specialeducationandsecondaryschoolsenjoyednutritiousfruittoday(April30)insupportof"430FruitDay2009",amajoreventundertheEatSmart@school.
hkcampaign.
Organisedforthreeconsecutiveyears,theeventisaimedatfosteringthecooperationofschoolsandparentstodevelopaschoolenvironmentconducivetohealthyeatingaswellasfruitandvegetableconsumptiontoprotectchildrenfromdevelopingchronicdiseasessuchasheartdisease,strokeandcertaintypesofcancer.
Thisyear'seventsetarecordofabout72.
5%,68.
6%,62.
6%and23.
2%,ofstudentsfrompre-primaryinstitutions,primary,specialeducationandsecondaryschoolsrespectivelyconsumingfruitsatschoolonthesameday.
Lastyear,about440,000studentsfrom907institutionsparticipatedintheevent.
SpeakingattheceremonytomarktheeventatLaiChiKokParkSportsCentre,theSecretaryforFoodandHealth,DrYorkChow,encouragedstudentstoconsumetwoservingsoffruitsandthreeservingsofvegetablesdailytomaintaingoodhealth.
Studentscouldalsosharethefunandbenefitofeatingfruitstotheirfamiliesandfriends,andusefruitsasathemeinschool-basedactivitiestoshowtheirloveandconcerntoothers,DrChowsaid.
Toshowhissupport,DrChowparticipatedinafruitbasketmakingcompetitionduringtheceremonywithrepresentativesfromsupportingorganisations,schools,parentsandstudents.
Undertheevent'stheme"FruitDayeveryday,sharethegifttoday",primaryschoolsstudentshelpeddistributingfruitbasketsasgiftsofcare,concernandgoodhealthtoparticipantsaftertheceremony.
"430JoyfulFruitDay2009"isaterritorywideeventco-organisedbytheDepartmentofHealth,EducationBureau,Radio-TelevisionHongKong,HongKongEducationCity,CommitteeonHome-SchoolCo-operation,HongKongCollegeofCardiologyandWorldCancerResearchFundHongKong.
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hk/gia/general/200904/30/P200904300349_print.
htmFoodandEnvironmentalHygieneDepartmentandallFederationsofParent-TeacherAssociations.
OtherofficiatingguestsoftheceremonyincludedLegislativeCouncilor,MrTommyCheung;ChairmanofWorkingGrouponDietandPhysicalActivityundertheStrategicFrameworkforPreventionandControlofNon-communicableDiseases,ProfessorAlfredChan;PermanentSecretaryforEducation,MrRaymondWong;DirectorofHealth,DrPYLam;DistrictGovernorofRotaryInternationalDistrict3450(HongKong,Macau&Mongolia)DrAlbertWKWong;andVice-ChairmanofPhysicalFitnessAssociationofHongKong,ProfSCHui.
Allmembersandsectorsofsocietyhaveaparttoplaytomakepeople'shealthychoiceseasierchoices.
TheDepartmentofHealthwaspleasedwiththeactivesupportgivenbyschoolsandparentsinmakingthe"JoyfulFruitDay"asuccessfulevent.
MoreinformationonFruitDayofthe'EatSmart@school.
hk'campaignisavailableatthedepartment'swebsitewww.
eatsmart.
gov.
hk.
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