Canary banana commitment to health in schools.

The Association of Canary Islands Banana Producer Organizations, ASPROCAN, launches again a campaign aimed at Canarian schools in order to spread healthy habits among the child population.

The campaign will be carried out in collaboration with the Association for the Promotion of the Consumption of Fruits and Vegetables '5 a day'. Both organizations intend to develop the Educational Program for healthy eating in primary schools on the islands.

The success of last year makes both entities repeat this initiative for another year. The 17 Canarian centers that participated in the campaign have positively valued the actions carried out in it, like the collage contest, the reception of children's magazines for all participating primary school students and different online actions.

The Educational Program ‘5 a day’ is an open educational program that aims to transmit to children, parents and educational centers the importance of daily consumption of at least 5 portions between fruits and vegetables, within a balanced diet.

It is a project aimed at schools to facilitate food-nutritional education at school and improve access to fruit and vegetables in schools.

The objective of ASPROCAN is to ensure that the list of participating schools is extended in this new academic year to 25 centers, so the first 25 schools that wish to participate and adhere to the ‘5 a day’ educational program’ During the school year 2014-2015 they will be able to do it completely free of charge under the patronage of ASPROCAN.

To do this, must correctly complete the corresponding form and submit it electronically to ASPROCAN before the next day 5 November. The centers will be selected in strict order of arrival of the request.. The selected centers will be published on 10 November of 2014 in the banana web of the Canary Islands and 5 up to date, counting from that moment on with the necessary information to access the educational program.

With this initiative, both organizations try to contribute to positively influence the adoption of healthy habits in children and their families to fight against childhood obesity.