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Alves Bandeira joined again the Supply Market of the Braga Region (MARB) and the Association 5 ao Dia, to promote the improvement of children’s eating habits, through the daily consumption of at least five portions of fruits and vegetables, contributing to the prevention of several chronic diseases, namely obesity.

The inaugural session of the program "5 AO DIA", held under the European Day of Food and Healthy Cuisine, was marked by the special presence of the President of the Association 5 ao Dia and Administrator of SIMAB, Dr. João Fonseca, of the President of the General Assembly of MARB and Councillor of the Municipality of Braga, Sr. Altino Bessa, as well as the Councilwoman of Education of the Municipality of Braga, Dr. Carla Sepúlveda and other representatives of several promoters.

 

In this first session, our mascot ALBI made sure to accompany, participate and animate the more than 50 children present, promising to return to other sessions throughout this school year.

 

In this new school year, the program "5 AO DIA", comes with some didactic and pedagogical news in physical and technological formats, associating the importance of lifestyles and healthy eating habits with the need to fight food waste.

 

Aware of the social importance of the PROGRAM "5 AO DIA" and its contribution to the improvement of children’s eating habits, the promoters decided to continue extending its scope, and already confirmed the presence of children in the 4th year of the 1st cycle of all schools in the municipality of Braga, but also of schools belonging to several neighboring municipalities, such as Terras de Bouro, Vila Verde, Amares, among others.

 

Also resulting from the existing partnership with the School of Psychology of the University of Minho, the objective for this academic year of 2022/2023, is the development and systematization of methodologies and information that allow measuring the impact of the program on its public target, and thus, their contribution to the change in children’s eating habits.

 

Throughout the different activities that compose the base matrix of each session of the program "5 AO DIA" - "Sowing of vegetables"; "Preparation of fruit salad"; "Visualization of a story alluding to the importance of the consumption of fruit and vegetables"; "Visit the Supplying Market" - children are accompanied and guided by technical teams specialized in the fields of nutrition, biology, agronomy, psychology, and sociology.

 

It should be noted that, at a national level, the program "5 AO DIA" has already reached about 98 thousand children, having participated in the North region and in the MARB more than 17,500 children.