Central School goes for green in the Big Veggie Crunch
Some 140 Braidwood Central School primary students joined in a state-wide push to set a record for the most children eating vegetables simultaneously on Thursday. The event was part of an initiative to promote healthier eating among school aged children run by the Healthy Kids Association.
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More than 370 schools and 94,000 students across the state were expected to join together to break the existing record of 13,000 participants.
The BCS P&C organised the event, which included classroom activities, to raise the profile of the humble vegetable. The National Nutrition Survey recently found that only 5.4 per cent of Australian children have enough vegetables in their diets.
As well as crunching on some greens, the students enjoyed veggie-related craft and colouring to increase the kids’ positive exposure to and knowledge of veggies.
Bringing the annual Big Veggie Crunch event to BCS is a small part of the P&C's strategy to improve student diets. “Telling our kids to eat more vegetables just isn't going to impact what they choose when they're hungry, but I think we can change their opinion of fresh vegetables, and other healthy food, by incorporating them into activities students are eager to be part of,” said P&C secretary Tim Wimborne.
“I never would have guessed there would be such a rush to eat raw broccoli at today's record setting, but there you go.”
