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Battle to keep Kiwi kids healthy as study reveals average 12-year-old consumes five unhealthy snacks a day – 1News

It comes as Charitable Trust 5+ A Day, says it will be supplying 561 low decile schools with fresh fruit and vegetables.

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New research from the University of Otago reveals on average, 12-year-old children consume unhealthy snacks five times a day, a direct opposite to the recommended same number of healthy fruit and vegetables Charitable Trust, 5+ A Day recommends.
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According to the research, the average child snacked on confectionery, salty snacks, cookies, cakes and sugary drinks at least once a day.
Healthier snacks, such as fruit, were consumed occasionally, although for every…

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