Young people around the EU have been invited to test their knowledge on balanced diet and healthy lifestyle, re-discover the benefits of fruit, vegetables and dairy products, and try to win prizes involving sports and good cooking habits.
The final deadline for competitors to hunt the treasure will be December 31, 2009.
Launched by commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel in September, under the slogan "Eat it, Drink it, Move it", the website presents a bunch of tasty and sporty fruit, vegetable and dairy characters telling their food-stories to schoolchildren.
The Treasure Hunt consists of eight rounds of two questions, with the Tasty Bunch helping to find the answers on the website. Kids under 16 may participate and can win presents for an energetic start to 2010, such as a mountain bike, yoghurt or juice-making machines or a full table tennis set.
The Healthy Eating Campaign runs alongside the EU’s School Fruit Scheme and School Milk Scheme - important initiatives to encourage a more balanced diet and healthier eating habits among children.
