Research carried out by King's College, London, suggests that the government's scholl fruit and vegetable scheme has not yet succeeded in changing the eating habits of young children.
While the immediate effect of giving infant school children free fruit was to increase their daily intake, the study discovered that they were not carrying forward that habit into their next stage of education.
Pupils in infant schools who received fruit through the £77 million scheme consumed on average 117g a day, which is almost double the volume eaten by children who’s schools do not participate. But once they entered junior school, consumption dropped back to just 83g, far closer to the average levels across the board.
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