Girls not eating their five-a-day, research reveals

Friday, 22 July 2011 10:39 AM

Results of a survey, released today, show that girls between 11 and 18 consume on average just 2.7 of the recommended five portions of fruits and vegetables a day.

This is the conclusion of the National Diet and Nutrition Survey, conducted for the period 2008-10.

However there is help at hand for parents trying to improve their daughter’s five-a-day habits.

Bear nibbles are made nature with no added nonsense. Just soft baked fruits and crunchy whole grains blended together into delicious recipes, no added sugar, fats, sulphites, gumming agents or stabilisers.

Each bag contains either one of a person’s five-a-day or a three-a-day whole grains, and all are under 100 calories, fibre and contain less than two grams of fat.

The Bear range includes fruit nibbles are 100 per cent softly baked fruit, while the granola nibbles are 100 per cent whole grains and fruit gently baked into crunchy granola nibbles.

The Bear range of fruit and granola nibbles start from 69p for a 30g bag, while a multi-pack costs £1.99.

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