Orihuela Launches ‘We Are What We Eat’ Healthy Eating Campaign for Schoolchildren

The Health and Education departments of Orihuela have initiated a new "We Are What We Eat" campaign to educate young children about the significance of a balanced and diverse diet. Targeted at first-year primary school pupils across the municipality, the initiative introduces children to various foods, their colors, flavors, and the advantages they offer. Derived from the book with the same title by María Ortuño, the campaign will commence visiting schools from the following week.

Designed to present healthy eating in an engaging and age-appropriate manner, the program aims to instill good habits from an early age. Councillor Irene Celdrán, responsible for Health, highlighted that the campaign leverages children's inherent curiosity to educate them on the role of nutrition in maintaining their well-being. She emphasized the importance of continuing health education at home, as schools alone cannot achieve this.

Councillor Vicente Pina of Education echoed similar sentiments, hoping that families would support and reinforce the lessons children learn through this campaign. He expressed gratitude towards the Health Department for devising the initiative and anticipated that it would be warmly received once implemented across schools in Orihuela.

The "We Are What We Eat" campaign by Orihuela's Health and Education departments is an initiative to foster healthy eating habits among young children.