The England Cricket team will today be bowling
for a healthier lifestyle for the country’s kids when they meet
up with Public Health Minister Caroline Flint to show their support for
the Government’s
"5 A DAY" fruit and vegetable programme.
As they prepare for the final Ashes test match against Australia at
the Brit Oval, five English bowlers:
- Andrew Flintoff,
- Ashley Giles,
- Simon
Jones,
- Steve Harmison and
- Matthew Hoggard
will join the Minister to
encourage children from local cricket clubs to eat five portions of
fruit and vegetables
a day and take plenty of exercise as part of a healthier lifestyle. Today’s event is designed to mark the England and Wales Cricket
Board’s support for the programme as part of wider initiatives
to interest children and young people in the sport and the beginning
of a fruitful partnership with the Department of Health.
England bowler Andrew ‘Freddie’ Flintoff said:
“ The England team are keen supporters of the 5 A DAY scheme.
Five is a special number in cricket, and all five of our bowlers will
be looking
to take five wickets in the fifth test against Australia.
_ To help us stay fit and healthy we
eat lots of portions of fruit and vegetables. The days of cricket teas
involving
stodgy cakes and biscuits
are long gone. We take eating fruit and vegetables very seriously as
we need to be on top form for our game, so we ask everyone to get behind
the England cricket team and help us take 5 A DAY! ”
Public Health Minister Caroline Flint says:
“ We’re delighted that the England cricket team are
bowling for our side and helping us spread the 5 A DAY message by supporting
this initiative.
_ Eating at least five
portions of fruit and vegetables each day has very real health benefits
- it could help prevent up to 20% of deaths
from our nation's biggest killers such as heart disease and some cancers.
Yet most people still aren't eating enough.
_ Working
with the team and the ECB, we can encourage people, especially children,
to eat their 5 a day and get fitter.”
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