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They are smelling, feeling, savouring and eating fruit and vegetables.

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These are among the 2,500 children and young people from Portalegre who have taken part in a study.

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The research consists of trying to change the eating habits of children in the schools of the Portalegre region.

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Right now there are two groups, 2,500 children from three to seventeen.

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The project has a long history, and so it has already achieved several things.

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There have been a large number of people at all the events held by the project, a lot of press releases, a great number of producers,

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companies and institutions involved, and also the project's publication, which is now in its ninth issue.

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That is why this experience is important for schools of the whole Euroace region.

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It would be very important to extend the research to all parts of Portugal and Spain,

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as the results confirm that eating habits have become healthier, both in the children and in their teachers and families,

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 and that the quality of health is better.

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At local level, at regional level, there was promotion both of local products and of the producers.

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 Its practical application and scope have already earned it several awards.

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The project has received various prizes. In 2011 we were awarded first prize for good practices in social responsibility by the IPP

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and last year, in 2012, we got the second honourable mention in the initiative and mobilization category of the Nutrition Awards.