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Healthy meals for poor US kids
US children from low-income families taught to choose and prepare healthier meals.
Last Modified: 05 Jul 2010 01:15

The US government is trying to come up with ways to get children to eat less junk food and more fruits and vegetables.

In New York, it is funding a nutrition education programme for children from low-income families, teaching them how to cook healthy meals.

Al Jazeera's Cath Turner reports.
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