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Health

Superheroes fight childhood obesity

By Andy Coghlan

18 July 2007

CHARLIE, Tom, Raz and Rocco are superheroes on a mission to save the world from General Junk, whose evil plan is to destroy the world by stealing all its fruit and vegetables. Luckily, these “” have superpowers that spring into action whenever they eat their greens. In completing their mission, the Food Dudes also hope to save the lives of millions of real children who risk early death from cancer, heart disease and diabetes because they refuse to eat fruit and vegetables.

Corny, yes. But governments and child nutritionists in Europe, the US and Canada are taking the Food…

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