Making health a priority

Rewarding end: Kamalanathan (seventh from right) in a group photo with Nestle representatives, headmasters and students of the winning schools.

ONE hundred day-boarding schools across the nation participated in a three-year intervention programme for “Healthy Lifestyle” (PCHS) from 2012 to 2014.

“As part of an initiative under the Nestle Healthy Kids (NKH) Global Programme, the aim of PCHS is to enhance lower secondary students’ knowledge on nutrition and to encourage physical activity,” said Universiti Putra Malaysia’s (UPM) Faculty of Medicine and Health Science Research Programme head Dr Chin Yit Siew.