Students from Lencsés and Kecskemét won the OKOSTÁNYÉR® National Knowledge Test

A total of 2,800 sixth- and seventh-graders participated in the Knowledge Test of the National Association of Hungarian Dietitians (MDOSZ), which was made possible with the support of Auchan Hungary and the Active for Hungary Program. The three-person teams that entered the competition first had to complete an online test consisting of 20 questions about healthy eating, for which it was a great help if they were familiar with the current Hungarian nutritional recommendation, the OKOSTÁNYÉR®, which covers all age groups from kindergarten to adults.

After the online qualifiers, 40 teams made it to the finals held at Szent Imre High School in Budapest, where the competitors went through a busy, playful series of tasks consisting of 16 stations. The sixth-grader competition was won by students from Kecskemét, and the seventh-grader competition by students from Lencsés, who received a sports voucher worth several hundred thousand forints in addition to the diplomas and gift packages that all finalists receive. Three class trips were raffled off among the teams that completed the online round, and those who collected the most points received valuable equipment support for their school.

“The SMART PLATE® Knowledge Test is slowly becoming a tradition, and to our great delight, the number of participants is increasing significantly year by year. This year, for example, four hundred more teams registered for the competition than last year. This means that more than 2,800 high school students reviewed our current nutritional recommendations, which were compiled by the dietetic profession based on scientific facts and evidence. It is not by chance that we organize this competition among 10-12 year olds. Our experience is that at this age they are open and receptive to this, and the sooner they encounter the basic principles of proper nutrition, the greater the chance that they will later incorporate them into their own lives or the lives of their future families.”

– said Zsuzsanna Szűcs, President of MDOSZ.

“Auchan Hungary already keeps conscious nutrition in mind when developing its offer, and we also play a role in education, whether it is about food rescue, sustainability or healthy eating. Together with MDOSZ, we created the National Knowledge Test and support it every year so that as many children as possible can become familiar with the rules of the SMART PLATE®. We trust that those who acquire this knowledge in childhood will also make conscious food choices as buyers”

– added Ildikó Balázs, Director of Corporate Relations, Communications and ESG at Auchan Hungary.

“ children spend an average of 6-8 hours in front of a screen, they mostly move little and eat a lot. We are working to change this, we try to help in every area, we provide infrastructural assistance to learn about various popular forms of exercise, we organize programs so that young people’s health improves and they are enriched with offline, close-to-nature experiences instead of online”

– stated Máriusz Révész, the Secretary of State responsible for Active Hungary.