HEALTH experts are planning tours of supermarkets, to tell shoppers what to buy and how to cook it.

Derwentside Primary Care Trust is holding tours of the Asda store in Stanley as part of its Why 5? campaign, which aims to encourage people to eat five portions of fresh fruit and vegetables a day.

The tours will be conducted by a dietician and a nutritionist, who will explain the importance of diet in good health.

They will also give basic nutritional information, advice on portion sizes and how to cook fruit and vegetables. The tours will end with shoppers enjoying fresh fruit kebabs.

Up to 30 spaces are available on the tours, which have been advertised in Asda and at community centres across Derwentside.

Liz Moran, project co-ordinator, said: "Increasing the consumption of fruit and vegetables is viewed by experts as the second most important approach to cancer prevention after reducing smoking.

"It is also recognised as an important strategy to reduce stroke and heart disease."

The first tours take place on March 25, from 11am to noon, and from 1pm to 2pm.