BORO stars Jeremie Aliadiere and Matthew Bates made delivering a healthy lifestyle message to local schoolchildren their goal in the latest stage of the Premier League's flagship community initiative, Creating Chances.

The pair helped showcase a healthy lifestyles programme which is delivered by Middlesbrough Football Club in the Community's innovative Heading for Health initiative.

The Boro stars took part in two game shows, The Price of Smoking and A Question of Health.

The Price of Smoking is a take on the popular TV show The Price is Right, focusing on the dangers of smoking and the everyday effects it can have on people's lives.

During the Question of Health game show the children learned about the food groups and the nutrients they receive from them, while also looking at how the foods fit into the balance of good health.

Just like the TV show, A Question of Sport, the children - and players - will took part in various rounds including a picture round, home and away, mystery food and a quick-fire round.

Designed to be fun as well as informative, the Healthy Lifestyles programme is delivered in partnership with Middlesbrough Primary Care Trust to Year 6 children once a week.

Covering topics such as citizenship, healthy eating, teeth, the heart and the body, it will be delivered to 360 children in six East Middlesbrough primary school during the 2007-08 academic year

Using Middlesbrough Football Club's influence, the initiative aims to give children and their families improved levels of physical participation and health awareness while increasing the pupils' confidence and self-esteem.

?Boro players are making appearances for eight good causes as part of the Premier League's Creating Chances initiative.

Other Boro stars taking part are Mark Schwarzer, Stewart Downing, Jonathan Woodgate, Tony McMahon, Andrew Davies, Andrew Taylor, Luke Young, Emanuel Pogatetz, David Wheater and manager Gareth Southgate.

Other causes benefiting from their time are Safer Middlesbrough Partnership, Abbey Hill Special School in Stockton, the Carers' Resource in Harrogate, Teesside Hospice, Butterwick House Children's Hospice and the two more of the club's education programmes, the Enterprise Academy and Football First.