Eating Healthy Can Be Easy
JUST FOR KIDS!
Looking for ways to teach your children the importance of eating right? Here are some activities that are fun and educational.
At Eat Smart, Play Hard kids can join Power Panther and his nephew, Slurp, at the Fitness Center, Farmers’ Market, Arcade and other fun spots. They’ll play cool games, learn easy recipes, and gather ideas for staying fit and eating healthily.
MyPyramid for Kids offers games, recipes, and tips to eating well and having fun. Play Blast-Off to reach Planet Power. Be careful to fuel the rocket with a balance of food and physical activity.
Eating fruits and vegetables in all forms—fresh, frozen, canned, dried and 100% juice—can be fun! Use these Fruits and Veggies—More Matters™ coloring pages to show your kids how.
Other cool sites
- Powerful Bones, Powerful Girls
A colorful and interactive website to help girls learn how to be powerful and take care of their bones. From the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention. - Kidnetic.com
Exciting, fun and informative site aimed at helping kids eat healthy and stay active. - Brain POP
Innovative and fun health education and general science activities targeted to middle school children. Sponsored by Health and Science.com. - BAM! Body & Mind
Kid-friendly topics and an interactive aid for teachers from the CDC. - Sci4Kids
-USDA/ARS site geared towards helping kids understand, and hopefully get hooked, on agricultural science. - Dairy Council of California
Your kids can test their knowledge of the five food groups by playing the Pyramid Game. - HHS Pages for Kids
The Department of Health and Human Services site for educators, parents and children. - Why Milk?
Includes music and nutrition games for teens.