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.

Veggie Name Game

Round and red, this vegetable grows in the ground.

?		 It looks like little trees and gives you lots of vitamin C

?		 Green or purple, this veggie can make a great crunch.

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Sweet and orange, this popular vegetable keeps your eyes strong with loads of vitamin A.

?		 This vegetable looks a little like broccoli, and has vitamin C to keep your skin and gums healthy.

?		 High in fiber this summer-time favorite is good all year.

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The darker the leaves on this vegetable, the healthier it can be.

?		 Without leaves or seeds, this plant is not really a vegetable, but still go great on pizza.

?		 Flavorful and colorful, this vegetable can be yellow, red, green, white, or even purple.

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Sweet or spicy, this vegetable is hot.

?		 The skins on this vegetable are packed full of vitamins.

?		 A round root, this cousin to the broccoli and cabbage is worth a try.

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Full of fiber, folate and beta-carotene, this veggie gets its name from the noise it makes.

?		 This green veggie is packed iron and vitamin K and is great fresh, frozen—and most famously in cans.

?		 This vegetable grows on a vine and is best eaten with the skin

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This orange root vegetable can be mashed and smashed to give you lots of vitamin A. (Try again if your first guess was carrots)

?		 Whether you think this is a fruit or a veggie, it goes great with almost every food and is rich in vitamin C, fiber, potassium and iron.

?		 With lots of different varieties, this veggie can sometimes look like spaghetti. On one type you can even carve a scary face.

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