Why Kids Should Eat Healthy and Exercise

It’s important for kids to eat healthy because then you’re going to be your best at school, you’re going to be able to concentrate and not fall asleep doing your homework. Your body is going to grow up to be healthy and strong. It’s going to keep your bones and muscles strong. Let's talk about the five healthy food groups, which are: vegetables, fruits, grains, protein foods, and dairy. Food from all five food groups helps to give your body the vitamins, energy, and minerals that it needs to be its best. What we like to say is that there are “sometimes” foods and then there are “anytime” foods. Sometimes foods are things like cakes, cookies, ice cream, chips; those things are treats, so you want to have them every once in a while. Anytime foods are your fruits, your vegetables, your whole grains, your protein, low-fat dairy, and fat-free dairy. It’s not just important to think about what to eat, but what you drink too. And often, sodas, energy drinks, fruit punch, sports drinks have a lot of sugar. So good choices for beverages are water, low-fat or fat-free milk, and 100% juice. Kids need 60 minutes of activity every day. It’s important to find ways to be active that you enjoy: riding a bike, skateboarding, swimming, running around at recess, playing sports, dancing, running around with your dog, or chasing your older brother, those are all ways we can be active. We have one game that's called the MyPlate Blast Off and when you play the MyPlate Blast Off, you have to fuel your rocket ship with fruit, vegetables, foods from all five food groups as well as physical activity. And then your rocket ship has enough energy to blast off to Planet Power!

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