Kudos to PBH

The Produce for Better Health Foundation must be pleased with this piece from Commonvoice.com. Connie Bennett writes:

Hurrah to the Produce for Better Health Foundation for its new, innovative FoodChamps.com website to make shopping for and eating fruits and vegetables more enjoyable and fun for kids.

Parents, if your kids are reluctant to eat their fruits and veggies, go online with them and show them the colorful, new website, FoodChamps.org, offered by the the non-profit Produce for Better Health Foundation, whose mission is to create a healthier America through increased consumption of a variety of fruits and vegetables.

Just look at the variety of fun on FoodChamps.org for kids 2 to 5 and 6 to 8. For instance, your children will find games, coloring sheets, activity pages and recipes that children can make (with adult guidance).

The PBH, which has gained recognition for its 5 A Day for Better Health program -- the nation’s largest public-private nutrition education initiative -- also recently unveiled its a website just for parents, too --FruitsandVeggiesMoreMatters.

Among my favorite features on both sites are:

The Supermarket Scavenger Hunt.

Top 10 Reasons to Eat MORE.

Fruit and Veggie Nutrition.

Mom2Mom

TK: A well deserved review of PBH efforts. Clearly, there is considerable effort being expended to make the "More Matters" Web sites compelling for both mothers and children. The Foodchamps.org site featured math games, a game for matching food with the government's MyPyramid graphic and a couple of other naming/matching games. While I might want even more sophisticated/interactive/role playing games for the future, this is a good starting point.