Eatin' Right Eddie and the Great Food Pyramid
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Hi!   I'm Eatin' Right Eddie.  Do you love adventure, challenge, and a healthy body?  Then follow me and some of my friends on a nutritious quest up the Great Food Pyramid.   We've got to start at the bottom and climb to the top as we learn about the five basic food groups and healthy eating habits.  Are you ready to energize your body and get fit?   Come on, let's get started!

 

Challenge 1
How well do you know your body?  Do you know which foods help your body grow and keep it healthy? Which foods give us the most energy?  Just what is fiber and why do we need to eat it?
Let's find out now as we travel to Food Keeps Us Well!  Score 6 or 7 correct answers and you're on the road to being a healthy person!

  

Food Keeps Us Well

 

 

Food Guide Pyramid

Challenge 2


Oh, look!  It's the Great Food Pyramid!  Actually, this one is the USDA Food Guide Pyramid.  Your task here is to build your own Food Guide Pyramid.  Do you know enough about each of the 5 basic food groups and the number of servings from each that you are supposed to have each day to do it?  Should you eat the same number of servings as your teachers? Get ready to find out! 




 

Way to go!  You've made it up the first level!

Way to Go
Now on to the other challenges!


Challenge 3
Are you a nutritious food shopper?  How are your math skills?  It's time to put what you have learned about both to the test.  Go to the Cyber Food Shopper and see if you have what it takes to meet this challenge.  You will have many choices here and may need scrap paper and a pencil to help keep up with the calculations.  


Cyber Food ShopperCyber Food Shopper

 

 

Help Your Friends Make Winning Choices

Help Your Friends
Make Winning Choices

 Challenge 4
A big part of growing up is learning to make choices - hopefully good ones.  Your challenge now is to help some friends make good decisions in situations they may face in real life.  How close to 100 points can you get?  Head off for the Winning Choices Game.  Good decision making!  Think before you act!


  


Awesome choices!  Everyone will really appreciate having you for a friend. 

Awesome Choices

 

 

Challenge 5
Now on to the big challenge!  It's time to see how well you can apply what you've learned about good eating habits.  We're off to the Have-A-Bite Cafe where you have to build a meal from a given menu.  Try one for breakfast and then one for lunch.  Were yours nutritious ones or not?  		Have a Bite Cafe

 


Looking good!  Only one more level to go!
Looking Good

 

 

Grab a Grape Nutrition Sleuth Challenge 6
This one is tough!  You may not have learned about everything you'll encounter here, but if you think carefully, you should be able to narrow down the odds.  No matter what, you will be adding to your knowledge about healthy eating habits.  Are you ready?  Click on one of the activities to the left and let's get started!

 


You did it

You did it!  You've reached the top!  Keep up the GREAT work and remember to think before you eat!

 

USDA Food Pyramid image from Nutrition for Kids.
Activities - Food Keeps Us Well, Food Guide Pyramid, Cyber Food Shopper, and Help Your Friends Make Winning  Choices from Kids Food Cyber Club.
Activities - Have a Bite Cafe, Grab a Grape, and Nutrition Sleuth from Nutrition Cafe.

For more nutrition facts and fun, check out:

Kellogg's Nutrition Camp
The Story of the Pyramid Cafe
The Pyramid Exporations Theater
Kids World Nutrition
Dole 5 A Day Just for Kids

The Food Pyramid Guide

Other Nutrition sites