Dear America,
We want to hear from kids about how everyone can eat healthier foods at home, at school, and at work. We believe that input from kids is key to solving the childhood obesity epidemic in America. We need to hear kids' voices...their ideas for teaching adults...their ideas for teaching kids about eating real foods and avoiding foods that are bad for us. We want to provide a platform for their thoughts about what healthy eating means to them and what they need to make it happen for themselves and their friends.
We want to hear from kids about how everyone can eat healthier foods at home, at school, and at work. We believe that input from kids is key to solving the childhood obesity epidemic in America. We need to hear kids' voices...their ideas for teaching adults...their ideas for teaching kids about eating real foods and avoiding foods that are bad for us. We want to provide a platform for their thoughts about what healthy eating means to them and what they need to make it happen for themselves and their friends.
We need some big solutions to solve a big problem. Kids were never meant to be shopping in “plus size” stores and wearing XXXL sizes. Kids are not supposed to be struggling to walk to school. Kids are not supposed to be out of breath after 5 minutes in their once a week physical education class. Kids are not supposed to be eating meals at school filled with white sugar and white flour.
Now we need your help to get the word out to parents and kids. Growing Healthy Kids has unleashed its 2012 Poster Contest to unleash the voice of America’s youth. With the theme of “The Art of Healthy Eating for Growing Healthy Kids”, kids ages 5 to 25 are invited to create their impression of the theme on an 8-1/2 x 11 inch piece of white paper. The only rule in this poster contest is that these 9 words (The Art of Healthy Eating for Growing Healthy Kids) must appear on the poster, either as the title or somewhere on the poster. Anything goes: pencil, watercolor, mosaics, murals, pen, chalk, paint, photographs, etc.
What does "The Art of Healthy Eating for Growing Healthy Kids" look like to you? We are excited to find out!
What does "The Art of Healthy Eating for Growing Healthy Kids" look like to you? We are excited to find out!
On the back of the poster include: parent name, phone, and email (if available), child’s name, age, school name, city and state. Mail poster to: Growing Healthy Kids Variety Store, 3300 43rd Avenue, #4, Vero Beach, FL. 32960 by May 25, 2012. All entries become property of Growing Healthy Kids, Inc. Winners will be notified by June 30, 2012.
Over the past 2 weeks The Art of Healthy Eating for Growing Healthy Kids poster contest was launched in collaboration with Boys & Girls Clubs of Indian River County. The children at the Fellsmere, Sebastian, and Vero Beach clubs were inspired with a challenge from Nancy Heinrich, founder of the Growing Healthy Kids movement. The challenge was to create centerpieces for a dinner table using fresh fruits, vegetables, and dried beans. This challenge was to motivate them to make healthy eating a central part of the family dinner table by giving it a real focal point. It also reinforced recent research findings that when children sit down and eat dinner with their families, they maintain healthier weights.
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| Photo taken at Sebastian Boys & Girls Clubs of Indian River County, Florida at poster contest launch. |
Let’s use the power of America’s youth and commit to be fit. Growing Healthy Kids is committed to halting, reversing, and preventing obesity and obesity-related diseases such as type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, and bone and joint disorders. We are a non-profit organization based in Vero Beach, Florida providing leadership to solve public health problems.
