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Nutrition Programs


Families Are Munching

The Families Are Munching Program is:

  • Is offered to students in London and Middlesex elementary schools.carrot
  • Has a goal of encouraging students and their families to make healthier choices by increasing the number of servings of vegetables and fruit that they eat each day.
  • Designed to build awareness about healthy eating and enhance the student's knowledge about vegetables and fruits and their role in the diet.

 

Participation in the program includes:

  • Presentations to students about the benefits of eating vegetables and fruit.
  • Students and their families track their vegetable and fruit consumption for five days.
  • Opportunities for students to sample vegetables and fruit.
  • The class with the highest participation rate wins a prize.

 

Want to know more? Here are three options:

  • Contact the Public Health Nurse assigned to your school
  • Call 519-663-5317 ext. 2280
  • Download the brochure

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Go on ... Take the Families are Munching
challenge and get on your way
to healthier eating!

 

Last Reviewed Nov 2008

 

Eat Smart... Feel Great!


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