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Weekly
Food & Fitness Contests |  | |
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kids to reach our nutritional and character goals, we reward our participants with prizes. Each week, children compete
in team-oriented food contests in which each team's food creation is judged for taste, presentation, and nutriional value.
Participants also receive rewards for completing weekly nutritional and character goals. We also have a "Food
Rainbow" representing the various colors of fruits and vegetables. Rewards are also given for children who complete
their food vegetables (eat 210 fruits & vegetables by the end of our 6-week program!)
| | Charlotte Latin & Myers Park students judge our yogurt
parfait contest |
| | Charlotte Country Day & Myers Park students judge our
pancake muffin contest, along with kid judges |
| | kids celebrate as winner of the "smartest" lunch
box is announced |
FEAR FACTOR FOODS™ Because kids are often reluctant to try new foods, or to eat foods that might not
look appealing to them, we have incorporated a "Fear Factor" game in the Kids Heart Felt nutrition program.
Below are photos of kids playing "Fear Factor Dips". Kids who tried these dips were each rewarded with prizes
(100% of these kids participated and ended up putting our "Fear Factor Avocado Spinach" and "Fear Factor Hummus"
spreads on their whole wheat tortilla sandwiches (nothing so frightful about that!) 
| | Hummus Dip |
| | Avocado Spinach Dip |
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FOOD RAINBOW To encourage kids to eat a variety of vegetables & fruits, Kids Heart Felt Health gives
each of its participants an uncolored "rainbow" at the beginning of each 6-week session, along with colored
stickers that represent the various colors of vegetables and fruits. Children who eat at least 5 vegetables &
fruits each day (or 210 in total by the end of 6-weeks) and complete their "rainbows", get rewarded with a prize
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