Nutritional Tips

Research shows that if you eat together as a family, it helps children eat less junk food and more fruits and vegetables.

Replace white stuff with the brown stuff…brown rice, whole wheat bread (without corn syrup as an ingredient), whole wheat pasta.

Read the ingredient labels on food packages and choose foods with “whole” in the grain or flour name of the first 3 ingredients.

Add a green vegetable to dinner every night.

Snack right by eating an apple, banana, or strawberries at snack time

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Rethink Your Drink PDF Print E-mail

Rethink Your Drink is an important campaign within the PE4ME program. This campaign teaches students the important role of making good drink choices in a healthy diet.

Materials for Download

Rethink Your Drink Core Presentation – Pre-K – 12 year olds
Rethink Your Drink Core Presentation – Pre-K – 12 year olds

Rethink Your Drink Core Presentation – Teen – Adult
Rethink Your Drink Core Presentation – Teen – Adult

Rethink Your Drink Commitment Form
Rethink Your Drink Commitment Form

Why is this lesson so important?

  • Children today drink more soda than ever. This is contributing to rising rates of poor dental health and childhood obesity. Think diet soda is safe? Even diet soda contains phosphoric acid, which weakens tooth enamel.
  • Studies have found a powerful link between drinking full calorie sodas and obesity. Students who drink soda are drinking less milk and fruit products – important items in a healthy diet.
  • Most of students’ added sugar intake comes from fruit drinks, high-fat desserts, soft drinks and candy.
  • Soda is the largest source of sugar in the American diet and that an 11.25oz juice pouch contains 9 teaspoons of sugar!