Eat healthy & be more active? WE CAN!
Late last month my daughters and I attended the kick off of WE CAN! – Ways to Enhance Children’s Activity and Nutrition – a program developed to help kids learn about healthy eating habits and staying active, thanks to a partnership between SUBWAY restaurants and the National Institutes of Health.
The National PEP rally (Play more, Eat right, Push away the screen) was a blast, with over 300 DC-area kids in attendance. Boxing champion Laila Ali, Olympic soccer player Tab Ramos, and SUBWAY’s spokesman Jared Fogle were there to get everyone pumped about the We Can! movement. The kids enjoyed a healthy SUBWAY Fresh Fit for Kids Meal lunch, followed by an afternoon filled with sports and playground games.
My friend Janine managed to sneak in interviews with Laila and Jared.
Definitely worth watching!
Since we’re the main influence on our children, as parents we have the responsibility to encourage them to “play more, eat right, push away the screen”… and this just happens to be the first day of National TV Turn-Off week, so what a better time to give you the chance to win an amazing prize pack that will have your kids up and off the couch!
Giveaway is closed. Winners are listed here.
The PEP Rally kit includes:
- sidewalk chalk
- bubbles
- a butterfly net
- jump rope
- a kite
- frisbee
- a bouncy ball
- a flying ring
- veggie seeds
- a bat and ball set
- a P.E.P Pledge for your child to sign… and a $10 SUBWAY Gift Card!
We’ve had a great time playing with everything in our kit this past weekend! To enter to win, leave a comment on this post with a tip on how you keep your kids healthy and active.
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We drink lots of water and stay active. Each kid has their own water bottle to make it more interesting
We make sure our daughters get 5 fruits and vegetables a day and we love to take daily walks and hikes. We also do yoga together and they take gymnastics and swim lessons.
My kids only watch about 1 hours of television per week. We make outdoor time fun.
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we try to stay active summer & winter. And also eat healthy foods-no pop and junk foods
we love to get outside and play different outside games – tossing the ball, fisbree, etc…. we all love to be outside.
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My boys have fruit with every meal and must spend time outside (or active inside) before turning on the tv.
We take walks and nature hikes together. We go outside to play and in the summer they are in the pool a lot. Thanks for the giveaway!!
I teach kids fitness classes at a local preschool during the year, and have lots of equipment that my son loves to play with when we’re home…keeps him active, just like I’m teaching my kids at school about.
we try to get the kids to the playground whenever it’s nice outside
Not having “red light” foods in the house is a huge help in getting the boys to eat healthy.
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we eat fresh fruits and veggies and go outside at least twice a day
We make sure to have lots of healthy snacks for our two daughters (ages 5 and 2), especially fruits. We also have a trampoline outside that has been great exercise for all of us!
We like to play outside, and have started a garden.
I try to get us outside as often as possible, and we visit different parks around town for some variety.
Staying as active as possible. Lots of time outside
Take kids for walks as often as you can to keep them active and healthy.
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Thanks for offering this contest. Hope we win.
we play outside a lot.
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They are only allowed to watch tv for one hour a day… so therefore they have to come up with things to entertain themselves, therefore staying active.
One thing I do….is cook most of our meals myself. Eating out will always cause you to feel yucky and everybody knows….fast food is addicting and bad for your heart. (Exception: Subway).
I also put out a tray of veggies and dip….this is a great way to get them eating their vegetables.
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We are ALWAYS outside! During the summer we swim in the pool almost every day!
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I run a in-home daycare and I bring the kids out as much as possible we play games that gets them moving or I get them to do jumping-jacks or run in place etc.
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we walk/walk the dogs/swim daily just about everything outside!!
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We go for regular walks around the neighborhood and enjoy swimming.
My children and I go for bike rides together. This is a contest I would LOVE to win. Thanks so much!
My granddaughter has always preferred playing outside to being stuck indoors. She loves hide & seek, tag, hopscotch, talking walks, riding bikes. She loves to with us when we go camping and hiking.
Thanks for the chance to win!
This summer it may be more difficult with 5 month old twins, but I am still going to try to go for walks with all of my kids and play outside whenever we can.
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We like to turn on some music and dance to our favorite tunes-good exercise.
We also take them to the park-fly kites, go camping.. and take them swimming at the YMCA.
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We take a walk every weekend through the woods with the children. They love discovering all the cool bugs! Thanks for the chance!
We walk and take bike rides everyday. AND there’s a new Subway opening a mile from our house, so we could walk there and have lunch one day.
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I try to feed my son healthy foods & teach him good eating habits. He also goes to the park often instead of sitting home playing video games.
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Get them away from the tv and outside!!!
I would love to win this prize pack!
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We go to the park, hike with the dog, ride our bikes and the whole neighborhood gets together and plays capture the flag, and dodge ball.
We drink filtered water and I keep fruit and nuts around for snacks.
Great post. I like to keep my kids active by limiting their tv time and getting them to play outside as often as possible.
I cook at home a lot and we rarely go out to eat. We have this very uphill road on my street that we walk up and down getting great exercise.
We spend as much time as we can outside and I try to only have healthy snacks around.
I keep my daughter healthy & active by encouraging her to play sports!
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My kids and I walk the dog, ride bikes, play basketball, and their favorite is to play the wii fit. We stretch daily and get outside as much as possible. We try to keep moving and make fitness fun! I cook healthy meals on most nights and am trying to raise my kids to become healthy adults.
We walk aound the neighborhood at least 5 nights a week picking up garbage. Thanks!
We like to swim.
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