Food Fun Nutrition Cards Fact Sheet 1. Each deck contains 8 ready-to-play games for elementary/middle school students. 2. Games teach health standards listed on each game description. 3. Each deck contains 8 ready-to-play games for elementary/middle school students. 4. Games can be learned and played in 15 minutes and are easy to incorporate into math, reading and language development activities. Children have fun learning nutrition/exercise facts and report eating healthier after using the card games. This Fall 2006, over 5000 children in the Santa Barbara Elementary School District played the nutrition card games in their classrooms. After using the cards four times, 91% of the students who completed surveys reported making healthy changes as a result of playing with the cards. Their top responses in order were: Eating more fruits and/or vegetables Drinking milk/water instead of soda/sweet drinks Eating less junk food Doing more exercise Eating more balanced meals w/ a protein, fruit, vegetable and grain 85% eat more fruits and vegetables 80% eat a healthier lunch 67% eat less junk food 48% talked to their parents about something they learned from the cards 97% thought playing cards was a fun way to learn Here is a sampling of some of the student and teacher comments: “I’ve eaten a ton more fruits, less junk food and a lot more exercise” since playing with the cards. “I learned that I need to eat more healthy foods, and that they do look tasty.” 6th Grade Student “There has been a vast increase of vegetables on their lunch trays since playing the games. They are much more willing to try new veggies now.” K/1 Teachers “The teachers are enjoying using the cards and we have found them to be very useful in our ELD (English Language Development) program as well.” Elementary School Principal “My class enjoyed using the cards and games so much that I leave them out as a “may do” activity after workshop almost every day.” Elementary School Teacher  Next Page