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Using data from the National Survey of Children's Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new estimates that show:


As a way to help parents and caregivers provide fruits, vegetables, and healthy drinks every day, the CDC Foundation has produced a series of playful activities for use during meal and snack time. We encourage you to share these activities with your audiences — on social media, in newsletters, as printed games in your home, or at your child care center. 


Based on this research, it’s more important than ever to make sure our kids eat fruits and vegetables to support optimal growth and brain development. The toolkit shares playful and easy-to-implement activities to help families incorporate healthy options into their daily routine. In the toolkit, you’ll find:


In addition to sharing these posts, please be sure to:


If you have any questions about using this toolkit, please contact info@cdcfoundation.org

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KEY MESSAGES

Here are important messages related to healthy eating, along with tips for how to help kids eat healthy. Feel free to use these messages in any content you are developing. 


Why healthy eating is so important:


Tips for how to help kids eat healthy:

DESCRIPTION OF PLAYFUL ACTIVITIES FOR PICKY EATERS


SOCIAL MEDIA RESOURCES

We provide a few options: 

If you are using the Canva templates, you can edit the design by adding images from pages 6–8 to make a unique graphic featuring the playful activities. While we have provided a blueprint for each graphic, we encourage you to get creative and really make them your own! 

Whether you’re using pre-made graphics or creating your own, we suggest always using the intro graphic as a way to introduce this campaign to your audience. Encourage your audience to engage and share by also posting the animated graphic. In addition, we have provided copy for social media posts that can be used on the platform that best fits your organization. 

Click on each visual to download directly. 

Pre-Made Cards (Branded)

Below are the pre-made cards that include the CDC Foundation logo that you can use across social media platforms.

Pre-Made Cards (Unbranded)

Below are the pre-made cards that you can use across social media platforms that do not include the CDC Foundation logo.

Make Your Own Cards (Branded)

Using this branded template, you can edit these designs by adding images from pages 6–8 to make a unique graphic featuring the playful activities. While we have provided a blueprint for each graphic, we encourage you to get creative and really make them your own! Add, delete, enlarge, shrink, rotate, arrange, and overlap as you see fit.

Make Your Own Cards (Unbranded)

Using this unbranded template, you can edit these designs by adding images from pages 6–8 to make a unique graphic featuring the playful activities. While we have provided a blueprint for each graphic, we encourage you to get creative and really make them your own! Add, delete, enlarge, shrink, rotate, arrange, and overlap as you see fit.

Animated Share Card

Below are the .mp4 and .gif versions of an animated share card. 

Social Media Post Copy

Below are sample posts you can use on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn or Instagram. Feel free to use the graphics as a group or unveil them one-by-one in a series. We have also included hashtags that you can add to your posts.

Hashtags

#EarlyNutrition

#PickyEating

Newsletter Copy

The research is in: Good nutrition supports healthy growth and brain development. For many families, incorporating fruits, vegetables, and healthy drinks into daily diets can be a challenge. Many of these flavors, shapes, and textures can seem new to kids who haven’t given them a chance yet. So, how do parents and caregivers get these important nutrients onto their kids’ plates every day? 

Make food fun!

When you’re incorporating fresh, frozen or canned fruits and vegetables into your daily meals and snacks, these playful activities can help make these healthy foods more exciting to try. From creating a funny face with broccoli, carrots, and cucumbers to making drinks pop by adding a vibrant fruit to a glass of water, the creative possibilities are endless! 

Check out these fun activities that you can start as early as today with your kids and watch the smiles appear at the dinner table, at the park, or wherever their next meal or snack is.

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