Go Healthy ‘Check Things Out’ Quiz
The first step to taking the Go Healthy Challenge is to check out your health habits and set some goals that are right for YOU. Check the answers below that best describe you…
Go Healthy Challenge Top Tip: Give the quiz to your friends and compare your answers. Pick some goals you can work on together.
1. When eating vegetables I …
a. Only eat them when I am forced to eat them
b. Eat 1 or 2 a day if you don’t count potatoes
c. Eat at least 4 or more per day, and I even get seconds sometimes
2. At most meals and throughout the day I drink…
a. Soda or fruit punch
b. Milk or Juice
c. Water
3. When eating fruit…
a. I only eat them when I am forced to eat them
b. I eat about 1 to 2 a day. Isn’t that enough?
c. I eat at least 4 or more per day. I just LOVE fruit!
4. After school I…
a. Go home and play videos games or surf the internet
b. Go home and watch TV
c. Go to sport practice or play outside with my friends
5. When I eat cereal or drink milk I …
a. Eat it dry because I don’t like milk
b. Use whole milk
c. Use low-fat, skim milk, or soy milk
6. When it comes to sleep I …
a. Need my mom to throw water on me and drag me out of the bed!
b. Hit snooze button once or twice before getting up
c. Usually wake up a few minutes before or with my alarm
7. After playing with my friends I am …
a. Not really tired at all
b. A little tired and not that sweaty
c. Really tired and really sweaty
8. I don’t go outside to play because…
a. There are no other kids in my neighborhood or street
b. It is not safe for me to play outside
c. I do go outside to play!
If all your answers were “C”… Woo Hoo..YOU are a Health Champ!
If most of your answers were not “C”…Let’s see how you can be a Health Champ!
Hugo’s Top Tips
- Did you know there are hundreds of different types of fruits and vegetables!! You are sure to find something you like!
- Drink water lots and lots of water!
- Change from regular soda or punch to no or low calorie drinks. They have less sugar than soda and still come in a variety of flavors.
- Milk and juice are good for you, if it is low-fat or skim milk and 100% juice.
- Limit your screen time (TV/internet/video games) to 2 hours or less a day. Long hours of screen time drag you down. Try to get up and get moving.
- Try to get at least 8 hours of sleep a night. Sleep is very important for you because it helps your body grow and repair itself.
- Sweatiness and exhaustion are signs that your play was vigorous enough to burn calories. So when you play…play HARD!
- Just because you don’t have many kids on your block or you can’t play outside, doesn’t mean you can’t play. To get great ideas of what to do go to www.empowerme2b.org
Get moving with thousands of kids like you who are pushing (and pulling and tugging and running and bending) to get active, eat better and have fun. Just sign-up to take the Go Healthy challenge too! www.empowerme2b.org
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