Card Game
The card game is a fun activity based on simple nutritional contents which can be played by 2 to 5 people. Each deck contains five sets based on the five food groups: fruits, vegetables, proteins, dairy products and starchy foods. The objective is to be the first player to have no cards left, by creating three daily balanced meals (with all five food groups). Learning objectives include: finding out the benefits of healthy eating, comparing and discussing throughout the game, and introducing the importance of food portions and servings.
The card game is a great tool to spur intergenerational exchange at school, during pregnancy sessions, in old peoples' residences, etc.
Download the game instructions and the cards below. You can print them, make your own "homemade" card game and play!
Handbook
The Implementation Handbook the 'We Love Eating' project compiled for its partners in their Local Promoting Groups (LPGs) provided them with a roadmap to creating local action plans for their cities, including all the steps from taking a preliminary inventory of the city’s existing initiatives, to identifying needs and objectives, to designing specific actions, to implementation and evaluation. Finally, it gave them an overview of the project's educational and promotional tools, and plenty of proposed activities for each of the target groups.
In addition to providing a roadmap and explaining the 'We Love Eating' messages and objectives, the handbook also includes valuable tips and information about the three target groups – children, pregnant women, and older people – that will facilitate working with them in the most effective way.
Download the 'We Love Eating' Implementation Handbook below.
Leaflets
Leaflets were produced by the 'We Love Eating' project team as educational tools to be handed directly to individual members of its target groups: older people, pregnant women and kids. They concisely informed about the six main recommendations of the project.
The LPGs used the leaflets to remind members of the community of the need for personal change in attitudes and behaviour towards eating habits.
The leaflets are light in contents and have a fun and colourful look to be understood by all. Download the leaflets per each target below.
For older people: EN ES CAT FR NL PL RO SK
For pregnant women: EN ES CAT FR NL PL RO SK
For parents and kids: EN ES CAT FR NL PL RO SK
Posters
The posters were used to raise awareness of the project and served as both educational and promotional tools for local project events.
The posters convey the six main recommendations for healthy eating habits in an eye-catching way, mainly by means of icons and pictures rather than text. The posters also included a link to the project web page.
Download the six We Love Eating posters and find inspiration for your own project!
We Love Eating Game
The We Love Eating game is designed for kids from the age of 8, but anyone can play! Learn all about the food groups required for a healthy meal in a fun and entertaining way!
How to Play
Choose foods from the five food groups and create a menu including breakfast, snacks, lunch and dinner. Make sure you keep hydrated with plenty of drinks and keep an eye on your energy intake to make sure it is aligned with your physical exercise. Have fun completing the 9 challenges and get ideas and inspiration for your own diet!
Teachers’ Notes
The game consists of 9 challenges designed to encourage kids to think about the variety of foods available in a healthy diet. Each challenge takes place over a number of days during which meals must be completed. Scoring is based on hydration and energy levels, and in some of the more difficult challenges solid fats, oils and sugars.
The game is played on iPad and on Android tablet devices:
Innovative projects promoting health development can receive EU funding from the health programme , as a means of implementing the EU health strategy .
Since 2005, the Consumers, Health, Agriculture and Food Executive Agency manages calls for proposals for projects and organises grants, conferences and relations with the beneficiaries of health programme funding.
The European Commission also receives additional funding from the European Parliament for pilot projectsto improve future policy action in the area of nutrition and physical activity and to identify good practices that can be used to replicate these projects in other European cities or regions.