SpiderMan Small Step Eating/Exercise Challenge - very cool!

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http://www.smallstep.gov/kids/index.cfm

Weekly Challenge: Hey kids! Spider-man challenges you to get healthy

New Web site urges kids to eat better and exercise more

Your challenge this week: Instill some healthy habits in your 6- to

11-year-old.

Need some help?

How about a little motivation from Spider-Man?

The Advertising Council and the U.S. Department of Health and Human

Services recently launched the SmallStep Challenge program, which

encourages healthy eating and exercise in children.

Through the end of March, kids can log on each day to answer

questions about healthy eating. Doing so can get them entered into a

contest that in turn could lead to Spider-Man visiting their school.

We think it's a super idea.

As the site's name implies, getting healthy isn't about leaping over

doughnut shops in one bound.

It's about making small, incremental lifestyle changes, like adding

more fruit and veggies to your diet or taking the kids on a weekly

walk to the park.

After your child plays the challenge, there's plenty more to see at

the site, including links to information about healthy eating and

information on how to get hooked up to play calorie-burning sports.

There are kid-friendly recipes, too.

Once you've spent some time hanging out at the site, turn the

computer off and put the information to use.

Go on a walk, then come home and have a tasty fruit-and-dip snack as

a family.