Great Games for Girls to Play on Nutrition

To be healthy, girls need to understand nutrition and food choices. A key to a healthy diet is to balance what you eat and consume a variety of foods from different food groups. The idea is that girls should eat more of certain types of food and limit the intake of fat, sugar and other starchy carbohydrates. Health games are a way to help girls to care for their bodies and to learn about different food choices. Several games on nutrition are offered online.

On the Plate

• Play this game with a group of girls. Find photos or pictures of food. Cut them out and laminate the pictures. Choose different types of food, both healthy and unhealthy. Put the laminated food images in a bag. Hand out plastic plates and let the girls pick a picture and decide if they want to put the food on their plate. Unwanted food can be put in a bin, such as a bowl in the middle. Compare the girls' plates and talk about the choices they have made.

Quizzes and Jokes

• Best Bones Forever is a bone-health campaign for girls and their "best friends forever" (BFFs). It offers quizzes and jokes about bone health and how to promote it.

Strong Bones

• Carla and Friends games can be found on Didi Games, a free online collection of mini-games. The Snack Attack game focuses on educating players about the importance of bone strength through proper nutrition.The site Beacon Street Girls also have Carla and Friends games.

  Milk Matters for Kids offers a selection of games about the importance of calcium for strong bones and healthy teeth.

Fruit Games

• MyGames4Girls has an online game where you have to catch fruit and eggs falling from the tree. Green, red and yellow caterpillars will also fall from the trees and must not be caught. Girls learn about the importance of eating fruits and eggs.