05/05/2014 A bit of fun, Healthy Eating, Help for Parents
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](/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/117A3025_headshots.jpg)5 years. 13,000 children. 300,000 pieces of fruit and vegetables.
Three Australian are diagnosed every hour with gastro-intestinal cancer, which is the most common form of cancer in Australia. To raise awareness and funds, the GI Cancer Institute is running its fifth Gutsy Challenge between March-November.
The Challenge: for Australian kids to eat 2 pieces of fruit and 4 serves of vegetables every day for one whole week.
Eating more fresh produce not only prevents against gastro-intestinal cancer as well as overweight and obesity (when paired with regular physical activity), but it also a great chance to teach and instill healthy habits in our kids at home and in the classroom.
Take Tom Soutar’s success story as an example. For 4½ years, Tom didn’t eat any fruit or vegetables due to an eating disorder. An extremely picky eater, it was not until he saw “a girl using carrot sticks as teeth, a boy boxing with broccoli and another wearing a watermelon helmet,” that he felt ready to challenge his ‘Veggieitis’. This is Tom’s fifth year of carrying out the challenge and this time he’s not going it alone. With his best friend at his side, he is throwing a Gutsy Party to inspire his friends to eat more fresh food.
Whether you are a parent or a teacher who wants to challenge your kids to upping their intake of fresh fruit and vegetables, sign up here: https://gicancer.org.au/the-gutsy-challenge/
We dare you!
