You don’t have to look very hard to realize that childhood obesity is a major problem in America. In the last thirty years the number of obese children has tripled and one in three children in the United States is now carrying too much weight.
The saddest part is that it’s not their fault. Children are not born knowing the right foods to eat. This all weighs heavily on our shoulders; it is the parents who are to blame.
Because of this, the Alliance for a Healthier Generation and the American Academy of Pediatrics have teamed up with the best-selling children’s book The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle to help families learn about healthy eating habits with the Eating Healthy. Growing Strong. campaign.
The Very Hungry Caterpillar is a classic that has been loved by children for the past 40 years. Meghan absolutely adores this book and asks for it to be read over and over. With a book that is so loved by children, there is great learning opportunity. It’s easy to initiate discussion about healthy and unhealthy food choices through the story of the famished caterpillar who starts out eating great, then over does it and gets a stomach ache. Check out The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s website for more ideas and activity sheets.
Eric Carle is one of my all-time favorite children’s book authors. Check out this video and get to know this cool guy better:
As someone who is passionate about feeding our children well, I was more than happy to help promote the Eating Healthy. Growing Strong. campaign by hosting a giveaway for this wonderful book.
Three Happy Healthy Mama readers will have the chance to win the following:
- One winner will receive The Very Hungry Caterpillar Finger Puppet Book.
- Two winners will receive copies of The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
There are four ways you can enter to win. Please leave a separate comment for each entry.
1. Leave a comment telling who you’d like to win this book for.
2. Subscribe, either by email or feed reader, to Happy Healthy Mama (or let me know that you already have).
3. Follow me on Twitter and/or like my Facebook page (or let me know you already do).
4. If you are a blogger, link back to this giveaway in a blog post. If you are not a blogger, refer a friend to Happy Healthy Mama. Just leave your friend’s name in the comment section.
The winner will be announced on The Very Hungry Caterpillar Day, Sunday, March 20th.
Giveaway is sponsored by Penguin and is open to addresses in the U.S.
Yes, I absolutely agree that this should be monitored from early childhood. Let’s take a look at the common causes of obesity with the help of https://schimiggy.com/how-to-prevent-obesity/, its physiological and psychological consequences, and find out how best to deal with it. This problem surrounds us and every day more and more people face it. A healthy weight will help you live a healthy life when you can participate in many of your adventures and activities.
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I would like to win these books for future nieces and nephews. We LOVE this book at our house (especially my son) so it would be a great book for a new collection!
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I would like to win this for my son, David! I loved it when I was a kid!
I would love to add this book to our library. My son would love it! 🙂 April
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I’d love to win this for my son Cole! He’s 13 months and he LOVES books!
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Ohmygoodness! The Very Hungry Caterpillar was my FAVORITE book when I was little! I would love to win it for my aunt. She is having a baby girl in two weeks!!
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