Kylie & Wylie's road to the Healthy Success!

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The people in our group are Haven G., Rylie F., & Samantha S.

The audience we are targeting are students of all ages, kids, and unhealthy people.

Story- The water and fruit team are trying to prepare and win the tournament by defeating the members of the soda and the candy team.

Objective- The main characters Kylie & Wylie. Kylie is on the water team and Wylie is on the fruit team, and they have to stay in shape, and eat the healthy coins; to stay healthy for the tournament the next day. If Kylie or/and collects all the coin in a certain amount of time she wins a gold star. You can win gold stars by completing that level. Your objective is to get 5 gold stars; which means that there will be 5 levels. While Kylie and/ or Wylie are collecting the coins members of the soda and candy team are trying to stop them.

Goal- Is to get the gold stars; once you get the gold stars that mean you are prepared for the tournament against the candy and soda team.

Lesson being taught- Are game teaches our audience to eat the right healthy foods and make good choices to win the tournament.

Statics about normal U.S. citizens:

*Americans are now spending over $140 billion on fast food each year, there are now over 25,000 fast food chains in the U.S. (an increase of more than 1,000% since 1970), and fast food restaurants spent $294 million on marketing messages aimed at children in 2007.

• A cheeseburger happy meal with fries and a Sprite at McDonalds has 640 calories and 24 grams of fat; is over half of the total calories many children should be eating in a day! Also the average serving size for burgers, fries, and sodas has more than tripled since the 1970’s!

• According to the American Heart Association and World Health Organization, you shouldn’t consume more than 7% of your total calories from saturated fat

• Top nutritionists at Harvard have concluded that Trans fat could be responsible for an many as 30,000 premature coronary deaths per year

• The average American drinks 526 12-oz sodas per year … that’s 1.5 cans each day. Swap those empty calories for water and you’ll cut out over 6,000 calories per month … which amounts to 21 pounds of weight loss in a year

Things to do to help get healthy:

• The American Heart Association recommends getting no more than 450 calories a week from sugar-sweetened beverages, or less than three cans of soda. They include sodas, fruit drinks, energy drinks, sports and sweetened bottled waters.  The Nurses' Health Study also found that weight loss was greatest among people who ate more vegetables, yogurt, and nuts.

• By eating at least 5 servings of vegetables and fruits a day, you can reduce your risk of stroke and heart disease by 30%, lose weight, and enhance your immune system so you don’t get sick as often

* People who do these four things below live on average an additional 14 years compared with people who adopt none of these behaviors, according to a study published by the Public Library of Science:

1. Don't smoke
2. Exercise
3. Drink alcohol in moderation
4. Eat five servings of fruits and vegetables per day

For more information click this hyperlink below:

http://www.thehealthyeatingguide.com/healthyeatingstatistics.html#bookmark1

 Examples of healthy foods to eat:

• A nutritious fruit smoothie with non-fat yogurt as a substitute for ice cream
• A fruity cream cheese bagel
• Artichokes
• Mushrooms
• Apricots
• Fruit kebabs
• Pasta salad
• Vegetable soup
• Spaghetti and meatballs (good carb intake)