Food Flight 107

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Game name:
Food Flight 107

Game story: Your name is Isaac, and you are one of the body’s many molecules. You are one of the flight overseers on Food Flight 107. Your goal is to deliver all your healthy cargo around the body. The flight had been going smoothly until you run into a fleet a Fatties, the evil group trying to take over the body. If you don’t get your cargo around the body before the next meal there will be serious problems with the body. It's time to suit up and fight off all those Fatties.

Audience: This game is intended for people of all ages

Team members and roles: Braeden………Everything

Game goal: Collect all healthy foods, destroy all enemies, get to end

Health lesson: How important it is that we eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Because even with breakfast, the brain can run out of fuel before lunch. In one study of students ages 7 to 9, having a midmorning snack improved memory. The children who ate a smaller breakfast and lunch but consumed a midmorning snack experienced a smaller decline in immediate and delayed memory. The best-shown foods include yogurt with blueberries (blueberries have been linked to better memory in studies). A hard-boiled egg is also a good snack choice, because eggs contain choline, a nutrient shown to improve memory.

  

The importance of meals: Skipping breakfast can have a negative impact on learning: A higher percentage of breakfast eaters passed a biology exam in one study of college students.

What good food can do: Healthy eating has been linked to higher grades, better memory, more alertness, faster information processing and improved health leading to better school attendance.

Obese or NOT Obese: A diet high in junk food and sugary sodas is also linked to childhood obesity, which could result in lower cognitive functioning. On the other hand, students with healthy eating habits are less likely to be obese and more likely to learn well.

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