{"id":4532,"date":"2013-08-14T09:19:27","date_gmt":"2013-08-14T16:19:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/?p=4532"},"modified":"2013-08-14T09:25:15","modified_gmt":"2013-08-14T16:25:15","slug":"school-myplate-helps-teach-kids-healthy-choices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/index.php\/2013\/08\/14\/school-myplate-helps-teach-kids-healthy-choices\/","title":{"rendered":"Back To School: MyPlate Helps Teach Our Kids to Make Healthy Choices"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_4534\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/My-Plate-Pledge.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4534\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4534 \" style=\"border: 0px;\" alt=\"Image of the MyPlate Pledge certificate\" src=\"http:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/My-Plate-Pledge-300x232.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/My-Plate-Pledge-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/My-Plate-Pledge.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4534\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Take the MyPlate pledge with your kids at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.choosemyplate.gov\/kids\/Champion.html\">www.ChooseMyPlate.gov<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cBack to school\u201d is an exciting time. Summer may be drawing to a close, but our kids miss their friends and they\u2019re filled with nervous energy about all that awaits them. I remember \u2013 do you?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Of all the important lessons our students will learn in school, one of the most vital is how to eat healthy and be active every day. That\u2019s where the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.choosemyplate.gov\/kids\/index.html\">MyPlate Kids\u2019 Place web page<\/a> comes in.\u00a0It&#8217;s part of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.choosemyplate.gov\/\">ChooseMyPlate.gov<\/a> site, and it\u2019s designed for kids between the ages of 8 and 12. It offers games, videos, songs and messages that give these kids the tools to make good decisions about eating and physical activity throughout the coming school year. 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