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| CLINICAL ASSISTANT PROFESSOR Providence, Rhode Island "All You Can Eat is both an enjoyable and educational game that may be used to interactively teach how to plan a balanced diet by selecting a wide variety of healthy choices from the five food groups, how to be physically active, and how to achieve optimal health for children of all age groups, adults as well as seniors, in both English and Spanish. All You can Eat is an extraordinary nutrition teaching tool!" Kathleen Cullinen, PhD, RD, LDN Clinical Assistant Professor Department of Community Health Brown University DOCTOR OF ACUPUNCTURE Providence, Rhode Island I love playing "All You Can Eat". I didn't get to play games as a kid, but so far this is my favorite game. I have developed strategies and have the opportunity to concentrate and use my short term memory. I even think the game helps me to curb my appetite! Thanks so much Louise for developing "All You Can Eat". Shirlee Ann Fazzino, M.A. Doctor of Acupuncture Providence, Rhode Island ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER Seekonk, Massachusetts "At last I've found a painless way to teach my students about nutrition. ALL YOU CAN EAT is as enjoyable as it is educational. Not only does it teach about food groups and a balanced diet, but it introduces new and less familiar foods in a positive way. Thank you for this valuable game." Susan Bergstrand, Elementary Teacher SCHOOL NURSE Seekonk, Massachusetts "I used the nutrition game ALL YOU CAN EAT in my Health classes and the children really enjoyed playing it at all grade levels. Each week they would ask if they could play it. It was great see learning taking place at the same time that they were having fun." Lisa McLintock, RN School Nurse DIETITIAN CONSULTANT Barrington, Rhode Island I am writing to tell you how much I appreciate your marvelous board game. What a great idea - to teach nutrition in schools through playing this fun game. I've watched excited children play "All You Can Eat" at various school functions and fairs. They seem to enjoy playing and learning about a healthy lifestyle in a lightly competitive way. During my clinical practice I used the game to instruct adults living in group homes about healthy eating habits, weight control and diabetes control. Playing your game encourages skill development in planning meals that include healthy choices from the different food groups. I was easily able to modify your game cards and score sheets to limit or add food choices containing starch and/or fat for diabetic players. I find it especially helpful that "All You Can Eat" reinforces messages to include physical activity in a healthy lifestyle. Thank you for inventing this amazing teaching tool for instruction of nutrition and a healthy lifestyle! Sincerely, Linda Alves M.A., R.D., L.D.N. SENIOR CENTER East Providence, Rhode Island The nutrition/weight loss group at East Providence Senior Center has been in existence since November 1998. We are continually striving for new ideas to assist our seniors to eat well and improve their health. For the past year we have been using your game, ALL YOU CAN EAT, at least once each ten-week session. Our seniors love it and consistently ask for it. Not only do they learn healthy food choices, the ALL YOU CAN EAT game introduces them to foods they are unfamiliar with, and they learn Spanish! The friendly competition the game inspires is a refreshing change from the traditional lecture format. Learning is stimulated in a fun and easy manner. We have been very pleased to use the ALL YOU CAN EAT game and plan to continue to do so for all of our classes. Thank you for your invention! Sincerely, Maureen D. Bouris N. Ed., RN GRADE 2-3 LOOPING TEACHER George R. Martin School "All you Can Eat" is a fun and easy way to teach small groups of children about nutrition. The color coded cards, along with the menu helped my third graders sort and categorize foods into groups that are found on the food pyramid. The children were able to plan a well balanced meal with very little effort. In addition to the nutritional value of this game, my students also learned about foods that were previously unfamiliar to them. They couldn't believe there is actually an ugli fruit! Some of my students were also excited to see the Spanish words for these foods, since they are studying Spanish. Maryann Heywood George R. Martin School |
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