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Free App for Healthy Eating: Munch 5 a Day to Keep the Doctor Away

September 19, 2011 By Robin Strong Elton 2 Comments

munch 5 a day app

The doctor of the future will give no medication,
but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame,
diet

and in the cause and prevention of disease.

– Thomas A Edison

Here’s a cute way to motivate your kids to get their daily recommended intake of fruits & veggies in.

The Munch 5-a-Day app is a free iPhone app (also available for iPad) launched by social well-being company MeYou Health. Basically, you set your goals for crunching on the good stuff, and whenever you eat a serving you simply tap on a vegetable or fruit (and are rewarded with a satisfying chomping sound and accompanying graphic).

Kids then earn silly badges like the “Talking Tomato” for munching their way to a nutritious diet. So far, I’ve unlocked the Avocado of Enthusiasm, which would be an awesome name for a band (just sayin’).

 

kids healthy app

The app has helpful information about serving sizes for both adults and children, and you can adjust your goal as high as a dozen a day if you want to make the goal a team effort. You can also post your progress to the Facebook or the Twitter if you are so inclined.

free healthy eating app

 

Down-on-the-farm background noises earn bonus points for cuteness, in my opinion, but I readily appreciate the option to turn the sounds off.

Remember, the habits you instill in your kids will shape their future eating practices. Are you setting a standard to live by, or an example to be overcome?

Be honest, now:

Do you get your five a day? Do your kids?

 

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Filed Under: Family, Parenting, Fitness, Health, Happiness, Food & Recipes, Green Tech Tagged With: five servings a day, getting kids to eat fruits and veggies 2 Comments

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  1. Danielle says

    September 20, 2011 at 3:05 pm

    I was all set to download this app. I would have paid for it and everything. But, of course, it is only available for iPhone. So I will track it with one of their competitors because now they have pissed me off. Pity. Because I like badges and I like fruits and veggies.

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  2. marge says

    September 25, 2011 at 12:24 am

    pretty cool.I just download for my iphone.thanks for the heads up.

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