A Comprehensive Health & Nutrition
Program for Grades K–5 & Families
FOODPLAY is a national award-winning theater show that combines fantastic feats of juggling, captivating characters, music, magic, and audience participation with motivating health messages to help children take charge of growing up healthy and fit. Addressing the major nutrition, fitness, and self-esteem concerns affecting today's schoolchildren, FOODPLAY provides kids with the practical tools they need to improve their eating and exercise habits—all in a spirit of fun and celebration!
 FOODPLAY programs are evidence-based with proven results dramatically improving the eating and exercise habits of the nation's youth. Bring FOODPLAY to your school, conference, or special event to help counter today's number-one health epidemic, childhood obesity, and help trigger school-wide excitement for improving school nutrition and wellness.
Plus, FOODPLAY School Resource Kits provide fun-filled supplementary curricula materials for students, parents, teachers, health staff, and press.
We work with individual schools, and can customize programs for special events or partnerships with school districts, government, corporations, foundations and more!
"It was sensational. I have never seen an assembly captivate 400 students for 1 hour. This is an exceptional show that is a must-see for all K–5 students in the nation to combat childhood obesity. I was fortunate enough to have local businesses donate to sponsor the production. The USDA should be sending you to every school. I will be attending the New York State Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation & Dance and will be telling colleagues about this production. The crew was AWESOME."
—Michelle Eicher, Physical Educator, Ticonderoga Elementary, Ticonderoga, NY
Regional Customization
For larger tours, to more specifically meet the needs of different demographics, we are able to customize the show and sometimes create local troupes based in your region.
For example, we collaborated with Bruce Robinson (of Philadelphia's FreshVisions Youth Theatre Company) to create a reinterpretation of FOODPLAY for the 2009 tour of The School District of Philadephia. Under Bruce's direction, the show features original rap music, hip-hop dancing, and local references to address Philadelphia's school population.
Alarming Health Statistics On Children
- Obesity has become the nation’s number one health epidemic, affecting one out of every five children; this rate has tripled in the last 20 years!
- Type 2 diabetes, once considered a disease of adults, has doubled among children and tripled among teens in the last decade.
- On the other extreme, eating disorders are at an all time high. By fourth grade, two thirds of the nation’s girls have reportedly gone on a diet because they think they are “fat”.
- Less than 1% of today’s children are meeting their nutritional requirements; the average child gets over 50% of their calories from fat and sugar!
- Less than half of the nation’s youth reportedly engage in regular physical activity.
- The average child sees over 40,000 TV commercials with over 80% of food ads promoting junk foods!
Contact us for pricing and scheduling:
1-800-FOODPLAY (1-800-366-3752)
Email to Request Pricing and Info
FOODPLAY was created by nutritionist, Barbara Storper, MS, RD, under original sponsorship by the New York City Board of Education and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Since 1982, the program has been presented to more than three million school children nationwide.
FOODPLAY is an evidence-based program with proven results in dramatically improving the nutrition and health knowledge, attitudes, and behavior of elementary school children. The program has been independently evaluated by the Massachusetts and Rhode Island Departments of Education under USDA sponsorship. It continues to receive rave reviews and a host of awards for its success in motivating children toward healthy habits.
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