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As seen January 14/03
SHOP SMART TOURS

With today’s fast-paced lifestyles, even the best intentions to eat well and stay healthy can be lost to our busy schedules. Save-On-Foods is taking a proactive approach to helping their customers learn about the benefits of eating right and living well.

Whether you have special dietary needs or just want some new motivation to maintain your existing healthy lifestyle, taking a Shop Smart Tour at Save-On-Foods can help you achieve your dietary goals.

How
Through the Shop Smart® Tour, they provide a hands on opportunity to learn about good nutrition from their registered dietitians as they guide you through an informative and entertaining tour of Save-On-Foods.

Specialized Group Tours
If you are part of a group (five or more) with a shared nutrition concern, in addition to our overall healthy eating tours, you can take a specialized tour for any of the following concerns:

• Diabetes – learn to enjoy healthy eating while optimizing your blood sugar control.
• Heart Health – learn to manage your cholesterol and blood pressure while still enjoying good food.
• Women’s Health – includes osteoporosis and cancer prevention together with tips for managing menopause and reproductive health.
• Weight Management – tips for successful weight loss and maintenance.
• Vegetarianism – learn how to keep your vegetarian diet nutritionally balanced.
• Sport Nutrition – everything you need to know for fueling your active lifestyle.
• Nutrition on a Budget – healthy eating while saving money.
• Feeding a Young Family – ideas for keeping your family well fed and managing some of the challenges of feeding kids.
  …and related concerns.

To sign up or for more information on the adult Shop Smart Tours please call 1-800-448-2118 or e-mail shopsmart@telus.net. You can also sign up On-line at: www.saveonfoods.com

Kids Shop Smart Tours

A fun way to teach nutrition and healthy eating habits.

The Kids’ Shop Smart® Program has been developed by a team of dietitians, educators, parents and primary students to promote the benefits of making healthy food choices. It’s free for the asking.

The Kids’ Shop Smart® Kit consists of teaching guides, classroom activities and grade specific materials. The main portion of the program consists of an interactive supermarket tour, facilitated by a Registered Dietitian.

This program is designed to meet the learning outcomes of Kindergarten through Grade 3, established by the Healthy Living and Career Exploration segment of British Columbia Ministry of Education’s Personal Planning Curricula and the expectations of the health curriculum of Alberta Learning.

Tour guides make it easy.
This free package of materials contains everything needed to easily integrate this nutrition unit into the classroom, including useful lesson plans, teaching aids, student workbooks as well as practical suggestions on how to prepare and conduct your tour. There’s also an evaluation form so the program organizers can receive constructive feedback and ideas for improvement.

Teacher’s overview.
1. The “Teacher’s overview” gives a general outline of the program and explains how it meets the School Curricula. It also answers the most commonly asked questions about the tour and lists sources for additional nutrition teaching aids and materials.

Supermarket tour preparation.
2. The “Supermarket tour preparation” booklet includes short lesson plans, an introduction to the food groups, stories and classroom activities to help the class prepare for the actual tour.

The tour.
3. “The tour” provides a step-by-step planning guide for conducting the supermarket tour, including in-store activities, food group by food group. A series of age specific Food hunt handouts and Store maps are also provided.

Classroom activities.
4. “Classroom activities” offer your class a variety of things to do after the tour is completed. Fun experiments include making your own cheese, growing sprouts and lots more activities designed to reinforce nutrition messages.

Playing with your food.
5. “Playing with your food” is a student workbook of recipes and activities that children can do at home with their parents.

An excellent source of vitamins and minerals.
The Kids’ Shop Smart® Tour includes the services of a Registered Dietitian. The dietitian is available to instruct teachers and parent helpers about the tour as well as facilitate the tour itself.

To order the Kids Shop Smart® Program, please call 1-800-448-2118 or e-mail shopsmart@telus.net. You can also sign up On-line at: www.saveonfoods.com

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