!!!!! HEY KIDS,

I am Healthy Hero!

I will tell you Important facts about sweetened drinks And help you develop healthy drinking habits.

COMIC STRIP : JONNY’S JOURNEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What you can do to help:

" Educate your child about the dangers of overconsumption sweet drinks.

" Limit your child’s consumption of sweetened drinks " Understand exactly how much sugar is in one can of soft drink " We’ve experimented and constructed a glowing light water

bottle prototype to make drinking water more appealing for your kids!

" Please access these links below: For feedback on this logbook: http://tinyurl.com/nj037worhshopsurvey

For Extra pages of record sheet: http://tinyurl.com/healthylogsheet !

Information for Parents

Healthy eating habits start from young, and it is important to teach your child about the consequences of putting unhealthy foods into their bodies as well as being educated

However, studies have shown that kids aged 4-10 consume on average 61 grams A DAY! That is more than twice the recommended amount for your child. Most of the child’s intake of sugar comes from consumption of sweetened-drinks [Retrieved from SACN] Therefore, i t is important to understand the effects of sweetened drinks on your child and the measures that could be done to resolve it .

How does sugar affect your child?

" Increases the risk of gaining weight and developing type 2 diabetes when older

" Higher chance of dental cavities " Bad habit formed from addiction to sugar, which lead into

adulthood and paves the way for more diseases. [Information retrieved from Boston Public Health Commission website]

Children aged 7 to 10 should be limited to only 24 grams of sugar a day. That is approximately 6 teaspoons of sugar. [According to Scientific

Advisory Committee on nutrition]

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Reading Nutritional information !!

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Let me teach you how to read

the sugar content of the

drink…

4!grams!=!!

The healthy level of sugar

is 6g per 100ml…

And 24g per day.

Slightly above healthy level… !

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!Therefore, it is important to limit your consumption of sweet drinks. The daily recommendation of sugar Intake is 24grams !

NOTE: 1 teaspoon is about 4 grams of sugar !

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INSTRUCTIONS FOR USING THIS!LOG!BOOK!!!Drinks!too!high!in!sugar!

More than 6 grams of added sugar in nutritional information Example: Coke, Milo, Pepsi

!Drinks!that!are!not!too!high!in!sugar!

Less than 6 grams of sugar in nutritional information

Example: 100% Fruit Juices

1. In the next few pages you will be able to note your

drinking habits and track down your consumption of different types of drinks.

2. After you have drunk a cup of water you may put a

sticker on the blue water droplet.

3. Put a sticker on the green water droplet if you’ve drank a drink that is not too high in sugar

4. Draw an X on the brown water droplet if you’ve drank a drink that is too high in sugar!

Collect as many stickers as possible!