Press Release - The Children's Museum of South Carolina is committed to recognizing the rally for a healthier America! This summer, CMSC has brought in a temporary exhibit to educate our youth and families about the foods we eat and how to stay healthy and aware of the choices being brought before our children. Many families have heard the saying, "Breakfast is the most important meal of the day!" But how many Americans and how many Americans on vacation, act on it?
CMSC is asking children and their families many questions this summer! Is breakfast that important? Are you eating enough fruits and vegetables? What does a healthy serving size look like? Visitors reflect on these questions and more in Every Body Eats, a highly interactive science exhibit made especially for parents raising children in today's America. The 800-square-foot, hands-on exhibit appeals to children and their families and features text in English and Spanish.
Every Body Eats explores the fascinating world of nutrition and teaches people the science of making healthy food choices. Visitors learn what ingredients are in various foods, how to read nutrition labels, how many servings of fruits and vegetables are recommended each day, and what an appropriate serving size looks like.
Every Body Eats features 12 interactive areas, including "Shaking the Salt Habit," "Veggie Power," "Supermarket Nutrition," and a kid-friendly "Dinner Theater," with plenty of hand puppets for youngsters to act out mealtime scenarios.
Every Body Eats is both entertaining and educational. In the "Hunger Signals" area, an interactive computer uses cartoons to posit a situation and then asks the visitor if the cartoon character should eat in that particular circumstance. A "hunger meter" and "feeling meter" help the visitor make her or his decision. The "Advertising Detectives" display reveals the tricks that food marketers use to manipulate consumers into buying products. And the "Reading Labels" exhibit can surprise even a savvy consumer.
At the eye-opening "Sizing Up Servings" area, visitors are challenged to match recommended serving sizes to everyday objects. "Fuel for Your Body" has visitors choose from a variety of breakfast foods to fuel a "car"-an analogy for the body-and then race the cars against each other. Each car moves forward a certain distance depending on the person's food choices. By the end of Every Body Eats, visitors realize that healthy choices are within their reach.
Every Body Eats will be on exhibit at the Children's Museum of South Carolina only through September 11, 2010 and is locally sponsored by Logan's Roadhouse and Crossfit Myrtle Beach. CMSC is committed to inspiring families to interact and grow together! The public is able to experience Every Body Eats Mondays - Saturdays from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM. As with all of our interactive exhibits, children are able to touch, explore, and play to build relationships and engage their mind!
Every Body Eats was produced and is toured by the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) in Portland, Ore. The exhibit was made possible by a Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) grant from the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR), a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
