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VIRTUAL HEALTH BY CAREY ROSSI With tablets and smartphones, you and your kids can play with food, mess-free. More important, these three apps help start a family discussion about healthy eating. AWESOME EATS (Available for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch, free) Learn how your food gets from farm to shelves with this game from Whole Kids Foundation, a nonproﬁt organization operated by Whole Foods Market that aims to help children reach optimal health by making nutritious food choices. HOW IT WORKS: Children stock, pack and plate fresh-from-the-garden foods with the swipe of their ﬁngers for 32 levels that get progressively more difﬁcult. Between each level, there is a tip about eating and preparing food. with Your PLAY SMASH YOUR FOOD (Available for iPad, $2.99) FOOD HOW IT WORKS: Children can choose from 40 foods to smash, but before they do, they guess how much sugar, salt and oil are in the item. Once “smashed,” the app reveals the correct nutritional amounts and how they compare with what your child should be getting. TOCA KITCHEN (Available for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch, $1.99) This app lets toddlers feel your feeding pain as they try to guess what the game’s characters, including a cat, like to eat. HOW IT WORKS: Children pick ingredients from the fridge and prepare them using common kitchen appliances and tools, such as pots, pans and knives. Then, they serve them up to the character who either gobbles it up or spits it out. Sound familiar? As the name implies, you and yours will smash foods—burgers, french fries and entire meals—and discuss how much sugar, fat and sodium is in each food item. YouFitter 10-Minute Office Workouts Get your heart racing without stepping into a gym or spending hundreds of dollars on a personal trainer. The BeFit channel on YouTube brings you workouts from celebrity trainers, such as Jillian Michaels, Denise Austin and Jane Fonda, for free. Whether you’re in the mood for yoga, dance, cardio, Pilates, interval training, toning or a boot camp workout, Lionsgate BeFit is the one-stop shop for fitness on your computer. And if you are looking for a program that will help take away extra pounds, consider taking the BeFit in 90 challenge, a workout program that promises to deliver dramatic results in 35 minutes, five days a week. For more information, go to youtube.com/befit. Video After a long day at the office, the last thing you may want to do is hit the gym. Exercise at your desk instead with sparks (10-minute bouts of exercise). Watch a video at uvahealth.com/blog (search for “sparks”) to see how. 46 Vim & Vigor · W I N TER 2 012 http://www.uvahealth.com/blog http://www.youtube.com/befit

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Vim & Vigor - Winter 2012 - University of Virginia

Vim & Vigor - Winter 2012 - University of Virginia
Contents
Life in Balance
Reveal a More Vibrant You
A Winning Hand
Because I Said So!
What’s Wrong with This Picture?
The Future Is Now
Everyday Hero
What Does 200 Calories Look Like?
Johnny Be Good
In the Driver’s Seat
We’ve Got Your Back
Bank on Your Health
Virtual Health
Through Snow, Rain or Any Obstacle
A Father’s Gift
Be a Model Patient

Vim & Vigor - Winter 2012 - University of Virginia