Superfood Squad || Growing Healthy Food

Including the battle with Dr Sweet Tooth!

A fiFixers comic Story and Artwork by children from Dartford

Hi, we’re Emily and LuLu (both 26), and we created this book with the help of Fixers, the charity that gives young people a voice.

We want to help young people to eat healthier and connect with nature.

We didn’t have time to start a vegetable patch so we got involved with a local allotment and health centre where we took children from Oakfield Primary School, Dartford. With their help, we made some art to use in this book. It’s designed to help children understand the benefits of producing tasty, healthy food.

Thanks to the children of Oakf ield Primary School for the illustrations in this book!

Dr Sweet Tooth has a sickly, sinister, and not-so-sweet master plan to rule the world!

Eating, drinking too many of his sugary sweets and drinks is unhealthy*... but he doesn’t care!

WHO WILL SAVE US?! *Most adults and children in the UK eat too much sugar: www,nhs.uk/Livewell/goodfood/pages/sugars.aspx#how-much

That’s where YOU come in!

Seed!

Growing your own food at home is simple, and fun!

With some good soil... ...a nice bit of sun... ...and a top-up of water... ...you can grow tasty, healthy food!

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Meet the Valiant Veg and Feisty Fruit of...

PAIR OF

MARVELLOUS MELON

BANGING BEETROOT

POWERFU

PEARS

SUPER STRAWBERRY

COURAGEOUS CARROT TENACIOUS TOMATO

UL PEAS PUNCHING PEPPER!

Fruit and veg gain nutrients as they grow...

...to get big and strong so that YOU get big and strong.

by growing food at home, you can see how they get bigger and bigger!

There’s no need for Dr Sweet Tooth anymore!

Vegetables like carrots boost Vitamin A, which helps vision, healthy skin, and good general health...*

Fruit and veg like Peppers and Strawberries contain Vitamin C, which helps your immune system*

Lots of veg also contain Vitamin K and Calcium which build strong bones, and iron which helps produce healthy blood cells*

So long, Dr Sweet Tooth! *NHS Choices

There’s no match for home-grown food! You learn where your food comes from, grow strong and healthy... AND it tastes great!

So why not create your own...

For more info on healthy food, visit www.nhs.uk/livewell/healthy-eating www.nhs.uk/change4life For more info on growing food, visit www.vegetable-gardening-online.com/child-vegetable-garden.html

It’s recommended that adults eat a maximum of 7 sugar cubes a day, whereas children should have less - about 5 sugar cubes for 4-6 year olds, or 6 sugar cubes for 7-10 year olds.

A can of cola can have 9 cubes of sugar added to it. Natural foods like fruit, have natural sugar which is better for you.

Source: www.nhs.uk/Livewell/vGoodfood/Pages/sugars.aspx

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This booklet has been produced with the help of Fixers, the campaign that helps young people ‘use their past to fix their future’.

Fixers is part-funded by the National Lottery Company 2194957 FixersUK through the Big Lottery CharityFund.

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