ZisBoomBah

    ZisBoomBah empowers and inspires children and their families’ with the tools to live a fun, active and healthy life. Pick Chow! Across America cook-off events are held in select locations across the US featuring celebrity chefs and kid assistants who compete to develop kid-friendly, healthier meals.

“Dr. Melton has used this technique with his own kids an says, “That impacted them more than any lesson I could give about nutrition.” For younger children, check out the interactive site zisboombah.com, where kids can “build” a healthy plate online and you can find child-friendly recipes. Another goodie: “Fizzy’s Lunch Lab,” an animated Web-only series about cooking on pbs.org”

“There’s a reason why First Lady Michelle Obama chose ZisBoomBah as the number one app for healthy kids. It’s fun, engaging and teaches kids to make their own healthy meals from a combination of a wide variety of choices.”

“Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, U.S. Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra and Let’s Move! Executive Director Robin Schepper recognized teams from across the nation that answered the call to design games and apps that encourage healthy eating and physical activity”.

“Fourteen judges poured over the 95 accepted applications and determined the best of the best, based on the app’s creativity, originality and potential to engage.”

“How do you make kids more healthy and active in these high-tech times?  You design an app.  The 12 winning apps were announced Wednesday and include: Pick Chow!: Kids drag and drop food onto a plate to create a well-balanced meal.”

“Winning games included…Pick Chow!, one of several menu planning apps and games. The competition, started in March as part of First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! initiative, aimed to spur software developers, game designers, and students to create healthy and motivational — but fun — apps for children.”

“If your child has chosen meals that the family would enjoy, Zis Boom Bah makes it easy to go from the computer to table”

“ZisBoomBah, aims to teach kids the ABC’s of nutritious eating by letting them plan what’s for dinner.”

“Zisboombah flips conventional wisdom by shifting some of the mealtime responsibility to kids. Dragging and dropping different foods onto their virtual plate, kids are guided by the “Add It Up!” meters and a 5-star meal rating system that illustrates the nutritional quality of their meal.”