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          FDA's New Online "Snack Shack" in Whyville Teaches Youth about the Nutrition Facts LabelCFSAN Constituent Updates FDA's New Online "Snack Shack" in Whyville Teaches Youth about the Nutrition Facts Label
  
  	
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March 15, 2016

This month is National Nutrition Month® and to mark the occasion, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is announcing the launch of *Snack Shack*, a new destination in the popular Whyville online community. *Snack Shack* gives kids hands-on experience in understanding and using the Nutrition Facts Label as a tool to compare snacks, make smart food choices, and build healthy lifelong habits.

The *Snack Shack* includes two interactive games that teach Whyville “citizens” to understand the Nutrition Facts Label and practice using it.

**Label Lingo**introduces players to the Nutrition Facts Label and its various elements. A series of “challenge” rounds quiz players about each label element. For example, “Choose the food that has the lowest % Daily Value of sodium.” Hints are available to offer helpful tips when needed.
	**Snack Sort**builds upon key knowledge from Label Lingo and lets players collaborate with other citizens. Players sort and rank colorful cartoon foods in the*Snack Shack* pantry, using the Nutrition Facts Label for reference.Whyville Snack Shack ScreenshotFDA is proposing to update the Nutrition Facts Label for packaged foods, and the Whyville *Snack Shack* games will be updated accordingly in the future. For more information, see Proposed Changes to theNutrition Facts Label.

Whyville is an award winning website that hosts a virtual world where children ages 8 to 15 play, explore, create, and learn together. This virtual world fosters creativity, initiative, critical thinking and entrepreneurial spirit, all within a safe, monitored environment.

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Read the Label Youth Outreach Campaign
	Nutrition Facts Label Programs and Materials®2016 eatright.org. Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

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