Healthy Eating

We've created ready-to-use activities and challenges to help employees with healthy eating.

You may use these as they are or adjust them to meet your agency's needs.

How to Request an Activity or Challenge

Email WFHT.TN@tn.gov.

After Hosting an Activity or Challenge

Please ask participants to complete this post-activity survey to help us improve future wellness programming.

  • Breakfast Crossword: Participants can get a brain workout with this breakfast-themed crossword puzzle.
  • Eat Your Veggies Word Scramble: This quick activity challenges participants to test their knowledge of vegetables.
  • Fats & Oils Quiz: Participants test their nutrition knowledge about fats and oils through a 14-question quiz.
  • Food Label Activity: Participants get to know the foods they're eating a bit better in this activity. Earn points for nutritious choices!
  • Grocery Store Scavenger Hunt: Participants find listed food items by visiting a grocery store or local farmers market.
  • Heart Healthy Food Trivia: Participants can test their knowledge of heart-healthy foods with this trivia.
  • Holiday Food Word Search: Participants search for traditional holiday foods in this seasonal word search activity.
  • How to Host a Healthier Potluck: This checklist helps employees plan a fun and healthier potluck.
  • Nutrition Jeopardy: This virtual game tests nutrition knowledge in a fun, interactive format. It works well as an icebreaker or team-building activity.
  • Portion Distortion Quiz: This quiz helps participants learn how portion sizes have changed over time and tests portion awareness.
  • Taste Test: Encourage employees to engage in healthier eating habits in the workplace by introducing them to new foods with this challenge.
  • Better Bites BINGO: Participants complete a horizontal, vertical or diagonal row of healthy eating activities on the BINGO card.
  • Green Plate Challenge: This one-week challenge encourages eating more green fruits and vegetables to support overall health.
  • Small Steps to Healthier Eating: During this one-week challenge, participants take small steps to help align their overall eating habits with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans.
  • Pack Your Lunch Challenge: This two-week challenge encourages packing healthier lunches for work.
  • Personalize My Plate Challenge: Participants take a personalized approach to the nutrition their bodies need in this two-week challenge.
  • 5-A-Day Challenge: This four-week challenge focuses on increasing fruits and vegetables as part of a healthy diet.
  • 48-A-Day Water Challenge: This challenge encourages drinking at least 48 ounces of water each day.
  • Better Beverage Challenge: This four-week challenge supports healthier hydration by helping participants gradually cut back on high-calorie drinks and add better beverage choices.
  • Bite-Sized Changes Challenge: In this challenge, participants will be making small (bite-sized) changes to improve their overall eating habits.
  • Create a Healthier Plate: This four-week challenge encourages participants to make most of their meals well-balanced. Participants will fill in a food journal throughout the challenge.
  • Exotic Fruit Challenge: This two-week challenge allows participants to work on their two-a-day fruit habit by completing as many squares as they can on the tracking sheet.
  • Fall Fruit and Veggie BINGO: In honor of National Fruits and Veggies Month, participants will fill in a square for every fruit and veggie they enjoy. Complete a row horizontally, vertically or diagonally in four weeks.
  • Flavor of the Week Challenge: This challenge encourages trying new foods and recipes to expand taste preferences and increase nutrient variety.
  • Go for the Gold: Participants earn gold medals for making healthier choices when eating.
  • Go Lean with Protein Challenge: This four-week challenge encourages participants to practice healthier habits by making healthier protein choices most of the time.
  • Healthy Eating Challenge Starter Kit:  Want to host a healthy eating challenge, but not seeing one that's perfect for you? Use this starter kit to develop your own challenge with the help of your Working for a Healthier Tennessee wellness coordinator.
  • Meatless Monday Challenge: This challenge can be celebrated any time and focuses on overall healthy eating habits while decreasing meat intake. Participants track progress using a provided worksheet.
  • Pack/Plan-A-Snack Challenge:  During this one-week challenge, participants plan and pack healthier snacks while tracking snack choices and emotions.
  • Serving Savvy Challenge: This four-week challenge helps participants better understand serving sizes to support personal health goals.