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FAQs1. The Cups From the Ground Up Challenge emphasizes getting your cups of fruits and vegetables each day including possibly those from your own garden. The challenge runs May 1-31 and is open to all South Dakotans. You cannot enter activity before May 1. You have until June 5 to enter your cups of fruits and vegetables.
2. This challenge is to increase awareness of the importance of fruits and vegetables and to encourage you to increase your intake as part of a healthy diet. Strive for 2-2.5 cups of fruit and 2.5-3.5 cups of vegetables per day. |
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Want to improve your health and have fun at the same time? The Cups From the Ground Up Healthy Challenge does just that!
This challenge is open to all South Dakotans and promotes fruit and vegetable intake including those you may grow. Most fruits and vegetables are naturally low in calories and provide essential nutrients and dietary fiber. They may also play a role in preventing certain chronic diseases. When compared to people who eat only small amounts of fruits and vegetables, those who eat more generous amounts as part of a healthy diet tend to have reduced risk of chronic diseases. These diseases include stroke, type 2 diabetes, some types of cancer, and perhaps cardiovascular disease and hypertension.
This section of the HealthySD.gov site makes it easy to get started.
Ready to take the Challenge?
Unless you signed up for a challenge since January 2009, please complete sign-up again. This will allow you to provide up-to-date information and to change your email address or password if desired. You can use the same email address and password as last time but we need you to re-enter this information to "clean-up" the data base. Thank you for taking this time.
If you have already signed up for this Healthy Challenge or a challenge since January 2009, you may sign in here with your email address and password. If you are having trouble remembering your password, CLICK HERE and have your password sent to the e-mail address on file.
If you are new to the Healthy Challenges, click "Sign Me Up" to create an account.
