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Nutrition Makeover Contest at Hy-Vee

Three families will compete in an eight-week health and wellness contest sponsored by a Hy-Vee store.

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — Three families will compete in an eight-week health and wellness contest sponsored by a Hy-Vee store here.

Applications for the "Extreme Family Nutrition Makeover" contest are currently available at Hy-Vee's Grand Avenue store. The application deadline is June 1. All applicants must have at least one child between the ages of 5 and 17.

Three families will be chosen to participate in an eight-week nutrition contest beginning June 15. The winning family will get $1,000. The brainchild of 
Hy-Vee's Grand Avenue store dietitian Lori Graff, the contest pits the families against each other in areas like physical fitness, cooking, eating meals together as a family and losing weight, if necessary. Each family will keep a journal documenting exercise, cooking and other health and wellness activities they've engaged in during the day. Graff will analyze the journals and reward activities with points.

"They'll get a certain number of points if they eat a fruit or vegetable, or eat a meal together as a family or do a physical activity together," Graff told SN.

Hy-Vee will document the families' progress in photos posted at the store’s entrance. "All our customers can watch their progress through pictures we display of family doing things together like cooking or going on a hike," Graff said.

The contest is currently offered only at the Grand Avenue store. The winning family will be announced in August.

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