Kids Race to Eat Right

National football team striker Alexander Duric and team captain Indra Sahdan spent a Saturday afternoon inside Cold Storage Supermarket, Novena Square outlet. 

They were teaching children, including their own, to pick out healthy food option in a game -- The Kids Hunt. 

Children between the ages of 2 and 12 rushed through the shelves to pick out healthy food items within a stipulated time.

The Kids Hunt aimed to promote and teach children the importance of good nutrition to live a healthy lifestyle from young.

Duric, with daughter Isabella, six, and son Alessandro, four, won the celebrity leg of the hunt.

Indra's daughter, Elysa, six, and son, Ilyas, four, emerged second.

Cold Storage will have another healthy race -- The Cold Storage Kids Run -- at the Padang in May.

Registration fees are $20 until March 27 and $30 until it closes on April 26.

For more details or to sign up, visit www.kidsrun.com.sg

(from page A2 mypaper Monday, March 9, 2009)

By Grace Ow

Meanings

aimed = verb to point or direct; to do something

healthy = adjective having good health, freedom from disease, pain, or defect physically and mentally; well; sound

nutrition = noun process by which a human/ an animal/ a plant takes in food for growth, good health and replacing injured tissues

promote = verb to move forward, to help bring about the growth of something (e.g. general welfare, popularity, sales, grade in school, etc.)

stipulated = verb to make a specific demand or arrangement as a condition in an agreement.