Shoney’s Restaurants and East Tennessee Children’s Hospital know that helping children maintain a healthy lifestyle involves learning about what makes up a healthy diet along with daily exercise. With that goal in mind, an innovative Eating & Living Healthy program has been developed to give third-grade students throughout East Tennessee an interactive curriculum that teaches the importance of combining nutrition and exercise.

Shoney’s Restaurants strongly believes in contributing to the communities surrounding their restaurants. In 1996, in maintaining their ongoing partnership, Shoney’s Restaurants and Children’s Hospital introduced the Eating & Living Healthy program to East Tennessee schools. The program offers a comprehensive outline focused on overall nutrition and fitness.

The Eating & Living Healthy program is designed to teach children how they will benefit from leading an active, healthy lifestyle. The Living Healthy component was added to encourage physical fitness as it relates to a healthy diet to create healthy kids. In addition, social relationships also influence children’s lifestyles; consequently the program does include some guidelines to facilitate intergenerational communication. Children will be encouraged to follow the Eating & Living Healthy program at school and they will find the color coded food pyramid on the Kids Menu at their local Shoney’s Restaurant.

The curriculum has been distributed to third-grade classrooms throughout Knox, Blount, Loudon, Sevier, Campbell, Anderson and Roane counties. It is still available to teachers. If you are interested in receiving this curriculum, contact the Shoney’s Main Office at (865) 690-6331.