SIOUX FALLS, S.D (KELO AM) - The city's health initiative, "Live Well Sioux Falls," is launching a program to teach residents how to eat healthy on a budget.
Stan Kogan with the Health Department says the store tours focus on food labels, price comparisons and identifying true whole grain products.
Kogan say there are four main areas of concern in the eating health tour. They include: food label, unit price comparison, identifying real whole grain products and picking produce.
He says picking produce includes fresh, frozen and canned and how to best prepare the,
Tour participants receive a ten dollar certificate for fruits and vegetables. That is made possible by a grant forn "Share Our Strength's No Kid Hungry" campaign.
"Live Well Sioux Falls" partners with Hy-Vee and other local grocers and organizations to offer free grocery tours to teach residents how to eat healthy on a budget.
Kogan says Sioux Falls and South Dakota rank low in making fruit and vegetables staples in their diets.
