A game that encourages a player to eat nutritious food items that includes a game board having a plurality of contiguous spaces defining a playing path, wherein each space designates a given activity, and wherein one activity is designated to encourage the player to eat a nutritious food item; a playing piece for each player; chance means for determining the number of spaces a player can advance a playing piece along the playing path; and, means for encouraging the player to eat a nutritious food item based on the playing piece landing on a respective space on said playing path.