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Can you find the suitable snacks for super smiles?

Playing this game with your child will encourage them to enjoy more ‘tooth-friendly’ snacks in between meals, keeping sugary foods and drinks to meal times only.

Introducing some of these snacks into your child’s diet can help to prevent tooth decay, and reduce the frequency and overall amount of sugar in their diet.

How to play

Have fun playing the game with your child in just three easy steps:

Step one

Download and print off the three parts to the activity:

Snacks for super smiles activity

Step Two

Cut out the selection of snacks and encourage your child to sort the foods into ‘snacks suitable for super smiles’, ‘foods to have occasionally with a meal’ and those ‘best to avoid’. Get them to place each snack picture onto the blank answer table under the heading they think it fits.

Step Three

Use the completed answer table to check the snacks are in the right place. Talk to your child about why certain snacks are suitable for super smiles, while others are best suited occasionally with a meal and the reason why some are best to avoid, along with the importance of reducing sugar in their diet to prevent tooth decay.

Useful links

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Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust runs a confidential secure text messaging service for parents of children aged 0-19 years called Chat Health. The service operates Monday to Friday between 9am and 5pm, excluding bank holidays. All texts will be responded to by a public health nurse (health visitor/school nurse) within 24 hours. Outside of the service working hours, you’ll receive a message back to inform you that your text will be responded to once the line reopens.

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Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust runs the Healthy Together Helpline for parents and carers in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. The Helpline’s qualified health and administrative professionals offer easy to access, safe and free advice, support and signposting. Calls are answered from 9am – 4.30pm on weekdays, excluding bank holidays. Calls are charged at the same rate as calling a standard landline number.

Should you require urgent health advice in the meantime, please contact your GP, visit an NHS walk-in centre or call NHS 111. For emergencies, dial 999 or visit A&E.

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Page last reviewed: 25-03-2025

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