DENVER, Colo. -- “Being healthy doesn't have to be difficult,” Julie Hammerstein told kids at the Dream Big Day Camp, a Denver-based kid’s camp where nutrition and lifelong health is the focus.

“This camp is based on creating activities that get kids moving and what it really means to live well through exercise and through good nutrition,” said Hammerstein, a nutritionist and family wellness coach for the camp.

“Kids love to learn and they like to have simple tools like that they can articulate and really bring into the family dynamic,” said Hammerstein.

Hammerstein created a curriculum that involves reading food labels, making healthy snacks and understanding the Go, Slow, Whoa program as it relates to the food pyramid.

“How many have you learned about the 'Go, Slow, Whoa' foods in school?” Hammerstein asked her students as she pointed to a chart of the food pyramid.

“You've got your fruits and vegetables,” explained Hammerstein. “You've got your grains, you've got your dairy products, you've got your protein. "

Bri Witkoff said she learned that “Go is really good foods that you can pick from a tree, get from the ground or from an animal."

“So when we talk about the Go, Slow, Whoa foods, it's just an easier way of remembering the food pyramid and then also deciding how often we should have foods that aren't so great for us,” said Hammerstein.

A pile of groceries sat on the table next to the pyramid chart. It included popcorn, broccoli, macaroni and cheese, peanut butter, goldfish crackers, Coca-Cola, a banana, yogurt, green beans and peas. Hammerstein picked out a Gatorade drink and pointed to the label.

“The first place to start when reading the nutrition label is the serving size and the number of servings in the package,” said Hammerstein. “Then look at grams of fat."

Witkoff said she has learned that food labels are important tools in eating healthier.

"I look at the sugar and how many grams of sugar it has and how many total grams of fat it has. And if it has 14 grams or more of sugar,” she said. “ I think it's a 'Whoa' food and it's not good.”

Hammerstein pointed to the number of grams on the Gatorade label, which showed zero grams of fat.

When the kids looked closer, they were surprised to find that it was a 'Whoa' food due to the number of servings in carbohydrates and calories.

Witkoff said she learned that “I need healthy food instead of 'Whoa' foods so we can run and play and do all the stuff at Dream Big Day Camp.”

Dream Big Day Camp is available year-round for families with pre-kindergarten age children to late teens. For more information, contact Dream Big Day Camp