Fitness and nutrition game apparatus and method of play

A fitness and nutrition education game apparatus comprising

• a playing board having a plurality of contiguous playing spaces disposed thereon defining a playing path that follows a generally serpentine path between a starting position and an ending position and a first station and a second station disposed thereon between adjacent contiguous spaces located respectively at substantially one-third and two-thirds the length of said playing path as measured from the starting position, said playing spaces having player directives marked thereon, said player directives including directions to select one of a first plurality of playing cards and directions to select one of a second plurality of playing cards, said directions to select one of a second plurality of playing cards being located on respective playing spaces immediately preceding said first station and said second station and on a playing space immediately preceding the next to last playing space adjacent to the ending position;
• a set of playing pieces for each player comprising three separate body image representations shaped in the form of a human being, said separate body image representations including an obese body image representation, a chubby body image representation and a slim body image representation, said separate representations being nestable;
• a die;
• a first plurality of playing cards each having disposed thereon a first question of moderate difficulty about nutrition, diet, exercise and fitness and a corresponding correct first answer to the first question;
• and
• a second plurality of playing cards each having disposed thereon a second question of advanced difficulty about nutrition, diet, exercise and fitness and a corresponding correct second answer to the second question.

A method of play for a fitness and nutrition education game comprising

• advancing a playing piece comprising a representation of a body image along a playing path formed by a plurality of contiguous spaces for a number of spaces determined by a throw of a die;
• advancing a playing piece along said playing path in accordance to player directives marked on said contiguous playing spaces;
• advancing a playing piece along said playing path by correctly answering a first question of moderate difficulty about nutrition, diet, exercise and fitness;
• advancing a playing piece along said playing path by correctly answering a second question of advanced difficulty about nutrition, diet, exercise and fitness;
• and
• exchanging said playing piece for a playing piece comprising a representation of a more fit body image as a reward for correctly answering said second question of advanced difficulty about nutrition, diet, exercise and fitness.

A method of play for a fitness and nutrition education game comprising

• advancing a nested set of playing pieces comprising an obese body image representation, a chubby body image representation and a slim body image representation along a playing path formed by a plurality of contiguous spaces for a number of spaces determined by a throw of a die;
• advancing said set of playing pieces along said playing path in accordance to player directives marked on said contiguous playing spaces;
• advancing said set of playing pieces along said playing path by correctly answering a first question of moderate difficulty about nutrition, diet, exercise and fitness;
• advancing said set of playing pieces past a first station and a second station along said playing path by correctly answering a second question of advanced difficulty about nutrition, diet, exercise and fitness;
• and
• removing said obese body image representation from said set of playing pieces at said first station as a reward for correctly answering a said second question of advanced difficulty about nutrition, diet, exercise and fitness;
• and
• removing said chubby body image representation from said set of playing pieces at said second station as a reward for correctly answering a said second question of advanced difficulty about nutrition, diet, exercise and fitness.