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USDA, Food and Nutrition Service, Team Nutrition
Use this educational toolkit to help kids, parents, and school nutrition professionals learn about healthy school meals.
Information for Educators
For specific resources, see:
- Nutrition and Food Safety Education
- Curricula and Lesson Plans
- Sources of Nutrition Education Materials
- The Nutrition Facts Panel
- Know the Science
- Start Simple with MyPlate
- Print Materials for school and child care centers that participate in Federal Child Nutrition Programs
- Nutrition Based Physical Activity Games
Purdue University, Purdue Extension
Activities to help students become more active
HHS, Food and Drug Administration
The Health Educator’s Nutrition Toolkit is designed to help health educators, dietitians, physicians, other health care and nutrition professionals, social workers, youth counselors, and program directors teach consumers about the Nutrition Facts label and how to use the information it provides to make healthier food choices.
HHS, Office of Health Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
The Eat Healthy, Be Active community workshops are based on the Dietary Guidelines for Americans and the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans. Each of these six 1-hour workshops includes a lesson plan, learning objectives, talking points, hands-on activities, videos, and handouts. The workshops are used by community educators, health promoters, dietitians/nutritionists, cooperative extension agents, and others to teach to adults in a wide variety of community settings.
HHS, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
The Eat Healthy, Be Active Community Workshops are based on the Dietary Guidelines for Americans and the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans. The workshops are used by community educators, health promoters, dietitians/nutritionists, cooperative extension agents, and others to teach adults in a wide variety of community settings.
To order free copies of the Eat Healthy, Be Active Community Workshops in English, please go to https://epublication.fda.gov/epub/ and click these filters: Nutrition > Health educators > Orderable Hardcopies > Apply, and scroll down to Eat Healthy, Be Active Community Workshops.
In 1980, the first publication of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans was released. Since then, the Dietary Guidelines have become the cornerstone of Federal food and nutrition guidance. Includes Previous Editions of Dietary Guidelines for Americans
CACFP, Department of Agriculture
Links to CACFP State Office Websites
Extension Foundation.
Find tools and resources for food service providers, policy makers, health professionals and parents to promote healthy food choices in school food environments.
HHS, Food and Drug Administration
FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition developed “Everyday Food Safety” resources to increase food safety awareness among young adults ages 18 – 29.
European Food Information Council
Online game for ages 6-8 years and 9-12 years translations available in French, Greek, Italian and Spanish with Adult version guide.