NUTRITION EDUCATION RESOURCES

Sue Zevan, R.D.

Arizona Nutrition Network

From Eat Smart, Play Hard

Helps parents and caregivers

Making healthy eating and physical activity part of celebrations 

Low-cost recipes and ideas for better choices

Tips for planning events

FREE

Discover more about

Create Healthy, Active Celebrations on the FNS web page at:

http://www.fns.usda.gov/eatsmartplayhardhealthylifestyle/QuickandEasy/celebrations.pdf

Nutritious Story Time

Training Manual

• Nutrition Education using children’s literature

• Developed by Florida WIC program

• Can be used for all young children

• Encourages reading to children

• Includes objectives for children and parents

• Nutrition Tips for Parents

Children’s Literature

• Lesson plans for children’s books such as Eating the Alphabet

• I Will Never Not Ever Not Eat a Tomato• Feast for 10• The Very Hungry Caterpillar• Carlos and Clarice Moove to Low Fat Milk• Give Me 5 a Day (January, 2009)

FREE

• Available for free download at www.doh.state.fl.us/family/wic/index.html

FREE

• Available for free download at www.doh.state.fl.us/family/wic/index.html

Be Wise About Your Portion Size

Florida Interagency Food & Nutrition Committee

• A group of state agencies whose mission is to coordinate the delivery of effective nutrition and food safety programs and services to the public.

Resource Manual

• Lesson Plans and Activities– Preschool– Elementary– Teens– Adults– Elders

About the Lesson Plans

• Adapt them to fit your group or class.

• Mix and match the activities and handouts.

• Use in your nutrition education classes and presentations.

Handouts

• Consumer Handouts—Available in full color and black-and-white camera-readies

• Lesson Plan Handouts--Black-and-White only

FREE

• Available at http://www.doh.state.fl.us/family/obesity/documents/BeWise.html

MORE

• Resource List in packet

• Nutrition Education Materials list in packet

• Coming this fall/winter-- MyPyramid for Preschoolers at www.mypyramid.gov