Nutrition Education
The University of California CalFresh Nutrition Education Program (UC CalFresh NEP) operates through a joint agreement among the U.S. Department of Agriculture/Food and Nutrition Service, the California Department of Social Services CalFresh Program, and the University of California Cooperative Extension. UC CalFresh NEP consists of adult, family, and...
The California Department of Education has compiled a list of resrouces, initiatives, and policies geared towards improving nutrition and establishing healthy eating habits in school, child care, adult, and after school settings. Topics include California's Farm-to-School Program and Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program, Classroom Cooking, Competitive Foods...
Nutrition to Grow On is an innovative middle-school curriculum that offers teachers a direct link between the garden and nutrition education. The curriculum teaches children about nutrition and where their food comes from, by taking them through the steps of planting, maintaining, and harvesting their own vegetable garden.
UC Davis established the Center for Nutrition in Schools (CNS) in response to the needs of teachers and administrators for nutrition education resources and professional development opportunities. CNS provides research-based nutrition education programs and resources that improve student health and assist students in achieving their full potential...
The Shaping Healthy Choices Program is a multi-component, school-based intervention that was developed to improve children’s health. The program integrates activities within four components: nutrition education and promotion, family and community partnerships, foods available on the school campus with an emphasis on regional agriculture, and school...
This website offers free resources for LA County health professionals and educators including publications and videos. Choose Health LA was a local initiative of the LA County Department of Public Health to prevent and control chronic disease.
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This PDF, available in both Enlgih and Spanish, teaches families through a one-year training program how to integrate physical activity and nutrition education into a parenting.
The program was found to be effective in reducing the risk of low-income, preschool-age Latino children being overweight. The authors concluded that a combination of...
ChopChop is filled with nutritious, delicious, ethnically diverse, and inexpensive recipes for kids. Winner of the prestigious James Beard Foundation Award for Publication of the Year, this quarterly magazine is published in both Spanish and English. It also has food facts, games and puzzles, and interviews with healthy heroes ranging from kid...
EatFresh.org is an online resource for CalFresh eligible individuals and families, though this website is a great resource for anyone who wants to improve their health. EatFresh.org seeks to: encourage cooking at home with fresh foods and minimally processed non-perishables, show users that healthy change can happen even when barriers exist, and help...
The Expanded Food & Nutrition Education Program is a partnership of the University of California, the USDA, county governments, and California residents. The program's mission is to assist low-income youth and families with young children to acquire knowledge, skills, attitudes, and changed behavior necessary to choose nutritionally sound diets and...
A nationwide team of AmeriCorps members who connect kids to real food and help them grow up healthy by partnering with schools to help provide food and nutrition education, lead hands-on activities such as gardening and cooking, and work with school food directors and staff to integrate healthier foods into breakfast, lunch, snack programs, and more....
Envisioned and supported by Jane and Terry Semel, the Healthy Campus Initiative (HCI) is committed to making UCLA the healthiest campus in America. Rooted in UCLA's long-term commitment to fostering a culture of health and wellbeing, HCI supports the enhancement and expansion of current health and wellbeing efforts; offers new and interesting approaches...
This manual presents a general overview of how to implement a salad bar program in an elementary school cafeteria.
Based on lessons learned while launching salad bars on several Los Angeles campuses, it is designed for schools, cafeteria personnel, parents or other community members and covers the full process from planning to maintenance and...
The Kitchen Garden Laboratory uses cooking as a prism for learning science — and science as a way to understand healthy eating and nutrition. Its programs promote delicious, nutritious eating for better health outcomes, while fostering food and STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) literacy.
The garden is a living laboratory for...
NFSN is an information, advocacy, and networking hub for communities bringing local food sourcing and food-and-agriculture education into school systems and preschools. It has curated thousands of resources related to farm-to-school and farm-to-preschool.
It provides vision, leadership, and support at the state, regional and national levels to...
NEOPB is a statewide movement to improve the health of low-income Californians through increased fruit and vegetable consumption and daily physical activity. NEOPB addresses the statewide obesity epidemic through food and activity education, breastfeeding support, community development strategies, and marketing of healthy behaviors.
It works...
Seeds to Plate, based out of LAUSD's Mark Twain Middle School in Mar Vista, California, believes that school garden programs foster a deep understanding of academic subjects by connecting traditional content areas to the natural world. This academically integrated curriculum was created for sixth to eighth graders using the California Common Core, Next...
SNaX is a school-based program that aims to empower students and families to make healthy decisions about nutrition and exercise. On their website, designed for students, parents, and community members, you will find SNaX materials (videos, parent worksheets, student advocate guides, and bookmarks) to help students learn fun facts about healthy eating...
This article includes an assessment of the potential and challenges of the elementary school cafeteria as a setting and resource for nutrition education, with evaluation of the development and implementation of a toolkit for nutrition education by elementary food services staff.
The goal of the project was to take advantage of the potential of...
The Daily Scoop is a series of fun, kid-friendly nutirition tips. They can be added to the daily school-wide announcements or to a teacher's opening routine.
The messages are designed as an easy nutrition education tool to help schools/districts meet wellness policy goals, and elevate the importance of nutrition education to a daily practice...
How can you improve the preK-12 dining experience and inspire healthy habits in schools? This two-page PDF summarizes projects from the University of California and it's Global Food Initiative aimed at improving school food and nutrition.
