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FOOD AND NUTRITION (Ages 4-9)

Healthy eating is fostered through healthy relationships with food. Empowering children through positive nutrition messages and critical information and media literacy skills are key components of food literacy.

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Healthy Eating

These lessons focus on healthy eating messages in Canada's Food Guide.

Links to external resources developed by other Canadian and International Organizations

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

Curriculum includes K-12 units with lessons that are designed to enhance the understanding and appreciation of the problems of diabetes in Indigenous communities in the US.

Diabetes Education Tribal Schools (DETS)

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Lesson plans and tools for grades K-12 include background information for teachers and student activities on nutrition and Canada's Food Guide (2007).

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Healthy Eating Starts Here (Alberta Health)

Curriculum based lessons for K-7, activities and resources focused on increasing vegetable and fruit consumption and reducing intake of sugary drinks and sodium

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Healthy Schools BC Resources

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Media Smarts 

Developed by Canada's Centre for Digital and Media Literacy.  Resources that teach boys and girls about our cultural “thin ideal” and body image.

Utah Education

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Curriculum resources and lesson plans for grades K-12. Scroll down to the sections Food and Nutrition I, Food and Nutrition II, and Food Science.

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"Teach about Food and Nutrition in Schools: Lesson plans and ideas to facilitate experiential learning around food including food skills, nutrition, body image, growing food, and food systems.

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Vancouver Coastal Health

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HeartSmart Kids

The Heart & Stroke HeartSmart Kids programs helps educators teach children what they can do to practice healthy habits for the heart and brain. Resources include printable activities for Grade K-6 and families

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Food Choices for a Healthy Planet

Coming Soon

Last updated: June 23 2020

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