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Kid's
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"Rate
Your Plate"
is ready to play!!
A new interactive
nutrition education game for kids. Students will learn about the
Food Guide Pyramid, the Dietary Guidelines and the food label
while selecting foods for a meal. Click the image to play. We've
added new foods to the game. Have fun!
Our thanks
to The University of Connecticut Information Technology Services,
Web Development Lab, especially Mike Russo and Andy DePalma for
their hard work on the development of this game.
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Nutrition
Fact Sheets
You can download
any or all of these two-page fact sheets. They'll give you an
easy-to-read overview of the latest information on the following
topics:
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Send
us your favorite snack recipe!
Send
a detailed recipe. We'll test it here at UCONN and if we decide
to post it on the website, you'll receive a special gift, plus
credit on the site! Click here
to download the recipe form.
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Nutrition
sites for kids!
These are
sites that have fun nutrition or food-related activities for kids.
Take a moment and explore. You might learn a little and
you'll definitely have fun! For more links, go to the Resources
section of this website and click on "lots of links".
- Smart-Mouth: From the Center for Science in the Public Interest, this web site is designed to teach kids that healthy eating can be fun. Games teach kids (and their parents and teachers) how to eat well and resist the food industry's marketing campaigns. Kids can see how their favorite restaurant foods stack up, play "true or false" with a food industry spokesman, and "bite back" by asking food companies and government officials to promote nutrition. http://Smart-Mouth.org
- TAKE 10! TM : Developed by the International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI) Center for Health Promotion, TAKE 10! TM is a classroom-based physical activity program for kindergarten to fifth grade students. It is a curriculum tool created by teachers for teachers and students and is linked to academic learning objectives. TAKE 10! materials contain safe and age-appropriate 10-minute physical activities. http://www.take10.net/whatistake10.asp
- VERB. It's what you do: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): A paid media campaign (beginning in October 2002) to encourage positive activity—both physical and prosocial activity—among youth ages 9-13. http://www.cdc.gov/youthcampaign/index.htm
- 4girls, National Women's Health Information Center : Designed to encourage adolescent girls (ages 10-16) to choose healthy behaviors by providing health-related information in an interactive, user-friendly format. Includes six sections: Becoming a Woman; Fit for Life; You Are What You Eat; Mind Over Matters; Choosing Not to Use; and Putting It All Together. http://4girls.gov
- Kidnetic.com
is a Web site that communicates healthy eating and active living
information in meaningful and relevant ways to kids aged 9-12
and their families. Kidnetic.com is intended to encourage kids
and their families to begin the process of behavior change toward
healthy lifestyles.
- BAM! a new site for teens
that answers all of your questions on health.
- Home
Plate - a new site sponsored by the Boston College Eating
Awareness Team. It contains
well-written, non-judgemental articles about both healthful
and disordered eating.
- Kids
Health - a great place to learn about nutrition, your body,
fitness, etc. Check it out!
- Nutrition
Explorations- Sponsor: National Dairy Council
Inventive learning activities from the National Dairy Council
bring Chef Combo's
message of "making good food choices" to grade school
students.
- Kellogg's
Nutrition - Go to the Nutrition Camp and play a cool game
with the pyramid (you need Shockwave to play)
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