Nutrition: Education
Educating others about nutrition is important and challenging work.The Minnesota Department of Health to support efforts that:
- Promote healthy eating
- Stop or slow down food related disease through screening and detection
- Improve the quality of life for those already diagnosed with a chronic disease
With so much information out there online and in the media, knowing where to start can be the hard part. The resources below represent some of the programs that may be of use in your work.
Nutrition Education Resources
- Dietary Assessment
- Curricula
- LANA: Learning About Nutrition through Activities Preschool Program
- Fruit and Veggies More Matters
- Produce for Better Health
- Minnesota Grown
- Action for Healthy Kids
- Minnesota Food Nutrition Network
- Eat Well Work Well
Links
- Arbor Nutrition Guide www.arborcom.com - one of the world's leading nutrition portal sites.
- Leadership for Healthy Communities
What's New
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Great Trays Skills for Excellence (PDF 968 KB/21 pgs) A new tool for school nutrition professionals in Minnesota that helps to inventory workforce skills and identify existing curriculums for continuing staff education.
- Health In My Hometown
MDH and thirteen communities gave cameras to youth to document what helps them or holds them back from being healthy.
