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How to Make an Engaging Nutrition Poster
A great nutrition poster does one job: it stops someone in a hallway, cafeteria, or clinic waiting room and delivers a single healthy idea before they've even finished walking by. The good news is you don't need to be a designer to make one that works. You just need a clear message and a few simple principles, and this guide walks you through both.
MyPlate Printable Handout
I am having so much fun coming up with new free printable nutrition education materials. Today I want to focus on MyPlate. Here's a brand-new handout that I've created, just for you!
How Much Salt is in Your Soup?
Help your clients reduce the sodium in a bowl of soup by making soup at home. Here are two of my favorite soup recipes, which are perfect for cooking demonstrations or speedy handouts. You can also prepare samples at home and then bring them to your next session. The samples make equally-good health fair booth lures. Which will you try first?
Get Ready for Nutrition Month!
March is National Nutrition Month. Do you have everything you need to teach engaging and timely nutrition lessons?
MyPlate Exploration: Red and Orange Vegetables
Remember the Flavor Exploration series from 2014? In that collection, we took an in-depth look at amazing flavor powerhouses, examining their nutrient content, impact on health, history, and culinary uses. Now it's time to do the same thing with MyPlate's subgroups, starting with vegetables.
8 Fun Facts About Squash
Fall and winter are squash season. Are you ready to cook with it?
National Nutrition Month: Are You Ready?
National Nutrition Month is just around the corner -- are you ready for it? Planning an event? Check out our handy planner!
Nutrition Month Contest Ideas
Well, National Nutrition Month is over. We sure had a lot of fun celebrating this year. One of our favorite celebrations was our free poster contest, which we ran every week on our Facebook page. Each week we asked a question we were dying to the know the answer to, and each week we picked a winning post and gave away a new poster. Want to see who won each poster?
Nutrition Month Resource Rundown
March is National Nutrition Month! What a great opportunity to remind your clients of the health and nutrition lessons that are closest to your heart! To make your life a little easier, I did a great big round up of helpful links for Nutrition Month...
Free Handout: Nutrition Month for Kids
Nutrition Month can be fun for the whole family! Don't leave kids out of the loop -- these lessons are important for them too. To help with that idea, and to finish off our week of bonus Nutrition Month posts, today we bring you a wonderful handout that offers a perfect way to introduce important information about nutrition.
National Nutrition Month is Coming Right Up!
March is National Nutrition Month! That's only a few short weeks away -- are you ready to help your clients make the most of it?
National Nutrition Month is Coming Right Up!
March is National Nutrition Month! That's only a few short weeks away -- are you ready to help your clients make the most of it?
Fast and Cheap School Lunches
We still need to feed our families and make the most of our meals...
Fast and Cheap School Lunches
We still need to feed our families and make the most of our meals...
Reduce Stress & Stress Eating
Stress eating plays a role in many people's battles with weight management. Fortunately, there are many ways to cope with stress without overeating. Here are a few ideas...
Cracking the Vault: Pleasure versus Hunger Eating
The research on cravings suggests that eating for pleasure versus hunger may drive us to crave highly palatable foods.
Get Low: Make Low-Sodium Choices
According to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, "74.5 million Americans—34 percent of U.S. adults—have hypertension."
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