ADULT COURSES
NOTE: Courses for children are also available.
The Food Bank's Nutrition Department offers the following education programs for adults:
Loving Your Family Feeding Their Future (Parents)
This 4-session program provides to easy to understand nutrition information that is useful, relevant and reflects
the Dietary Guidelines for Americans and MyPyramid.
Lessons focus on how parents can help their families eat better and be more physically active by promoting seven simple habits:
Habit #1: Vary your veggies
Habit #2: Focus on fruits
Habit #3: Get your calcium-rich foods
Habit #4: Make half your grains whole
Habit #5: Go lean with protein
Habit #6: Watch your fats, sugar, and salt (sodium)
Habit #7: Balance what you eat with physical activity
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Each participant receives a guidebook that provides information about the amount of food to eat
each day from each food group, tips on buying foods to stretch food dollars, tips on serving foods, including low-cost recipes, and ideas for getting children to eat healthier foods and be physically active every day.
Available in English and Spanish
Eat Smart. Live Strong. (Senior Adults)
This 4 part program is designed to improve fruit and vegetable consumption and physical activity among 60-74 year olds participating in or eligible for the USDA Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) nutrition assistance programs.
The FNS developed the intervention to help program providers and communities improve the health of a growing number of low-income older adults. The intervention is based on the Dietary Guidelines for Americans and MyPyramid as well as a review of promising practices.
This program is available as a 4-part series or as individual lessons. |
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Available in English only
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