Effective nutrition education can motivate and enable students to adopt healthful dietary patterns and
healthy lifestyles. Food for Thought will allow you to deliver effective nutrition education. There are
many benefits for students who are well nourished and physically active. These include:
• Improved attendance
• Improved energy level
• Improved participation
• Improved behavior
• Improved test scores
• Improved academic success
• Reduced fatigue
• Reduced irritability
• Reduced apathy
• Reduced anxiety
• Reduced infections
• Reduced absences
Each lesson in Food for Thought includes the following sections:
• Objectives: Healthful Living, Math and English Language Arts objectives
• Teacher Resources: background information to help prepare the lesson is included
• Materials Needed: additional items have been kept to a minimum
• Handouts: all student handouts are included with this packet
• Focus: an activity designed to get students focused on the topic to be covered in the lesson
• Teacher Input: material to be presented by the teacher
• Practice and Assessment: handouts and activities to be completed by students
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