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Home
Contact Us
About Us
Meet The Staff
Our Partners
Contact us
Info & Resources
Worksite Wellness
Calendar Of Events
Community Resources
How Active Are You?
Nutrition Education
Upcoming Class
Cooking Matters
Cooking Matters at the Store
Eat Smart, Live Strong
Eat Well Play Hard in Child Care Settings
Single Session Nutrition Classes
Nutrition To Grow On
Pick a Better Snack
Healthy Recipes
Be Tobacco-Free
Breathe Easy Coalition
No BUTS!
Maine Tobacco HelpLine
Smoke-Free Home Pledge
The Quit Link
Be Drug Free
Above the Influence
AlcoholScreening.org
Find Out More, Do More!
National Drug Take Back Day
Marijuana
Parents Who Host, Lose The Most
Project Sticker Shock
Responsible Beverage Seller Training
Talk, They Hear You
Single Session Nutrition
Education
Classes
These one time classes are based on USDA's "10 Tips Nutrition Education Series" and are designed to provide participants with high quality, easy-to-follow tips to improve their health and nutrition.
Classes can be held in a variety of settings and can be tailored to any age group.
Each class includes a food demonstration and sampling paired with educational materials and an interactive lesson.
In these lessons, participants will:
Lesson #1 – Tips for Kitchen Safety: Learn skills for proper hand washing and handling kitchen tools.
Lesson #2 – Food Safety: Learn skills for safe food handling practices to prevent foodborne illnesses.
Lesson #3 – Choose MyPlate: Learn how they can make simple changes for a healthy plate.
Lesson #4 – Make Half Your Grains Whole: Be able to identify whole grains and how to read the Nutrition Facts label.
Lesson #5 – Focus on Fruits: How to include fresh, frozen, canned and dried fruits into their daily food choices.
Lesson #6 – Vary Your Veggies: How to include fresh, frozen and canned vegetables into their daily food choices.
Lesson #7 – Switch to Low-fat and Non-fat Dairy Products: How to include low fat and non-fat dairy products in their daily food choices.
Lesson #8 – USDA Eat Right When Money’s Tight: Learn cost-saving tips for grocery shopping and menu planning to stay within a budget.
Lesson #9 – Growing Goodness: Learn basic tips for growing their own fruits or vegetables by container gardening.
Lesson #10 – Choosing Fruits & Vegetables In-Season: Learn to choose fruits and vegetables in-season in Maine for improved nutrition and saving money.
Lesson #11 – Better Beverage Choices: Learn the importance and benefits of drinking water and low fat dairy products, and learn skills to identify better beverage choices by reading Nutrition Facts labels.
Lesson #12 – Make Celebrations Fun Healthy and Active: Learn how to choose and make recipes healthier and add physical activity to group celebrations.
All lessons are based on USDA's MyPlate model and encourage:
Making half your plate fruits and vegetables,
At least half your grains whole grains,
Switching to fat-free or low-fat milk products;
Increasing physical activity and reducing the time spent in sedentary behaviors as part of a healthy lifestyle; and
Maintaining appropriate caloric balance during each stage of life -childhood, adolescence, adulthood, pregnancy and breastfeeding, and older age.
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