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NUTRITION WEBSITES

KIDS FOOD CYBER CLUB http://www.kidfood.org

With sections for kids, teachers, and parents, this site is for everyone! There is quite a bit of information for students, a free teacher guide for teachers, and suggested activities for parents to complete with their children at home.

NUTRITION CAFE http://exhibits.pacsci.org/nutrition/default.html

Games are the main means of instruction on this web site. Students can play to learn about nutrients found in foods, answer questions about different types of foods and body building, and find out how to design healthy meals and snacks.

BODIES IN MOTION MINDS AT REST

http://www.thinkquest.org/library/lib/site_sum_outside.html?tname=12153&url=12153/fit.html

This ThinkQuest site has basic information about diet and exercise, attitude, and other issues that teens should think about.

THE FOOD GUIDE PYRAMID http://www.nal.usda.gov:8001/py/pmap.htm

This site is the online version of the food pyramid. It provides guidelines to healthy eating habits.

SCHOOLMENU http://www.schoolmenu.com/health.htm

Another online representation of the food pyramid, this site also provides puzzles and games for students as well as tips on healthy eating.

FOR KIDS, TEENS AND EDUCATORS http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/%7Edms/educate.html

The U.S. Department of Food and Drug Administration Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition Web site can help teach your students about how to handle food safely.

FAST FOOD FACTS http://www.kenkuhl.com/fastfood

This site lists the sandwiches from different fast food restaurants in order of the number of calories they contain. You can look up information on various fast food menu items and this site will tell you how many grams of fat, calories, cholesterol, etc.

AskERIC LESSON PLANS ON NUTRITION http://ericir.syr.edu/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Health/Nutrition

Links to several lesson plans about nutrition.

SERVE UP CLASSROOM NUTRITION ACTIVITIES! http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson054.shtml

Education World provides many activity ideas you could use with your students in this article.

A FEAST OF NUTRITION IDEAS ON THE INTERNET http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr061.shtml

Education World again, this time they are providing a list of Internet resources dealing with nutrition.

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