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Cooking Matters

Sugar Shocker

For Students K - 8th
A well-balanced meal is crucial to living a healthy lifestyle. Support healthy living with a worksheet that focuses on the amount of sugar we find in our food. The packet begins with an overview, then goes into an activity in...
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Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Eat Healthy • Be Active Community Workshops

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Recipe makeovers, healthy alternatives, quick tips for a nutritious lifestyle...this 187-page document has it all! Don't miss a thorough packet of workshop activities and handouts designed to support your teaching of the...
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University of Texas

What Are Calories?

For Students 6th - 10th Standards
What are calories, and how do calorie needs differ from person to person? Here is a activity that briefly explains how calories measure the energy supplied by food, as well as suggests the amount of food an individual should eat per day.
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Internet FAQ Archive

Faq Archives: Nutrition and Well Being a to Z: Biotechnology

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a fascinating site that presents an overview of genetic engineering. It discusses concerns with food production and labeling, and global health with biotechnology.
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Centers for Disease Control: Bam! Body and Mind: Dining Decisions

For Students 3rd - 8th
This interactive game has kids try to create a well-balanced, nutritious lunch. After selecting five foods, kids find out how they did. They learn what nutrients each healthy food choice provided and what was wrong with the poor food...
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Other

Guinea Pig Health: Marty the Cyber Pig

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides facts about guinea pig anatomy as well as nutrition. It also suggest a daily diet designed to keep a guinea pig healthy. Lastly, it offers descriptions of some common guinea pig illnesses and how to treat them.
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Precision Nutrition

Encyclopedia of Food: Red Beets

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Red beet cake? Yes! Find a recipe for it and the nutritional information as well as tips for selecting good beets in this entry.
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Precision Nutrition

Encyclopedia of Food: Vitamin B12 Cobalamin

For Students Pre-K - 1st
An important vitamin to humans is vitamin B12. Find sources and benefits to the vitamin as well as potential trouble with deficiency or excess in the body.
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Other

The a B C's of Vitamin Supplements: Vitamin H

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a simple introduction to the basics of vitamin H. Read about dosage guidelines for adults, sources, and cautions associated with vitamin H, also known as biotin.