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Curated Video
How to Understand MyPlate, the Food Pyramid Replacement
Howcast - Learn how to understand MyPlate, the Food Pyramid replacement, from nutrition coach Lisa Neilsen in this Howcast video.
Visual Learning Systems
Nutrition: a Balanced Diet
Upon viewing the Nutrition video series, students will be able to do the following: Define nutrition as a science that studies the interaction of the human body and food. State the six major kinds of nutrients including: carbohydrates,...
TED Talks
Kristie Ebi: How climate change could make our food less nutritious
Rising carbon levels in the atmosphere can make plants grow faster, but there's another hidden consequence: they rob plants of the nutrients and vitamins we need to survive. In a talk about global food security, epidemiologist Kristie...
Visual Learning Systems
Nutrition: Introduction
Upon viewing the Nutrition video series, students will be able to do the following:
Define nutrition as a science that studies the interaction of the human body and food.
State the six major kinds of nutrients including: carbohydrates,...
Visual Learning Systems
Nutrition: Summing Up
Upon viewing the Nutrition video series, students will be able to do the following: Define nutrition as a science that studies the interaction of the human body and food. State the six major kinds of nutrients including: carbohydrates,...
Visual Learning Systems
Nutrition: Staying Healthy
Upon viewing the Nutrition video series, students will be able to do the following: Define nutrition as a science that studies the interaction of the human body and food. State the six major kinds of nutrients including: carbohydrates,...
Visual Learning Systems
Introduction to Essential Nutrition
This video introduces the Essential Nutrition series. This series helps students understand why the body needs a wide range of nutrients to maintain itself. Nutrient types are illustrated through common examples of food. Special...
Visual Learning Systems
Nutrition: Video Assessment
Upon viewing the Nutrition video series, students will be able to do the following: Define nutrition as a science that studies the interaction of the human body and food. State the six major kinds of nutrients including: carbohydrates,...
Visual Learning Systems
Nutrition: What Is Nutrition?
Upon viewing the Nutrition video series, students will be able to do the following: Define nutrition as a science that studies the interaction of the human body and food. State the six major kinds of nutrients including: carbohydrates,...
Curated Video
Balanced Diet - Nutrition Essentials
Discover which foods are vital for a healthy diet. What should you be eating, how much, and why? Biology - Healthy Living - Learning Points. You need a balanced diet to be healthy. A balanced diet is varied and contains different amounts...
Curated Video
How Eisenhower's Heart Attack Reshaped American Diets
When President Eisenhower had a heart attack in 1955, it impacted the entire American diet. Soon, most people were adopting a low-fat, high-carbohydrate dietary model. This dietary shift, though based on flawed science, laid the...
Curated Video
How to Follow the USDA MyPlate Dietary Guidelines
Howcast - Forget the food pyramid. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s nutrition guidelines are now called MyPlate. Here's how to adhere to the USDA recommendations..
The Atlantic
Myths You Learned in Health Class
Remember learning about the food pyramid in health class? As it turns out, it was based on a lot of misinformation about nutrition. In this episode, we explore the source of some of the lasting myths about healthy foods and fitness and...
Curated Video
Nutrition and Energy Flow Part 2
In this section, I talk about the sun as a source of energy, consumers vs. producers and cycles found in nature
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Pyramid and Plate
In this Fizzy's Lunch Lab video, Fizzy interviews Food Pyramid, who tells him that he's retiring! But wait, there's a new food helper in town-- Food Plate! Students learn about the idea of the Food Plate, that divides the average meal...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Veggies
These Fizzy's Lunch Lab videos and related lesson plan provide an informative overview of food and nutrition topics with an emphasis on vegetables. Using these materials, students will learn that veggies contain specific nutrients that...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Balanced Meals
These Fizzy's Lunch Lab videos and related lesson plan give an overview of food and nutrition topics, emphasize a positive change in nutrition by using a balanced food pyramid, and teach students how to connect foods on the school lunch...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Paint by Blunders
In this Fizzy's Lunch Lab video, Fizzy and the kids are painting a rainbow salad until Uncle Freddy interrupts, and they teach him that vibrant colored natural foods are much more healthy and have more vitamins and minerals than ones...