University of Utah
University of Utah: Learn. Genetics: Lifestyle Choices and Risk
Overview of how to make the right lifestyle choices by maintaining a healthy weight through good nutrition and exercise.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: What's on Your Plate?
In today's fast food world, it can be hard to make healthy eating choices. In this lesson, students will learn how they can incorporate healthy eating habits in their daily routines. They will use menus from local restaurant chains and...
Other
Do It Now Foundation: Peer Pressure and Choices: How to Think for Yourself
Read about how peer pressure can negatively influence your decisions, particularly decisions about drug abuse. Learn the importance of thinking for yourself and of making healthy choices when it comes to drugs.
Other
Classroom Connections: Wallace & Gromit Veggie Power
This downloadable teaching resource for Grades 2-3 has lessons on healthy eating designed to encourage children to eat more vegetables. Students explore their own and others' food preferences and learn about food groups.
US Department of Agriculture
Choose My Plate: Health and Nutrition Information for Educators
Find sets of lesson plans for children grades one through six about the healthy food choices. Includes posters, worksheets, and coloring pages.
Other
Cspi: The Need for Nutrition Labeling at Fast Food Restaurants [Pdf]
This 34-page document discusses obesity, nutrition labeling, the average American diet, the nutritional quality of foods from restaurants, and ways poor eating, obesity, cardiovascular disease, and premature death can be fought. Chapters...
Other
Helpguide: Understand, Prevent and Resolve Life's Challenges
Professional and unbiased information for those seeking knowledge regarding a particular area of health and wellness. Modules are broken down into aging, children and family, healthy lifestyles and mental health. Comprehensive and...
Other
Best Foot Forward: Ecological Footprint Calculator
Measure your ecological footprint, and see how many land and resources you use in your everyday life. Find out how your choices affect the natural world, and then find ways to make changes in your lifestyle to help the environment.
Mayo Clinic
Mayo Clinic: Food and Nutrition Center
This website provides a wide array of nutritional information. Included are articles on food and food groups, the connection between health and food, and healthy eating choices.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy
In this lesson, students evaluate their eating habits, focusing on the ways in which one can assess whether or not his or her diet is nutritious. Students will work in small groups to design a menu for a healthy lunch and write a...
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Nutrition Introduction
The CDC offers a wealth of information regarding several specific topics that fall under nutrition including good health, exercise, diet and more.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Respiratory System Health
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Many of the diseases related to smoking are called lifestyle diseases: diseases that are caused by choices that people make in their daily lives. For example, the...
Other
Nutrition.gov
This is a comprehensive resource for information pertaining to health, nutrition and well being. Explore this site to learn more about food safety, food facts, health management and more.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: You Are What You Eat
Girls and boys explore the connections between a well-balanced diet and a healthy body. Middle schoolers keep a food diary, then compare their diet to the recommended daily allowance of food servings. Students use Thinkfinity websites to...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Lesson 4: Don't Be Fooled
In this lesson, young scholars learn that phud logos are everywhere and easily recognized and explore more about the hazards of marketing. For the second "Capture It" project students take a photo or draw a picture of one phud that is...
US Food and Drug Administration
Fda: Cool Tips for Kids
Teach your students to use the following easy ways to Read the Label at home, in the cafeteria, at the store, and at restaurants.
US Food and Drug Administration
Fda: The Nutrition Facts Label
This colorful printable gives you a quick look at the key information you can find on the Nutrition Facts label.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Nutrition Facts Labels
This lesson focuses on how to read nutrition and ingredient labels. A quiz is provided at the end of the slideshow.
Curated OER
Kids Health: How Can I Lose Weight Safely
Finding the right weight for yourself can often be difficult because most people aspire to loose or gain a few pounds. Find out how you can safely reach a comfortable weight based on your unique body composition. Links to similar sites...
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Nida: Information on Common Drugs of Abuse
A comprehensive look at common drugs, including a link to each drug where you can find research reports, infofacts, publications, and notes.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Preventing Noninfectious Diseases
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Most allergies can be prevented by avoiding the substances that cause them. For example, you can avoid pollens by staying indoors as much as possible. You can learn...