5 A Day The Color Way

Keep your mind and body fit with a fun activity about the five food groups. After going over the functions of fruit, vegetables, grains, meats and beans, and dairy, as well as oils and fats, learners participate in a bean bag toss...

The concept is the most valuable feature of this resource, which is designed to bring learners' attention to the nutritional labels of food items. Your class will take a closer look at the labels on bottled juice containers to determine...

For this health worksheet, students find the words related to having a healthy diet of fruit and vegetables. The answers are found at the bottom of the page.

Nuts, seeds, and fatty fish. Fresh fruits and vegetables. We may know what we should eat but not understand why these food are so important. This short video explains how foods affect you brain and why we should eat them.

The Department of Nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health offers this valuable resource. The latest medical research is presented on topics including fiber, carbohydrates, fats, alcohol, healthy weight, and much more.

Learners explore fruits and vegetables. The activity includes a questionnaire that asks an individual's age, sex, and level of physical activity to determine the fruits and vegetables needed in an individual's diet. The resource consists...

In this Fuel It! video, Ella and Sela team up to create a delicious and healthy variation of the fruit roll up. The pair spread peanut butter on a tortilla and then top it with apples and sharp cheese to create their Fruit Fold-Up. [3:39]

Brady and Noel work together to create gluten free optional Fruit Muffins in this Fuel It! video. The two use healthy ingredients such as brown rice flour and a variety of fruits to create an alternative to the sugary muffin often found...

In this Fuel It! video, Becky demonstrates how to create a healthy version of the much-loved snack, trail mix. Using a variety of dry ingredients, such as raisins, peanuts and banana chips, she creates her own Fruit Trail Mix. [3:21]

Students discuss and identify vitamins and minerals, their functions in the body, how fruits and vegetables are a good food source, and deficiencies in the body that may occur due to a lack of them.