Discusses food, why we need it, and the types of nutrients that food for humans must have.

Sip All Day, Get Decay is a comprehensive approach to eliminating tooth decay. Learn how you can stop the spread of cavities, gum disease and tooth decay simply by reducing the number of soft drinks you drink each day. Take the Soda Pop...

Whole grains are an important part of your diet. This article discusses the advantages of whole grains, how you can incorporate them into your meals, and there are even some recipes to try.

The CDC offers a wealth of information regarding several specific topics that fall under nutrition including good health, exercise, diet and more.

Learn about food safety and keeping healthy on the FDA Kids' Home Page. This site includes colorful graphics, great information, and it is easy to navigate.

The United States Department of Agriculture home page for kids. Links to many activities and learning sites.

Use this interactive calorie calculator to determine what your optimal daily caloric intake is according to your activity level and body type.

This lesson focuses on how to read nutrition and ingredient labels. A quiz is provided at the end of the slideshow.

Have you ever wanted to know how much fat you consume each day? How does that fat fit into your daily intake according to the food pyramid? 4 math lessons are included here that help both upper and lower elementary grades understand how...

This website provides information about nutrition, health, and heart disease. It also discusses specific types of vitamin and mineral supplements you can take to improve or maintain your health.

This site provides a reference guide to various minerals found in your daily diet. The site offers an overview of each mineral, explains the importance of each, and identifies the deficiency symptoms. Links to related information are...

The online assessment demonstrates knowledge of diet and nutrition. The questions evaluate students on nutrition and their personal fitness.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses classes of nutrients and their functions in the human body.

In today's fast food world, it can be hard to make healthy eating choices. In this lesson, learners will learn how they can incorporate healthy eating habits in their daily routines. They will use menus from local restaurant chains and...

Take a Trip: Food Groups Jr is a learning activity that challenges children to carefully move the hungry ant through the picnic table maze to the food at the end of the table. Children will be introduced to the different food groups...

This site promotes the benefits on zinc and other not so well-known minerals; calcium is best known. Discusses the importance of zinc, and the types of food zinc is found.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart about nutrition contains a food sort, United Streaming video, and web link to a nutrition game.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart addresses the benefits of fruit in nutrition and wellness, emphasizing the benefits of the colors of the rainbow. The flipchart also provides trivia questions on all kinds of varieties of...

Find helpful information and pointers on guinea pig nutrition.