Detailed explanation of how food is broken down and metabolized in our bodies to be used for energy.

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...

Medline Plus, from the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health, provides great resources on children's health. Choose from the latest news articles, treatments for common conditions, preventions for...

During this lesson, students will listen to a poem about a balanced diet and create a foldable. In each section of the foldable, students will include information about a different food group and will use this creation as a study guide.

This is the official website for the Canadian Diabetes Association. Here, you can read general information about diabetes and check out news and events related to the prevention and treatment of this disease.

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.

Whether studying health or physical education, this site explains the importance of lifestyle when trying to lose weight and get in shape.

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

Students will draw upon the visual and textual data presented in photographs and documents to gain an understanding of how the federal school lunch program is a direct result of the Great Depression, how it became a permanent part of the...

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...

Concerned about where your beef comes from? This article discusses concerns about safe, and healthy beef. International trade and the methods used in raising the staple are included in article.

Major Resource Kits link academic majors to career alternatives by providing information on career paths, sample job titles, and a short bibliography of Career Resource Center materials available to students in a particular major....

Learn about how ecology is simply the study of how and why organisms interact with their environments.

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...

Spice up your life! Adding spice to your meals has been linked to many beneficial health results. Explore what the Why Files have discovered.

The Why Files have provided a site discussing topics pertaining to food cleanliness. Topics include: dining in, dining out, sanitary conditions, and origins of food.

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.

The uses of potassium as a human nutrient, a plant nutrient, and in different industries are described.

New guinea pig owners and classroom keepers can get advice on the care of their favorite pets.

Here is a chart listing the minerals and vitamins that are present in foods from the different food groups.