Ready-to-use Education
Access ready-to-use nutrition education materials that can enhance and improve your program’s nutrition education offerings.
- Healthy Eating Plate— Guide for creating healthy, balanced meals (Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health)
- Oral Health Guide for Older Adults — Tips and resources for maintaining oral health (Nutrition and Aging Resource Center)
- Farmers' Market Tips and Tricks — Tips for making the most of shopping at the farmers' market (Nutrition and Aging Resource Center, 2022)
- Aging Vibrantly— Fact sheet for older adults (National Dairy Council)
- Boost Your Immune System in Challenging Times — Resource on different vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants
- Eat Healthy to Be Healthy— Infographic about the benefits of following the DGAs (USDA and HHS, 2020)
- Make Healthy Drink Choices— Fact sheet about beverages (Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion)
- Saturated Fats— How to cut back on saturated fats (Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion)
- Sodium— How to reduce sodium intake (Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion)
- Top sources of Sodium— Top sources and average intake (Dietary Guidelines for Americans)
- Seasonal and Regional Produce Chart — Tool to help programs see what types of produce are in season in their region (Nutrition and Aging Resource Center)
- Nutrition Education Calendar — Nutrition education topics and resources for a 12-month calendar year (Nutrition and Aging Resource Center, 2023)
- Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR) Nutrition Education— Nutrition education materials for American Indians/Alaska Natives (AI/AN) (USDA)
- My Native Plate — Tool for selecting balanced meals (Indian Health Service, 2024)
- Oral Health Social Media Toolkit (Nutrition and Aging Resource Center)
- Words on Wellness— Newsletters developed by dietitians about nutrition, exercise, and food safety (Iowa State University Extension)
- Kitchen Time Savers— Tip sheet (USDA, 2022)
- Plan and Shop for Simple Healthy Meals — Example meals, grocery list, and tips (Greater Wisconsin Agency on Aging Resource, 2020)
Activities & Games
- BINGO cards (Greater Wisconsin Agency on Aging Resource)
- Crack the Code (ACL)
- Jeopardy— Public platform to create your own game (note: we cannot guarantee the accuracy of premade game answers on the platform) (Jeopardy Labs)
- Farmers Market Scavenger Hunt— Game (Utah State University Extension)
- Learning in the Kitchen— Food and nutrition-related games (Northwest Territories Literacy Council, 2017)
- On-Demand Nutrition Videos— Library of videos and coordinating resources for consumer nutrition education (Open Hand)
- NYC Aging's Cooking Demo Library— Healthy recipes and cooking demo recordings in English, Chinese, Spanish, Russian, and Korean (New York City Department for the Aging)