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Nutrition Education: Equipping Your Toolbox

Nutrition Education: Equipping Your Toolbox. Spring 2013 Crista Hawkins, RD, LD. Who is Oregon Dairy Council?.

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Nutrition Education: Equipping Your Toolbox

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  1. Nutrition Education:Equipping Your Toolbox Spring 2013 Crista Hawkins, RD, LD

  2. Who is Oregon Dairy Council? Since 1918, Oregon Dairy Council has been encouraging healthy food choices for life! We are a staff of nutrition professionals who are registered dietitians and nutrition educators. Oregon Dairy Council is part of the Oregon Dairy Products Commission, one of 20+ Oregon Commodity Commissions charged with education, research and promotion. We are proudly funded by Oregon dairy farm families. • Philosophy • Science-based groundwork • Practical skills that translate research to action • Creative strategies motivating behavior change • Target Audiences • Health Professionals • Educators

  3. Why Nutrition Education? • Dietary patterns are suboptimal • Food environment is complex • Information environment is complex • Consumer interest is growing, but people are confused

  4. Nutrition Education • Imparts information • Promotes healthful behaviors • Creates environmental change • Individuals make informed decisions about food, habits and health

  5. Keys to Nutrition Education Science-based Develop good habits early Role Modeling Positive Environment Hands on Experience FUN

  6. It’s All About Behavior • Successful programs: • Set behavioral change as goal • Employ educational strategies to achieve that goal • Are motivational, messages have positive spin • Evidence-based • Fun and creative • Include food • Hands-on • Outcomes: • Small steps • Positive results in some components, not all Contento, 2007

  7. Why Target Educators? A Case for Health Educators • Reach educators, teach kids • Address obesity crisis among kids • Start healthy behaviors early • Serve as role models • Promote school wellness • Lack of time • Lack of money • State standards for health education • Engage students • Health ties to academic performance

  8. The Learning Connection • Effects of poor nutrition: • Compromised cognitive development • Difficulty concentrating • Lower standardized test scores • Irritability and behavior problems • More illness, more absence • Bottom line: • When children’s basic nutritional and fitness needs are met, higher achievement levels result Visit www.genyouthfoundation.org to read executive summary

  9. Nutrition Expeditions (Grades 2 & 4) • Story-based lessons • 10 lessons for Little D’s • 8 lessons for Arianna’s • Four interactive games on CD • Nutrition backgrounder • Home connections • Movement breaks • Lesson modifications • http://www.nutritionexplorations.org/

  10. Start Smart Eating and Reading • For K-2nd grade • Nutrition, breakfast, reading program • Available for free download at ODC website • Format • 5 lesson plan curriculum • Children’s stories • Worksheets • Songs • Food activities • Parent newsletters • Also available in Spanish

  11. Exercise Your Options (Grades 6-8) • 8 lesson curriculum for grades 6-8 • Teaching kit includes: • Instructor guide • Student workbooks (find one in your packet) • Video vignettes for each lesson • Lesson objectives mapped to National Health Education Standards • Beaverton School District • Centennial School District

  12. Live It! Real Life Nutrition for Teens (9-12) Interactive Lessons Discusses nutrient-density – how to get the most nutrition out of calories Incorporates concepts from MyPlate & 2010 Dietary Guidelines

  13. For Your Program… Toss n’Tell Ball Food Models What is Normal? Poster

  14. More For Your Program…

  15. Where to Find it! • WEBSITE: • www.oregondairycounil.org • Free downloads • Free materials for Fuel Up to Play 60 schools • Materials for coaches • & athletes • Other dairy focused, lactose intolerance materials available

  16. For Your School… • Free school wellness program (K-12) • Focus on healthy eating, physical activity, leadership • Schools develop their own wellness plans & apply for grants to fund proposed ideas ($4,000) • Learn more at www.FuelUpToPlay60.com • Contact Cara Seger, caras@oregondairycouncil.org

  17. For Teachers, Parents, Students, etc… School Wellness Newsletter • Produced twice yearly • Fall and spring • Current and past issues at www.oregondairycouncil.orgunder “Free Downloads”

  18. Questions?

  19. Thank You! Crista Hawkins, RD, LD cristah@oregondairycouncil.org www.oregondairycouncil.org 503.229.5033

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