Nutrition Study Resources

Nutrition Study Resources – Helping Kids Make Good Food Choices

We have put together a list of nutrition resources you can use with varying grade levels.

You will find activities, lesson plans, and printable worksheets. Check each nutrition resource carefully, as many of the sites are a wealth of information and have too many resources to list here.

nutrition resources for teaching kids and teans

A Logical Start to Using These Nutrition Resources

We have prepared two worksheets to help students start thinking about what they eat and how to make wise nutritional choices.

A logical place to start with our list of nutrition resources and a good place to begin a nutrition study with kids and teens is to have your kids keep a food journal with this FREE printable.

It’s also important that as our kids learn to evaluate what they are eating, that they also know how to read nutrition labels. We have this lesson with free printable too.

One of the most fun and most educational activities we did for our nutrition study revolved around the USDA’s My Plate initiative.

Replacing the old food pyramid, My Plate uses the familiar image of a plate to remind people how to eat a balanced, healthy diet. We used this image and age-based recommendations for our project.

List the food groups – fruits, vegetables, proteins, grains, dairy
Add foods you like to each group
Find out how many servings of each group you need each day
Make a menu for a day with the correct servings from each food group

enjoy a nutrition study with this list of nutrition resources

This was the project that brought it all together for the kids. They saw how to important it was to choose good food throughout the day and why I spend time planning menus.

Best Nutrition Resources for Families, Teachers, and Students

Below is a list of nutritional education resources which include videos, nutrition websites from universities and the US Department of Agriculture. There are worksheets for all ages, games, recipes, and more. The resource listed from Framingham State University has excellent lessons, activities, and videos for ages 13 to adult.

If you are looking for nutrition education materials for adults or are looking for nutrition resources for families, this list will definitely be of help!

Check out all of the resources below:

One of our favorite resources – a collection of colorful and informative fact sheets on different fruits and vegetables from the Iowa Department of HHS – good for middle and high school students.
We are being marketed to all the time by food and nutrition companies. Learn to discern nutrition advertisements with your children.
Teach your children to read and understand nutrition labels with this Comparing Nutrition Label Activity.
A large repository of worksheets, printables, activities from FoodHero.org at Oregon State University.
Nutrition resources for middle and high school students from Framingham State University
Keep a food journal with this FREE printable.
Short videos for K-5/6 discussing various foods like spinach, cauliflower, broccoli, watermelon, etc. from Oregon State University.
An 81-page resource on edible plants from LearnAboutAg.org
Grocery Store Bingo from the USDA – opens a PDF file
Videos, songs, and recipes from Team Nutrition Cooks from the USDA.
KidsCorner from Nutrition.gov
Check out these healthy choices bingo card sets from the Iowa Nutrition Services.
We are being marketed to all the time by food and nutrition companies. Learn to discern nutrition advertisements with your children.
More worksheets and printable activities for elementary grades
Fruit and vegetable flash cards from the USDA – opens a PDF file
The ChooseMyPlate.gov website has an enormous amount of nutrition information.
Portion Guide from the University of Arkansas
Video – How the Food You Eat Affects Your Brain
Video – How Sugar Affects the Brain
You can check out the Studying NutritionPinterest board on The Homeschool Scientist’s Pinterest account for more nutrition resources.

I hold a master’s degree in child development and early education and am working on a post-baccalaureate in biology. I spent 15 years working for a biotechnology company developing IT systems in DNA testing laboratories across the US. I taught K4 in a private school, homeschooled my children, and have taught on the mission field in southern Asia. For 4 years, I served on our state’s FIRST Lego League tournament Board and served as the Judging Director. I own thehomeschoolscientist and also write a regular science column for Homeschooling Today Magazine. You’ll also find my writings on the CTCMath blog. Through this site, I have authored over 50 math and science resources.