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2. MedlinePlus Health Topic Pages URLURL for Nutrition (MedlinePlus) URLURL for Child Nutrition (MedlinePlus) URLURL for Nutrition for Seniors (MedlinePlus) URLURL for Pregnancy and Nutrition (MedlinePlus) URLURL for Diets URLURL for Vegetarian Diet NIHSeniorHealth Health Topic Pages URLURL for Eating Well as You Get Older URLURL for Eating Safely National Institutes of Health Primary Agencies for Nutrition The primary NIH organization for research on Nutrition is the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney DiseasesNational Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases The primary NIH organization for research on Nutrition for Seniors is the National Institute on AgingNational Institute on Aging

3. Children/Teens URLURL for ChooseMyPlate.gov Children (USDA) URLURL for Health and Nutrition Information for Preschoolers (Department of Agriculture) URLURL for Food Guide Pyramid Becomes a Plate (Nemours Foundation) URLURL for Go, Slow, and Whoa! A Kid’s Guide to Eating Right (Nemours Foundation) URLURL for ChooseMyPlate.gov Teens (USDA) URLURL for 5 reasons to Pack Your Lunch: Teens (Nemours Foundation) URLURL for Smart Supermarket Shopping: Teens (Nemours Foundation) Adults URLURL for ChooseMyPlate.gov Adults (USDA) URLURL for 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (ODPHP) URL URL for Healthy Food Shopping (Nemours Foundation) URLURL for Healthy Eating for Parents of Toddlers to Teens (Nemours Foundation) URLURL for Helping Your Child: Tips for Parents (NIDDK) Seniors URLURL for ChooseMyPlate.gov Older Adults (USDA) URLURL for Healthy Eating After 50 (National Institute on Aging) URL URL for What Does “Healthy Eating” mean? (National Institute on Aging) URLURL for Nutrition After Fifty: Tips and Recipes (American Institute for Cancer Research) Nutrition Resources

4. Children/Teens URLURL for Food Labels Tell the Story! (NIEHS) URLURL for Figuring out Food Labels: For Kids (Nemours Foundation) URLURL for Food Labels: For Teens (Nemours Foundation) URLURL for Understanding Food Labels: Teens (DHSS, OWH) Adults URLURL for How to Read Food Labels (MedlinePlus) URLURL for Figuring Out Food Labels (Nemours Foundation) URLURL for How to Read a Nutrition Facts Label Video (Nemours Foundation) URLURL for Talk to Your Kids about the Nutrition Facts Label (FDA) Seniors URLURL for Nutrition Facts: Reading the Label (NIA) URLURL for Using the Nutrition Facts Label: A How-To Guide for Older Adults (FDA) Food Label Resources

5. Child Nutrition URLURL for Planning for a Healthy School Year: Healthy Eating (Fall 2015) URLURL for Back-to-School Health Tips: Breakfast & Lunch (Fall 2014) URLURL for 10 Healthy Breakfast and Lunch Tips (Fall 2012) URLURL for 6 Easy Steps Toward Healthier Eating (Summer 2010) Nutrition (Adults and Seniors) URLURL for Making Smart Food Choices (Winter 2015 – Seniors) URLURL What’s On Your Plate? Smart Food Choices for Healthy Aging (Winter 2015) URLURL for Hold the Salt: Too Much of a Good Thing (Spring/Summer 2010) URLURL for Holidays are Coming! Time to Start Planning for Healthy Holiday Meals (Fall 2009) URLURL for Go, Slow, and Whoa Foods (Summer 2007) Food Labeling URLURL for Labels for Your Health (Spring/Summer 2010) Relevant Articles (NIH MedlinePlus Magazine)

6. URLURL for Eat Healthy, Be Active Community (Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion) A series of six 1 hour workshops, includes a lesson plan, learning objectives, talking points, hands-on activities, videos, and handouts to teach adults about eating healthy and remaining active. URLURL for Passport to Nutrition (Stop & Shop) A program to inspire kids ages 8-12 to make small changes every day for better health that is based on MyPlate guidelines. URLURL for Kids Games and Activities (Dairy Council of California) MyPlate Match (game) Power Up Your Breakfast (game) My Very Own Pizza (game) TeenBEAT (activity calculator) Dairy Farm (game) Additional Resources, Online Activities and Games

7. A Family Oriented Nutrition Program Brief Description: This two to three hour event can be held indoors or outside-anywhere you have enough room to set up several long tables to resemble supermarket aisles. Attendees will be able to walk the “food aisles” and ask questions about the nutrition of food labels. It is recommended that you partner with a local dietician/nutritionist so that they can answer questions and provide a 30 minute lecture for attendees on good nutrition.

8. This two to three hour event can be held indoors or outside –anywhere you have enough room to set up several long tables to resemble supermarket aisles. Before the event, ask your staff to save cans, boxes, bottles, and other items that have food labels. Group these items on your tables with like foods together. In your promotions, invite consumers to bring labeled food packaging from home along with their questions. Label Literacy Fair (Full Description 1 )

9. Invite several dieticians or nutritionists from a local hospital, association, senior living facility, or college/university to participate. Consider holding the event on a day/time that would allow them to volunteer time on a non-working day if necessary. Ask the dieticians/nutritionists if they would offer a half-hour talk on good nutrition during the event. Have the dieticians/nutritionists explain the basic process of reading food labels at that time. During the event, station the dieticians/nutritionists in your “food aisles” to explain in detail how to read labels and answer questions from attendees. Label Literacy Fair (Full Description 2)

10. You will also want: A display of related books and DVDs Posters with nutrition information and handouts For indoor events, consider having a few computer-based interactive games/tools about food labels. One or two interactive exhibits For example, have four or five food/fast-food containers with their labels covered. Ask people to put them in order from most sugar to least sugar, then reveal the sugar content and correct order of each one. Label Literacy Fair (Full Description 3)

11. You may also want: For indoor events, consider having one or two healthy no-cook recipe stations where attendees can sit at a table and prepare an easy no- cook recipe. For this activity have the boxes/food labels for all of the ingredients used. This is also helpful to inform participants of all ingredients due to food allergies. Locate healthy no-cook recipes using the following sites: URLURL for Recipes & Cooking (KidsHealth – Nemours Foundation) URLURL for Recipes (TeensHealth – Nemours Foundation) URLURL for What’s Cooking USDA Mixing Bowl (UDSA) Label Literacy Fair (Full Description 4)