Health & Wellness
Middle School Nutrition & Wellness Curriculum (Semester Long)
Middle School Nutrition & Wellness Curriculum is a semester-long course that will educate learners in the science of our food and nutrition, including basic food groups, micronutrients, macronutrients, food trends and so much more.
50 minutes
per class
Twice per week
every week
12-16
year olds
1-8
learners per class
per learner - per class
How does an “Ongoing” course work?
Meets on a weekly schedule, join any week, no need to catch up on previous material
Live video chats, recorded and monitored for safety and quality
Discussions via classroom forum and private messages with the teacher
Automatic payment every Sunday, cancel any time
Great for clubs and for practicing skills
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Description
Class Experience
What is Nutrition What are the 6 major nutrients? Nutrient deficiencies Meal Planning Guidelines Tips on eating healthy Differentiate between healthy and unhealthy alternatives AND MORE!!
Happy Kids Nutrition Academy offers many different classes in nutrition, such as sports nutrition, meal planning for plant-based eaters, food labeling, food groups, GMO, and food science. Good nutrition and healthy habits begin at a young age. Our mission is to inspire kids to live a healthier lifestyle and to learn about nutrition early so that they can utilize that knowledge in their adult life. Our teachers are all trained teaching classes in body image, agriculture, GMOs as these topics were discussed in community nutrition classes. For teacher bios, please see our organization profile.
There will be multiple homework assignments given every week to learners. They will be posted to the classroom in PDF's
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
1 hour 40 minutes per week in class, and an estimated 0 - 1 hours per week outside of class.
This course will be referring to the healthy eating guidelines established in the United States and Canada and will be inclusive to learners with different dietary needs. While the food guidelines are only "guidelines", it is not always suitable for everyone with certain food intolerances or those that different dietary protocols. Please let me know if your learner follows a specific dietary protocol. Students will learn how to read a food label as outlined by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Throughout this course, we will be briefly discussing kilojoules for learners that do not use calories in their country. ***note about lifecycle unit: This course will briefly touch base on pregnancy nutrition as part of the lifecycle nutrition unit. While we do not focus on teen pregnancy, pregnancy nutrition is part of human nutrition through the lifecycle.
Lifecycle Nutrition: https://www.myplate.gov/ and https://nal.usda.gov/legacy/fnic/lifecycle-nutrition-0 Sources used for media: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a021-mXrS-c&ab_channel=CarbLoaded and https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/140/Supplement_2/S152/34178/The-Effect-of-Advertising-on-Children-and Body Image sources used: https://www.hindawi.com/journals/janthro/2011/569120/ https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/07/health/body-image-history-of-beauty-explainer-intl/index.html Other sources used throughout this course: https://kidshealth.org/ https://www.fda.gov/food/food-labeling-nutrition/nutrition-education-resources-materials https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/ https://www.fda.gov/food/agricultural-biotechnology/gmo-crops-animal-food-and-beyond
Offered by
Happy Kids Nutrition AcademyTaught by Dietitians
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Lives in
Canada154 total reviews
350 completed classes
About Us
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