Food & Nutrition

Learn how to keep your body healthy and strong by eating the right foods.

Resources in this category:

FDA Kids' Home Page
http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/kids/default.htm

Let "Yorick the Bionic Skeleton" teach you about medical devices or learn about food safety, animals and vaccines. Includes tips for parents from the FDA.

Food Allergy News for Kids
http://www.fankids.org/

Got a food allergy? Find out why you can't eat a certain food here at this great website on food allergies that's just for kids.

The Food Museum
http://www.foodmuseum.com/

The Food Museum is the place to learn about the history of foods - where they developed, how they have been used by different cultures, and other interesting facts.

Fun Stuff from Dole's Five A Day Program
http://www.dole5aday.com/Kids/K_Index.jsp

The Dole pineapple people have created this fun site just for kids! You can learn cool things about fruits and veggies, read about Bobby Banana and Friends, try out some recipes from the Dole cookbook, and play the Dole Five A Day Game.

Girl Power! For Girls Locker
http://www.girlpower.gov/

Girl Power brings you interviews with successful women, information on sports and health for girls, fun puzzles, and stories about women in science. You can even found out what it is like to be a girl in space.

Got Milk?
http://www.gotmilk.com/

Learn many interesting facts about milk and how it can be a part of a healthy diet. Try your skills in the kitchen with several recipes and have fun playing several games.

Kidnetic.com
http://www.kidnetic.com/

Find fun, energy burning activities you can do at home or with friends. The site also has lots of fun recipes and facts about how to eat well.

Kids Can Make a Difference
http://www.kidscanmakeadifference.org/

This site has many facts about hunger around the world, and suggestions about what young people can do to help feed the hungry.

KidsHealth Recipes
http://kidshealth.org/kid/recipes/index.html

Here are some fun and healthy foods you can make in the kitchen (with help from an adult, of course!)

Nutrition Explorations
http://www.nutritionexplorations.org/index.html

This site includes fun quizzes about nutrition and recipes that are easy to make. There is also a game to play, a monthly calendar, and sections for parents and teachers.

Nutrition For Kids
http://library.thinkquest.org/3641/

Learn all about how to eat right! Check out the sample menu, find out how each vitamin works to keep you healthy, and see what foods are the healthiest for you to eat. Take the Nutrition Quiz when you're done.

Peanut Butter Lovers Club
http://www.peanutbutterlovers.com/

Learn about the history of peanut butter and how it is made, and see some recipes using peanut butter in unique ways.

The Pizza Explorer
http://www.efph.purdue.edu/pizza/

Have fun learning about food science and food chemistry using the Pizza Explorer. Flash is required.

Real Truth about Fast Foods and Nutrition
http://library.thinkquest.org/4485/frames.htm

Do you like to eat at fast food restaurants? Find out the nutritional value of your favorite foods.

Smart-Mouth.org
http://www.cspinet.org/smartmouth/

Enter this site to learn some real facts about nutrition. Parents or teachers might have to help younger kids with some of the reading. Put together your own menu and see how good (or bad) it is for you. Play "Feed the Face" (kind of like "Hang-man") to guess the answers of nutrition questions. "Snacktoids" will give you quick food facts and you can learn the truth behind the myths that "Gus Bogus" tells.

10 Tips to Healthy Eating and Physical Activity
http://www.ific.org/publications/brochures/tentipskidsbroch....

Read these 10 tips, and you can be the healthiest kid on the block! There are also examples of how you can use each of the10 tips.