Older Adult

Eat Smart, Live Strong: Nutrition Education for Older Adults

USDA

Fruits and/or vegetables
Menu planning
Physical Activity (PA)
Fitness
MyPlate
Food groups
Shopping
Recipes
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Description

A comprehensive educational resource guide designed to help teach low-income seniors to select and enjoy nutrient-rich foods. The tool kit contains a leader’s guide and 4 sessions to promote fruit and vegetable consumption and physical activity. Each session is about 30 minutes, plus optional 10-minute physical activity before and after. Free download from website.

Curriculum lessons have been adapted into PowerPoint slides to assist in virtual lesson delivery.

Source:
USDA

Virtual Contact:
Sharon Hawkins, SNAP-ED.Data@aging.ca.gov

Link:
https://snaped.fns.usda.gov/nutrition-education/fns-curricula/eat-smart-live-strong

Other translated versions available at: http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/nut/nutrition_and_physical_activity_curricula.htm

Virtual Delivery notes:
Curriculum lessons have been adapted into PowerPoint slides to assist in virtual lesson delivery.

Resources

10 documents

documents
Number of Lessons

4 sessions

Length of Lesson

45 minutes

Delivery Method
Single, Series
Languages
Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Tagalog, Vietnamese
Evidence Based Category
Practice Tested

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