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What Everybody Needs to Know in 9 Nutritious Lessons

"Diversity..., variety of approaches and gentle good humor" in Eat Right for a Long and Healthy Life appeals to Booklist reviewers.  Read Review

This DVD delivers healthy portions of nutrition and fitness information guaranteed to  please many audiences. The carefully crafted content in this nine-lesson curriculum is based on national heath curriculum standards for grades 3 through 6, and has been designed to appeal to students in upper elementary grades and to students who have developmental disabilities.

First, viewers join an inclusive cast of characters at the Home-Cooked Cafe where learning about how to eat right is served up with every meal. 

Next, viewers meet two experts, Dr. Why and Snoop-the-Sleuth, who use animation and humor to make complicated ideas fun and easy to understand. 

Viewers learn about:

• What healthy eating really is
• Calories and metabolism
• Food groups and nutrients
• Healthy and unhealthy fats
• Decoding food labels
• Optimum serving sizes
• Water and why it's important
• The role of digestion
• The activity pyramid and daily exercise

25 colorful Activity Sheets that integrate with the video lessons are filed on the DVD as PDFs for easy printing.

Audience

Students in upper elementary grades; young adults in transitional living programs; adults with developmental disabilities living at home.

Developers

Developed by IRIS Media Inc.  and Martin Sheehan Ph.D

Resources

• Eat Right for a Long and Healthy Life Activity Sheets (.pdf)