Web Toolboxes for Educators:
Food Safety & Nutrition for Kids


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Food, grocery, and restaurants Web Sites can be used to:

Title 

URL Address

Notations

Nutrition
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Coles 7 A Day http://www.7aday.coles.com.au/
kids/index.htm
Learn about the nutrition value of 7 fruits and vegetable a day (5.8).
Wegmans Food Pyramid
http://www.wegmans.com/
family/kids
Wegman's character Riley provides information on nutrition and the food pyramid. (5.2)
Woolworth's
http://www.woolworths.com.au/
dietinfo/index.asp

Ideas for a healthy lunch.(7.3)
Giant Eagle Healthy Connection
http://www.gianteagle.com/main/nutrition.jsp
Nutrition information for fruits and vegetables, Ask Dr. Judy nutritional questions. Other links for nutrition.
Hannaford
http://www.hannaford.com/
Click on Cooking Helper to learn food safety tips and locate nutrition information.
Burger King
http://www.burgerking.com/
nutrition/nutrition01.htm
Interactive nutrition information wizard.
Quaker Oatmeal
http://www.quakeroatmeal.com/
Regularly features special information about health and nutrition. Check back issues for special topics.
Chewy Granola Bars
http://www.quakerchewy.com/
nutrition/index.html
Nutrition tips for parents, but ideas listed with large font and short amounts of text. Have students evaluate the tips.
Mott's OnLine
http://www.motts.com/
moms/bake/nutrition.htm
Food Pyramid and ideas for baking healthy.
Dole 5 a Day
http://www.dole5aday.com/
menu/nutrition/menu.htm
Nutrition hints from Dole.  Specific information on individual fruits and vegetables. Range (5.0-7.0).
Hershey Food
http://www.hersheys.com/
consumer/nutrition/index.html
A links for nutritional information about sweets and fats - how to create a healthy but tasty diet. (6.2)
Nutrition in the Garden
http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/
nutrition/index/index.html
Information from Texas A&M on nutrition from the garden and how to create a school garden. (range 8.0-11.2))
Food Safety
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Franklin's Food Safety
http://www.franklins.com.au/
Click on the link for Food Safety. Learn how to safely handle foods. (7.3)
Harris Teeter
http://www.harristeeter.com/
information/food_safety.html
How can you make food safer to eat. (6.7)
Wegmans
http://www.wegmans.com/
kitchen/storage/index.asp
Ideas for the safe storage of food. (6.7)
The American Egg Board
http://www.aeb.org/
Egg safety and nutrition, egg decorating for kids (7.0)

 
 
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Last updated: November, 1999