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 | Title: | The Power of Choice: Helping Youth Make Healthy Eating and Fitness Decisions | | Pub. date: | January 2003 | | Includes: | Manual and CD | | Audience: | Nutrition Educators, Middle School, Adolescents | | Language: | English | | Description: | The Power of Choice Leader's guide provides10 topic based-interactive lessons to be used by after-school program leaders with adolescents. The goal of this material is to empower pre-teens to make healthy food and lifestyle choices. Each topic lesson is broken into categories: skill-based outcome, empowerment messages, background information, topic activity, and a wrap up/summary. Included in the Leader's Guide are a recipe booklet, parent letter, nutrition facts cards, reproducible handouts, and four topical posters. An accompanying CD also contains additional activities, tips for improved communication with adolescents, a training video for the adult leaders, and a song for pre-teens. | | Funding Source: | US Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food and Nutrition Service, U.S . Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Food and Drug Administration |
| Developer: | Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee | | Organization: | Department of Agriculture and Department of Health and Human Services | | Length: | 10 lessons, handouts and CD | | Pilot Testing: | None | | Use Restrictions: | Not copyright protected. | | Reviewers Comments: | Lesson plans and accompanying activities are well thought out and geared to a pre-teen audience. Recipes use foods that are appropriate to a pre-teen age group. Posters and song might also be used with a younger audience. |
| View/download files: | | | The Power of Choice Web Page with links to resource contents HTML:: http://teamnutrition.usda.gov/Resources/power_of_choice.html | | Contact the Distributor: | | Distributor: | United States Department of Agriculture Team Nutrition | | Mail: | 3101 Park Center Drive, Room 632
Alexandria, VA 22302 | | Phone: | (703) 305-1624 | | Fax: | (703) 305-2549 | | Ordering: | Web site: http://teamnutrition.usda.gov/library.html | | Order URL: | Web Address | | Cost: | 0.00 per curriculum | | Avail. in Qty: | No | | Bulkrate: | Item not available to be orderd, PDFs available for download |
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