Nutrients are the body’s building blocks to health and well-being. However, empty calories from added sugars and solid fats total 40% of daily calories for children and adolescents 2–18 years of age. Educating young people on the importance of healthy eating can start with teaching them about the key nutrients found in a variety of foods.
For your next lesson on nutrition, download our FREE, refreshed worksheets pulled straight from HealthSmart. HealthSmart is ETR’s skills-based, K-12 curriculum that’s customizable to align with local and state health education standards, which develop and support healthy behaviors for a lifetime.
These worksheets include exercises for matching nutrients to their main function in the body and where each nutrient should be found within the five food groups. The activities are great to use before and after a nutrition lesson to show youth what they’ve learned!
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