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Welcome Teens!

Info, fun and games are just one click away! 
Select any one of the links provided below to find activities for you to do.



MyPyramid and Healthy Nutrition

Dairy Council of California -- Teen BEAT (Basic Exercise and Activity Tracker) Check out the "Tools" on the menu for a personal nutritional planner and games.
MyPyramid Tracker -- Find your calorie and enery balance and keep a history up to a year.
Meals Matter -- Create your own cookbook, find games, meal planning help, nutrition challenges and search for recipes.
Student Resources -- The FDA provides links and information about research and writing reports on assorted nutrition and food safety topics.
Smart Nutrition Starts Herel -- Links to topics like supplements, shopping, cooking, meal planning, MyPyramid and much more!

Teens Health --Learn about your mind and body.



Grains

Bread, Cereal, Rice, & Pasta -- Information from NIBBLE on grains plus links to the other food groups, ingredient subsitution and other nutrition information.

Montana Wheat and Barley Council -- Lists PDF's with fun activities for kids.

ND Wheat Commission -- Read about Sammy Spaghetti and Becky Bread’s summer vacation, color and more.
Wheat Foods Council -- Contests, recipes and fun for kids.



Fruits and Vegetables

Banana Land -- Facts, information and recipes and silly banana arcade games.
California Avocado Commission -- Recipes, coloring pages, games and more about avocados.
More Matters -- Learn fun facts, find recipes and everything about fruits and vegetables.
Florida Department of Citrus -- Citrus facts and healthy living tools.
Pear Bureau Northwest -- Pearbear will teach the ropes of nutrition through posters, stories and other fun messages.



Meat and Beans

Burger Town -- Games, fitness tips, recipes with beef and more.
The Playground -- Three fun and easy experiments with eggs.
Kids Health -- Learn about protein.
Pork 4 Kids -- Learn about pigs, play games and print out activities.



Milk

Consumer Healthcare -- Determine your calcium intake with the calcium calculator. Learn new information about calcium.

Moomilk -- Learn more about the animal that provides us with milk. Take quizzes and play games. Get your questions answered.
Straus Family Creamery -- Learn how to milk a cow,  make butter and curds and whey using milk. Even make glue from milk!
University of California at Berkeley -- Assemble a human skeleton from the different bones of the body.
Drink Milk -- Ask a Dietitian, milk group recipes and links 
University of Southern Maine -- Learn how to keep your bones healthy. Play the bone game.



Oils and Discretionary Calories

Know Your Fats -- Tips for eating out, "Fats Translator" and meet the "Bad Fats" brothers
KidsHealth -- Learn about fats.



Kids and Food Safety

Food Detectives -- Play fun games, learn song lyrics and download activities.

Iowa State University Extension -- Learn about food safety on-line.
Kids World - Food Safety -- Can you serve a safe barbeque?  Find out what causes foodborne illness. Get tips on how to handle food safely.
Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department -- Help Super Scrub keep clean with these quizzes, games and coloring pages.
American Museum of Natural History -- Try your detective skills with the “Infection Detection Protection.” Can you find the “Bacteria in the Cafeteria” or solve the “Mixed-up Microbe Mystery”?
Lose a Million Bacteria -- "Lose a Million (Bacteria)" is a fun, interactive game based on the popular TV game show, "Who wants to be a Millionaire?"  The object of the game is to lose bacteria.
FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition -- Games, puzzles, careers, coloring books, songs and tips on food safety. Join in the fun!



Resources

American Heart Association -- Learn about your heart with fun worksheets and songs.

Eat Smart Play Hard -- E-cards, animations and more.

Kidnetic -- Take the fitness challenge, move to music and more.
Nutrition Cafe -- Are you eating right? Clues to find the missing nutrients, questions, answers, and more.
U.S. Department of Agriculture -- Information on all aspects of food and nutrition.
Your Energy Wake-Up Call -- The simple solution to healthy eating and physical activity for teens.



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