Healthy Eating

What Is the Healthy Eating Course?

Want to make a lasting impact on your students' health? Teaching kids healthy eating habits is key to their overall well-being. The Healthy Eating professional development course gives educators the tools to do just that!

This course offers practical, research-backed strategies to promote nutrition education in the classroom. Teachers learn to help students follow a balanced diet for optimal health, set realistic goals with healthy rewards, overcome barriers to good nutrition and manage triggers for unhealthy eating. Packed with checklists, charts and engaging activities, this course makes teaching kids healthy eating habits easy and fun. Plus, you’ll gain ready-to-use lesson plans that fit seamlessly into your curriculum.

What Will You Learn? 

The Healthy Eating professional development course for educators explores the connection between self-esteem and overall health, emphasizing how better nutrition can build confidence. As part of nutrition education, teachers examine ways to assess dietary habits and promote balanced eating to support lifelong wellness. The course also delves into strategies for identifying and overcoming barriers to healthy choices, including emotional and environmental eating triggers. Additionally, it covers methods for teaching kids healthy eating habits, helping them set realistic short-term and long-term goals that encourage sustainable habits. By the end of the course, educators develop a personalized action plan that incorporates essential life skills and strategies, equipping students to make healthier choices every day.

What Are the Assignments and Projects?

Students can enroll in the professional development course Healthy Eating at any time and take up to one year from the registration date to complete all assignments. Modules within the course include:

• Analysis and Application Papers
• Healthy Eating Action Plan
• Healthy Eating Lesson Plan
• Healthy Eating Lesson Plan Reflection
• Healthy Eating Peer Interview
• Healthy Eating Website Project

Who Should Enroll in the Healthy Eating Course?

The Healthy Eating course is designed for K-14th grade teachers.

What Educators Who Took the Healthy Eating Course Say

“This was a great course. The material was easy to understand and the assignments were very reasonable and yet challenging. The instructor was very helpful with quick, informative feedback! I highly recommend this course to anyone that wants to improve their knowledge of nutrition.”

- Educator, New York

“This was a great class that I learned a lot of useful information. I will be able to implement much of it into my curriculum.”

- Educator, Illinois

NOTE: Required book must be purchased separately.

This course is applicable towards the Health Education Teaching Certificate.