Protective Nutrition Education - Educator Workbook with Lesson Plans

Written by 2 Registered Dietitians, Anna Lutz and Katherine Zavodni, who specialize in eating disorders, this teacher workbook has the tools to teach nutrition to preschool and elementary-aged students in a developmentally appropriate way.

The workbook includes how to use cognitive development theories and apply them specifically to nutrition education to inform nutrition education for preschool and elementary-aged students. Teachers, parents, and nutritional professionals can learn and consider the research about the potential harm of teaching nutrition to young children in a developmentally inappropriate and weight-centric way. The workbook includes an educator self-assessment to help the educator consider their own beliefs about food and bodies. A nutrition education framework is outlined with suggestions for implementing protective nutrition education on an environmental level within the school. Students' cognitive developmental stages are outlined and investigated at the preschool, lower elementary, and upper elementary school levels, with corresponding lesson plans for each level. The workbook include nutrition lesson plans!

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Table of Contents:

Chapter 1: What's the Harm?

Chapter 2: Developmentally Appropriate Nutrition Education

Chapter 3: A Deeper Look at Cognitive Development and Nutrition Education

Chapter 4: The Curriculum Framework

Chapter 5: Educator Self Assessment

Chapter 6: The Food Environment at School

Chapter 7: Nutrition Lessons Focus Areas

Chapter 8: Developmental Considerations: Preschool

Chapter 9: Preschool Lesson Plans

Chapter 10: Developmental Considerations: Lower Elementary

Chapter 11: Lower Elementary Lesson Plans

Chapter 12: Developmental Considerations: Upper Elementary

Chapter 13: Upper Elementary Lesson Plans

Chapter 14: Answering Tough Questions

Conclusion

References

Appendix