[EQ] Nutrition Education in Primary Schools - A Planning Guide for Curriculum Development

Nutrition Education in Primary Schools - A PLANNING GUIDE FOR CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT

 

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), 2007

 

Website: http://www.fao.org/docrep/009/a0333e/a0333e00.htm

 

9 October 2007, Rome - Educating school children in healthy nutrition is one of the most effective strategies for overcoming malnutrition and chronic diet-related diseases but has been neglected far too long…”

 

“….wide-ranging new guide on teaching good eating habits to primary school children in an effort to reduce malnutrition and diet-related diseases. 

The agency notes that one of the most effective strategies for overcoming malnutrition and chronic diet-related diseases, such as excess weight and obesity, diabetes, hypertension and cardiovascular diseases, is educating school children in healthy nutrition…”

 

The Planning Guide is a resource package comprising three elements

- Vol. 1: The Reader

- Vol. 2: The Activities

- The Classroom Curriculum Chart  

 

PDF files available at: ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/009/a0333e/

 

 

 

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