Welcome Parents,
Did you know that most children don’t eat a balanced meal? Did you know that over 80% of children don’t eat enough of the healthy foods their body needs for proper nourishment. This can affect their concentration and learning ability in school. Did you know that more and more children are overweight today? This can lead to a lifetime of health problems including diabetes or heart disease.
We believe that prevention through early education is the best treatment. Understanding nutrition at a young age will give your children the knowledge and skills they need to make healthy choices throughout their lives.
We acknowledge the key roles both parents play to make an effective learning experience. This is why we create educational products that involve both children and their parents. We want to make it easy for the entire family to work as a team to establish good nutrition at home.
This website is designed to make learning about nutrition and exercise easy and fun for you and your family.
Here are just some of the tools available to help your entire family eat well and get plenty of exercise:
- Meal Planner Nutrition Tool: find out how much food your child should eat from each of the food groups
- Children’s BMI calculator: this tells if your child is at a healthy weight
- Healthy Nutrition Family Agreement Sheets: printable sheets that encourage your child to set specific nutritional and fitness goals
- Nourish Healthy Kids Nutrition News: our free monthly family and kids nutrition e-newsletter
- Kids Nutrition Games & Activities: kids can learn more about nutrition while playing fun educational games and engaging in interactive activities
- Free family nutrition tips- printable PDFs: Specific tips and suggestions to keep your family healthy.
Chef Solus and the Food Pyramid Adventure Game - sign up for free games here!
We make it easy to learn more about nutrition with our fun, interactive features:
NUTRITION EDUCATION
When it comes to education, we keep it simple. We know you are busy juggling home, work and family. We focus on the basics. Our educational pieces are interactive, short, and to the point. We will be adding more features to this section, so please keep checking for new additions.
Interactive nutrition education
Interactive Food Pyramid, Nutrition Dictionary, and more
PARENTS NUTRITION TOOLS
Our interactive nutritional tools are action oriented and designed to help you make sound decisions about the nutrition and exercise your child needs. We will be creating new tools for you to try, so please keep checking back.
Learn mour about your child's nutritional needs - try our Parents Nutritional Tools
RESOURCES FOR KIDS & FAMILIES
Here are some of our favorite resources and links to help you make balanced nutrition and exercise a key part of your child's life.
Kids health and nutrition resources and links
Nourish Interactive's mission is to offer fun, innovative solutions that empower children to make healthy choices. Nourish Interactive was created by healthcare providers and educators that are committed to promoting early nutrition education and healthy eating. Learn more about the Nourish Interactive Board.
Food Pyramid Game Teaches Kids Healthy Nutrition
Chef Solus and the Food Pyramid Adventure Game is a fun, animated, multi-level game that teaches children about the USDA Food Pyramid, the food groups, and the importance of healthy food and exercise choices.
Learn more about our interactive food pyramid nutrition game.
