Nutrition plays a crucial role in promoting health and vitality, especially for adults in day care settings. Proper dietary choices can greatly enhance well-being, manage chronic conditions, and improve overall quality of life. In this collection, you’ll find a range of valuable resources—videos, books, and guides—that focus on different aspects of nutrition, from calcium intake to managing dietary myths. These materials are designed for educators, caregivers, and anyone interested in helping adults maintain a healthy diet. They provide practical tips, easy-to-understand explanations, and interactive elements that can be incorporated into educational and care programs.
All About Calcium
This National Health video covers the essentials of calcium, including its role in bone and teeth health, muscle and nerve function, the best dietary sources, and the importance of supplements. It also addresses specific needs for children, adolescents, pregnant and nursing women, as well as discusses osteoporosis, risk factors, and how calcium interacts with other minerals like phosphorus. The resource package includes reproducible learning objectives, activities, quizzes with answers, and explanations.
Audience: High School, Upper Elementary, Adult Day Care, Health Clinics, Parents
Format: 12-minute video with a teaching guide
All About Carbohydrates
This video explains the differences between simple and complex carbohydrates, debunks myths surrounding sugar, and highlights the benefits of complex carbs. It features demonstrations of dishes like vegetable rice and pasta primavera. The resource package provides reproducible learning objectives, activity suggestions, quizzes, and answer explanations.
Audience: High School, Upper Elementary, Adult Day Care, Health Clinics, Parents
Format: 16-minute video with a teaching guide
All About Fiber
Learn about the roles of soluble and insoluble fiber, tips to increase fiber intake, and how to read food labels for fiber content. The video includes demonstrations of simple fiber-rich recipes. The teaching package offers reproducible learning objectives, activities, quizzes, and explanations.
Audience: High School, Upper Elementary, Adult Day Care, Health Clinics, Parents
Format: 16-minute video with a teaching guide
All About Iron
This video covers the best dietary sources of iron, the role of supplements, and iron-deficiency anemia. It focuses on the unique needs of women, children, and pregnant women, while explaining heme and non-heme iron and the dangers of iron toxicity. The accompanying resource package includes reproducible learning objectives, activity ideas, quizzes, and answer keys with explanations.
Audience: High School, Upper Elementary, Adult Day Care, Health Clinics, Parents
Format: 11-minute video with a teaching guide
All About Protein
This video delves into the structure and function of proteins, discussing essential amino acids, daily protein requirements, and the role of protein in sports nutrition. It also explores the challenges of high-protein diets and how to reduce fats in protein-rich foods. The teaching package includes learning objectives, activity ideas, quizzes, and answer explanations.
Audience: High School, Upper Elementary, Adult Day Care, Health Clinics, Parents
Format: 14-minute video with a teaching guide
The American Dietetic Association’s Complete Food and Nutrition Guide
This comprehensive guide translates scientific nutrition data into practical advice for making healthy food choices. With tips and guidelines for all ages, from baby food to senior nutrition, it’s an essential resource for any lifestyle.
Audience: Adults, Day Care, Nutritionists, College, Health Clinics, Teachers
Format: 619-page book
The American Dietetic Association Guide to: Women’s Nutrition for Healthy Living
This consumer-friendly book offers women a complete guide to nutrition at every life stage, from disease prevention to lifelong health. It promotes realistic goals and small changes while accommodating convenience foods and enjoyment. It also covers nutrition’s role in preventing common diseases like breast cancer, heart disease, and osteoporosis.
Audience: Adults, Day Care, Nutritionists, General Adult, Health Clinics, College
Format: 238-page book
The Best Breakfast
This video evaluates breakfast options, from coffee and donuts to fast food and hearty meals like bacon and eggs. It encourages nutritious alternatives and suggests trying nontraditional breakfast foods such as pizza or stir-fry. It also explains how to find healthy breakfast cereals and the consequences of skipping breakfast. The guide includes a program summary, quiz, handouts, and ideas for easy, nutritious breakfasts.
Audience: Adults, Day Care, Middle School, High School, General Adult
Format: 22-minute video with a 10-page guidebook
Calorie Guide to Brand Names and Basic Foods
This guide provides calorie counts for thousands of basic and branded foods, from appetizers to desserts. It’s a handy reference for anyone monitoring calorie intake, whether at home or on the go.
Audience: Nutritionists, Teachers, Health Educators, Adult Day Care
Format: 262-page book
The “Can Have” Diet and More! : The Easy Guide to Informed Exercise and Food Choices
This book is a practical guide for anyone looking to develop healthy eating and exercise habits. It covers label reading, the Food Guide Pyramid, and tips for creating sustainable changes in diet. The updated food value tables include more packaged foods and fast-food options.
Audience: Adults, Day Care, Nutritionists, General Adult
Format: 140-page book
Carbohydrates: What You Need to Know
Part of the American Dietetic Association’s “Nutrition Now” series, this book clarifies the role of carbohydrates in the diet, from their impact on weight and mood to physical performance. It provides an overview of foods rich in carbohydrates and their nutritional value.
Audience: General Adult, Health Clinics, High School, College, Adult Day Care
Format: 75-page book
Chefs Creating LEAN: A Nutrition Course for Food Professionals
This chef education program from the American Dietetic Association trains food professionals in creating delicious low-fat menu items. It covers heart disease and cancer risk factors, types of fat, and recipe development. The program is approved by the American Culinary Federation for continuing education credits.
Audience: Adults, Day Care, Food Service Personnel, Child Care
Format: 145-page cookbook
The Complete Book of Food Counts
This extensive reference provides nutritional data on thousands of basic, branded, and restaurant-chain foods, making it invaluable for anyone focused on dieting or nutrition.
Audience: Adults, Day Care, Nutritionists, Teachers, Health Educators
Format: 770-page book
The Cooking Experience
This cookbook offers over 135 recipes designed to engage participants through smell and taste, stimulating memories and conversation. Each recipe is simple and can be completed in under 1.5 hours using basic equipment like a toaster oven or electric fry pan.
Audience: After School Program, Adult Day Care
Format: 137-page book
The Cooking Experience with Muffins and Quick Breads
A collection of easy-to-make muffin and quick bread recipes that can be prepared in “kitchenless” areas using portable equipment. Recipes are simple, cost-effective, and can be completed in 1 to 1.5 hours.
Audience: After School Program, Adult Day Care
Format: 71-page manual with 132 slides and 24 reproducible masters
Cooking Without Your Salt Shaker
This American Heart Association cookbook is designed for those looking to reduce sodium and fat in their diets, offering heart-healthy recipes that are easy to follow.
Audience: Adults, Day Care, General Adult
Format: 145-page cookbook
Current Nutrition Myths
This engaging video addresses common nutrition myths, such as the effectiveness of “natural” herbs, the need for supplements, the role of food allergies, and misconceptions about sugar. The program is both entertaining and educational, and includes a resource package with quizzes, activities, and explanations.
Audience: Upper Elementary, High School, Health Clinics, Parents, Adult Day Care
Format: 16-minute video with a teaching guide