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Arizona Nutrition Network
Food Stamp Nutrition Education Program

The Arizona Nutrition Network is a public and private partnership led by the Arizona Department of Health Services designed to provide nutrition education to food stamp participants and applicants. Its mission is to shape food consumption in a positive way, promote health, and reduce disease among all people living in Arizona.

Maricopa County’s Office of Nutrition Services is a partner in the Arizona Nutrition Network and is provided funding to support nutrition education and activities among lower income populations. Through network funding, ONS provides a wide variety of programs and services to the community: Nutrition education classes are available for ages and grades from pre- K through the eighth grade. To qualify schools must have rates of free and reduced meal rates of greater than 50%.

School Programs through the network:

GradeExplanation
Kindergarten
Buddy Bear Handwashing Troubles: Buddy Bear teaches students the importance of Handwashing and the proper method to wash their hands. (30 minutes)
Kindergarten
Vegetable Soup: The Vegetable Soup lesson introduces students to the importance of eating 5 servings of fruits and vegetables daily for better health through the story Growing Vegetable Soup. (30 minutes)
1st grade
I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato: Based on Lauren Child’s book this story inspires children to solve problems and perhaps try something new by using their imaginations. Students have an opportunity to sample a fruit or vegetable that they may have never tried. (30 minutes)
2nd grade
Mypyramid, Everything Fits: This lesson introduces students to the USDA’s new healthful eating guide, Mypyramid. Students will learn how rainbow colored bands inside the pyramid represent the different food groups needed for good health. (45 minutes)
3rd grade
Fruits and Vegetables for Better Health: This is a three lesson series or can be condensed into a one day class. Fruits and Vegetables for Better Health teaches students the importance of eating fruits and vegetables daily to prevent disease later in life. Students have the opportunity of preparing a fruit and vegetable snack. (60 minutes each)
4th grade
Get Moving: This lesson provides students with an opportunity to get up and get moving. Indoor physical activities are done in the classroom to stress the importance of physical activity. (60 minutes)
5th grade
Building Better Bones: This is a three lesson series. Building Better Bones teaches students the importance of high calcium, low-fat foods along with physical activity for proper bone growth and to prevent osteoporosis later on in life. (60 minutes each)
6th grade
Think Your Drink: This class compares popular drinks that students are consuming with healthier choices. Students will see how many popular drinks are lacking the vitamins and minerals needed for proper growth and development. The students will have an opportunity to participate in a taste test of an easy to make fruit smoothie. (60 minutes)
7th grade
Healthy Ways for a Healthy Weight: In this class we discuss different types of body shapes and stress that we all come in different shapes and sizes. An emphasis of this class is that we cannot always look like the supermodels or body builders. Students will recognize and comprehend MyPyramid as a tool for healthful eating. (60 minutes)
8th grade
Life in the Fast Food Lane: We know that Fast Food is a way of life, especially for teenagers. In our Life in the Fast Food Lane program we teach teenagers how they can eat nutritious foods when going to fast food restaurants. We stress the importance of low-fat foods. (60 minutes)
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