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The Dairy Council of California provides a wide variety of nutrition education handouts
appropriate for use in both health professional and classroom settings. They are
also useful for parent education and after-school youth activities. Click topics
below to see a variety of downloadable nutrition education handout options. Many
handouts are available in both English and Spanish.
Acrobat Reader is required to open PDF downloads.
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This section includes a variety of healthy-eating handouts for adults. The information
is based on the 2005 US Dietary Guidelines and the USDA MyPyramid food guidance system.
Handouts are available that help to define healthy foods and beverages and offer
healthy lifestyle tips.
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This section has a wide complement of downloadable handouts that can be used in
parent education settings. There are handouts for parents with preschool children
and school-age children. The most popular handouts are on the topics of
healthy breakfast, how to
pack a healthy lunch and
healthy snacks kids will eat.
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There are many opportunities to reinforce the nutrition education that children
receive in school. Handouts available for younger children include
Color My Pyramid and
Color My Pizza. Eat Well, Be Active! is geared for
older children.
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Milk and dairy foods are an important part of a healthy diet. The most popular topics
covered in this section include
vitamin D, whey,
flavored milk,
probiotics, functional foods and
lactose intolerance.
Handouts and other information available for school food service personnel are available
in the
School Food Service portion of this website.
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