Nutrition Education
The purpose of the East Texas Food Bank’s Nutrition Education Program is obesity and chronic disease prevention. The program offers nutrition education to low-income community members by partnering with community organizations and social service agencies serving limited-resource clients. The program also offers nutrition education through direct education classes, the Healthy Pantry Program and Partners in Health.
Direct
Education
Provides nutrition education to children, adults and seniors through nutrition sessions, grocery store tours and Share Our Strength Cooking Matters classes for individuals and families.
Healthy Pantry Program
Aims to make “the healthy choice the easy choice,” for clients by using marketing strategies to provide nutrition education in the food pantry setting.
Partners
in Health
Engages clinic and healthcare systems in screening for food insecurity and onsite emergency food box distributions. Provides healthy food access and education to improve health outcomes.
Recipes
Find fun, healthy and nutritious recipes to cook with your family for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
MyPlate
Learn how to build a healthier diet, tools for assessment and much more with these MyPlate resources.
Interested in volunteering with the Nutrition Education Program?
Fill out a Nutrition Education Volunteer Application today!
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Washington, D.C. 20250-9410;
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This institution is an equal opportunity provider.