{"id":71,"date":"2021-08-16T21:38:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-16T21:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/state.nokidhungry.org\/north-carolina\/?page_id=71"},"modified":"2022-03-31T01:24:41","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T01:24:41","slug":"nutrition-education","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/state.nokidhungry.org\/north-carolina\/nutrition-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Nutrition Education"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"71\" class=\"elementor elementor-71\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a293ca3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a293ca3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1c04d136\" data-id=\"1c04d136\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99d29d9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"99d29d9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"246\" src=\"https:\/\/state.nokidhungry.org\/north-carolina\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2022\/03\/cooking-matters-trio.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-255\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/state.nokidhungry.org\/north-carolina\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2022\/03\/cooking-matters-trio.png 1200w, https:\/\/state.nokidhungry.org\/north-carolina\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2022\/03\/cooking-matters-trio-300x62.png 300w, https:\/\/state.nokidhungry.org\/north-carolina\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2022\/03\/cooking-matters-trio-1024x210.png 1024w, https:\/\/state.nokidhungry.org\/north-carolina\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2022\/03\/cooking-matters-trio-768x157.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e4278c6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5e4278c6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Nutrition education<\/strong>\u00a0<b>is a\u00a0founding principle of No Kid Hungry. <\/b>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cookingmatters.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cooking Matters<\/a>\u00a0curriculum was developed to teach students\u00a0to make healthier choices and to cook delicious, affordable meals.\u00a0<\/p><p>No Kid Hungry NC partners with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foodshuttle.org\/nutrition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Inter-Faith Food Shuttle<\/a>\u00a0to hold Cooking Matters classes at elementary schools in Orange County, NC, and at meal sites across the state during the summer. Since March 2020, NKH NC&#8217;s partner program at UNC, <a href=\"https:\/\/carolinahungerinitiative.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carolina Hunger Initiative<\/a>, has taken<a href=\"https:\/\/carolinahungerinitiative.org\/cooking\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Cooking Matters classes online<\/a> for kids and families. CHI has also worked with UNC students to create an expanding library of nutrition education resources.\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>Incorporating nutrition education<\/strong>\u00a0into federal Child Nutrition Program sites can also help to promote the healthy foods being served. Consider incorporating nutrition education into your School Breakfast, At-Risk Afterschool Meals, or Summer Meals program!<\/p><p>Nutrition education can also be used to teach families how to stretch their food dollars while making healthy choices. Through the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/nokidhungrync.org\/unc-snap-ed-child-nutrition-project\">UNC SNAP-Ed Child Nutrition Project<\/a>, No Kid Hungry NC has been partnering with Child Nutrition Programs to provide nutrition education since 2015.<\/p><h2>\u00a0<\/h2><h2>Resources<\/h2><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/cookingmatters.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cooking Matters homepage<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/carolinahungerinitiative.org\/cooking\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cooking Matters schedule and registration for NC classes<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/carolinahungerinitiative.org\/nutritioneducation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nutrition Education resources from Carolina Hunger Initiative<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nutrition education\u00a0is a\u00a0founding principle of No Kid Hungry. 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