Healthy Eating Resources
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Eating Right
Healthy foods are fundamental to good health and community vitality. The food production system — from agricultural production and processing to transportation and marketing — influences our ability to buy healthy foods. The food system impacts employment levels, working conditions, and the quality of air and water.
Stay Healthy
Healthy people require healthy environments — healthy neighborhoods, schools, childcare centers, and workplaces. All these must be structured in ways that allow everyone to obtain healthy foods easily and affordably and to incorporate physical activity into their daily routines.
Video Lessons from Our Partners
Knife Skills
by Chef Andrew Terronez
Wichita Public Schools
Active Transportation Alternatives
by Geoffrey Kisch, President of Bike Walk Wichita
Creative Tips for Healthy Eating
by Krista Sanderson from Eat Real America
Eating Healthy on a Budget
by Veronica Maples, Nutrition Educator K-State Research and Extension – Sedgwick County
Kids in the Kitchen
by Tammi Krier, Registered Dietitian Greater Wichita YMCA
Sodium Reduction Tips
by Liza Jackson, Nutrition Educator K-State Research & Extension – Sedgwick County
Healthy Eating Defined
by Sarah Oswald, Registered Dietitian Greater Wichita YMCA
Meal Planning and Intuitive Cooking
by Anne Marie de Jong, Registered Dietitian Health & Wellness Coalition volunteer
How can YOU make a difference?
by Claudia Hohnbaum, Registered Licensed Dietitian Health & Wellness Coalition volunteer
Healthy Eating Resources
Feed Your Active Faith – a resource guide for healthy eating in faith-based communities.
Healthy Food Donation Policy – Is your organization commitment to supporting the health and well-being of our community? Choose to express this by providing healthy food donations to the Kansas Food Bank (or other recipient). Does your organization recognize that heart attack, obesity, stroke, and diabetes are largely affected by diet? And that the choices about what foods to donate can have a significant impact on the health and well-being of those ultimately receiving such donations. If so, this document is for you!
Healthy Bites, Healthy Worksites is a resource guide for implementing healthy eating in the workplace, or anywhere you live, learn, earn, play or pray! The importance of policies for healthy eating in the workplace are discussed along with local success stories.
Kids Eat Right Month
Each August, the Healthy Eating Committee celebrates Kids Eat Right Month with the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. In 2016, we promoted Try Day Friday with tips on how to store, pick and eat the following foods: apples, kale, mangoes, & corn.
2017 Try Day Friday Food Features included: Purple carrots, Melon, Cauliflower, Tomato, Avocado, Butternut Squash, Sweet Potato, Pomegranates, Brussels Sprouts, Jicama, Kiwi, Lime, Fennel, Beets, Kohlrabi, Pears, Pumpkin, Cranberries, & Ginger.
2018 Try Day Friday Food Features includes: Overnight Oats, Spaghetti Squash, Garlic, Mulberries & Blackberries.
Other Resources
- Healthier Potluck Templates
- Healthy Catering guide
- Before you donate to your local pantry, think about filling a healthy plate
- Keep your Foods Safe
- Affordable, Nutritious, Delicious
