Questions 3-5: Nutrition

Calcium and Iron | Children | For Kids | Healthy Foods and Weight Watching | Seniors| Women (Pregnant, Breastfeeding, Other)

Resources marked with two asterices (**) are specific to children's needs.

Foods rich in calcium (Spanish) -- detailed list of foods that are rich in calcium (not "why calcium is important")
**"Calcium Matters: Milk" -- Compares fat and calcium content of different types of milk, importance for young children
**"Calcium Matters: Non-milk based calcium " -- List of other (non-milk) foods that contain calcium, relative amounts of calcium in each food source
**"¡Salud! Con Leche (Spanish)" -- Print p.7 of file (p. 10 of pamphlet); compares fat and calcium content of different types of milk, lists foods rich in clacium
Iron -- why it's good for you (Spanish) -- Print p.2 of file; information on why iron is important, where to get iron, and how to eat it best

Baby nutrition in the first week of life (Spanish) -- How to monitor baby milk drinking and diapers to ensure nutrition in the first week of life
Food pyramid guide for kids (Spanish) -- p.1 is new food pyramid, p.2 contains suggestions for healthy eating and exercise within a family
Eating guides for young children -- recommendations for what to eat at what age
- Birth - 4 months (Spanish)
- 4 - 6 months (Spanish)
- 6 - 8 months (Spanish)
- 8 - 12 months (Spanish)
- 1 - 2 years (Spanish)
- 3 - 5 years (Spanish)
Food on the run (Spanish) -- Guide for parents of teenagers (how to encourage teens to eat healthily)
Power of choice -- Guide for teenagers wanting to make healthy eating (and exercise) choices

"What does 1 cup of fruit look like?" - Coloring sheet for young children which demonstrates serving sizes of some fruit
"What does 1 cup of vegetables look like?" - Coloring sheet for young children which demonstrates serving sizes of some vegetables
"Find the Fruits and Veggies!" - Word/picture search for young school-aged children (click "play game" and then print)

Food pyramid guide (Spanish) -- the new food pyramid with suggestions on how to fill each category
Nurition: How to read a Nutrition fact label (Spanish) -- how to read a nutrition label on a can/box of food
Hábitos alimenticios: una encuesta -- sheet and directions to keep track of what has been eaten and how healthy it was (Spanish only)
Shop, cook, and eat lean (Spanish) -- colorful pamphlet describing ways to eat with less fat in a diet
Eat 5 a day the California way (Spanish) -- how and why to eat healthy vegetables and fruits; also has recipies for healthy food
Eating at work the 5 a day way (Spanish) -- suggestions for how to eat more healthily at work

Food pyramid guide for seniors -- How the food pyramid applies to those over the age of 50

Pregnancy, Women and Folic acid (Spanish) -- How to tell if what you're eating contains folic acid
Pregnancy and Folic acid (Spanish) -- What foods contain folic acid, how to get more folic acid
Pregnancy and Iron -- get the iron you need (Spanish) -- List of iron rich foods (plus a warning to mothers that iron-deficient babies tend to be small and premie)
Brestfeeding -- why it's a good idea (Spanish) -- Why breastfeeding is a good choice for infants
Breastfeeding -- how to combine with employment (Spanish) -- Lengthy pamphlet; California law about breastfeeding, also juggling employment with breastfeeding, and dealing with difficulties
Breastfeeding -- collecting and storing breastmilk (Spanish) -- How to collect and store breastmilk
Stretching your food dollar (Spanish) -- p.3 of file discusses how to buy food more inexpensively