Foundations of Nutrition: Dietary Guidelines

The School Nutrition Program Foundations of Nutrition: 2020–2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans online training.

Course Description

Discover the purpose of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans and how the key recommendations help Americans create a healthy diet and active lifestyle. Participants will gain an understanding of the guidelines and access lessons and resources to put these guidelines into action in the classroom.

Course Number: 173
Training Length: 30 minutes
Certificate: Available at the end of the training
Target Audience: Food Service Director and Staff
Mandatory: No
Cost: Free
Date Recorded: August 2022

Online Course

Begin the Foundations of Nutrition: 2020–2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans course.

Referenced Resources

The following resources are referred to throughout this online course:

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) 2020–2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans provides an Executive Summary, four overarching Guidelines, and Key Recommendations that provide further guidance on healthy eating across the lifespan.

Crediting

Crediting: 0.25 hours

Key Area: Nutrition (1000)
- Training Topic: General Nutrition (1300)
  - Learning Objective: Dietary Guidelines for Americans (1310)

For more information on crediting, access the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) web document Professional Standards Learning Objectives (PDF).

Additional Information

For more information about nutrition education training and resources, visit the California Department of Education (CDE) Healthy Eating and Nutrition Education web page.

Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans provides information about the federal government’s 2008 physical activity guidelines for Americans.
CDE Nutrition Education Resource Guide(PDF) provides an instructional resource for California schools, from kindergarten through twelfth grade, to implement effective, standards-based nutrition education programs for students. The guide was designed to (1) meet the Health Education Content Standards for California Public Schools, Kindergarten Through Grade Twelve (CDE 2008) in the Nutrition and Physical Activity content areas; and (2) address the nutrition competencies. Educators may use it as a resource to plan, implement, and evaluate instructional strategies for a comprehensive nutrition education program (CDE 2017).

Contact Us

If you have any questions, please contact the California Department of Education Nutrition Services Division by phone at 800-952-5609 or email your School Nutrition Program questions to SNPinfo@cde.ca.gov.

Questions: Nutrition Services Division | 800-952-5609

Last Reviewed: Tuesday, October 31, 2023

This institution is an equal opportunity provider.
Esta institución es un proveedor que ofrece igualdad de oportunidades.

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