{"id":14848,"date":"2017-03-09T05:58:28","date_gmt":"2017-03-09T13:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nnlm.gov\/pnr\/dragonfly\/?p=14848"},"modified":"2026-02-03T17:19:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T17:19:12","slug":"national-nutrition-month","status":"archive","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/national-nutrition-month\/","title":{"rendered":"National Nutrition Month\u00ae"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/pnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/05\/fruits-veggies.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-14850\" src=\"\/pnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/05\/fruits-veggies-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"photo of fresh fruit and vegetables\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"20\" \/><\/a>March is National Nutrition Month and\u00a0your libraries or organizations might wish to incorporate programs and services and links to information in the communities you serve. Here are some resources which provide not only nutritional information but but tip sheets, videos, lesson plans and more to help encourage healthier communities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>National Nutrition Month\u00ae\u00a0Put Your Best Fork Forward<br \/>\n<\/strong>National Nutrition Month\u00ae is a nutrition education and information campaign created annually in March by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. <em>&#8220;Put Your Best Fork Forward&#8221;<\/em> is this year&#8217;s theme which reminds us to start with small changes in our eating habits \u2013 one forkful at a time.\u00a0Making small changes during National Nutrition Month\u00ae and over time, helps improve health now and into the future. The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics provides games, videos, tips as well as a Celebration Toolkit with resources and ideas for school, work and at home. Go to the website to learn more\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.eatright.org\/resources\/national-nutrition-month\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.eatright.org\/resources\/national-nutrition-month<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>MyPlate is Here for You During National Nutrition Month!\u00ae<br \/>\n<\/strong>Join MyPlate this spring in celebrating a favorite topic, nutrition! You&#8217;ll find videos, interactive tools, tip sheets, ideas for eating on a budget and even posters and lesson plans for schools. Whether you are a dietitian, educator, parent, or someone who is just trying to eat a bit better, ChooseMyPlate.gov has resources to help you achieve your healthy eating goals this month, and all year long. Learn more at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.choosemyplate.gov\/national-nutrition-month\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.choosemyplate.gov\/national-nutrition-month<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Nutrition.gov<\/strong><br \/>\nNutrition.gov is a government resource which serves as a gateway to authoritative information regarding\u00a0nutrition, healthy eating, physical activity, and food safety for consumers. Though it doesn&#8217;t have specific information for observing\u00a0National Nutrition Month\u00ae it does provide links to information such as finding information about:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>dietary supplements<\/li>\n<li>calories and nutrients in food<\/li>\n<li>weight management<\/li>\n<li>meal planning, shopping and cooking tips<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Fine more at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nutrition.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.nutrition.gov\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>MedlinePlus<\/strong><br \/>\nA wealth of nutrition information is available at MedlinePlus. In the health topics section is a category titled &#8220;Food and Nutrition&#8221; at <a href=\"https:\/\/medlineplus.gov\/foodandnutrition.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/medlineplus.gov\/foodandnutrition.html<\/a>.\u00a0Clicking on that will take you to a list of information regarding specific vitamins, nutrients, diets, as well as nutrition for specific populations such as children and seniors. Some information is available in other languages but you may find Health Reach a better resource for multiple language information at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/healthreach.nlm.nih.gov\/searchindex\/Nutrition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/healthreach.nlm.nih.gov\/searchindex\/Nutrition<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March is National Nutrition Month and\u00a0your libraries or organizations might wish to incorporate programs and services and links to information in the communities you serve. Here are some resources which provide not only nutritional information but but tip sheets, videos, lesson plans and more to help encourage healthier communities. National Nutrition Month\u00ae\u00a0Put Your Best Fork&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/national-nutrition-month\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14848","post","type-post","status-archive","format-standard","hentry","category-health-literacy","category-health-observances"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14848"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14848\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15415,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14848\/revisions\/15415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}