March - Healthy Eating

MARCH - HEALTHY EATING

March is the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics National Nutrition Month®. In support, we are equipping public health educators with the resources they need to encourage healthy eating and "Savor the Flavor of Eating Right." Find posters, fact sheets, activity ideas, and other resources in this toolbox to help Sailors, Marines, beneficiaries, and DoD civilians improve their eating and exercise habits to achieve and maintain a healthy weight, reduce chronic disease, and promote overall health.

Planning Ahead 

• Message for Commanding Officers
• Activity Ideas
• Plan of the Week Notes

• National Nutrition Month® Fact Sheets

• Healthy Eating Social Media Messages to Share

Key Resources

Posters and Infographic 

• Food First, Supplement Second (NMCPHC HPW)
• The Challenge of Obesity: A Path to a Healthier You (NMCPHC HPW)
• Healthy Meeting Eating (NMCPHC HPW)
• Go for Green® Guide (HPRC)
• Go for Green® Program Background (HPRC)
• Nutrition for Performance - Go for Green® (HPRC)
• Think Before You Drink: Energy Drinks (OPSS)
• What’s My Plate All About (USDA)

Fact Sheets 

• Choose to Live a Healthy Lifestyle (NMCPHC HPW)
• Diets are Out; Eating Patterns are In: 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (NMCPHC HPW)
• Healthy Eating for Your Lifestyle (NMCPHC HPW)
• Size Up Your Servings (NMCPHC HPW)
• Nutri-Facts (NMCPHC HPW)
• Performance Nutrition 101 (NMCPHC HPW)
• Eat the Rainbow: A Colorful Approach to Healthy Eating (NMCPHC HPW)
• Living Healthy for As Long As We Live: The Importance of Fruits and Vegetables (NMCPHC HPW)
• How Healthy are Dietary Supplements? (NMCPHC HPW)
• How Safe are Dietary Supplements? (NMCPHC HPW)
• Indulge Your Taste Buds, and Your Health (NMCPHC HPW)
• 10 Tips for Healthy Eating (NMCPHC HPW)
• Eat Healthy on a Budget (NMCPHC HPW)
• Prepping to Eat Well: Tools and Techniques for Healthy Eating (NMCPHC HPW)
• 10 Ways to Increase Your Fruits and Vegetables Intake (NMCPHC HPW)

Healthy Recipe Resources 

• Mastering Healthy and Flavorful Cooking (NMCPHC HPW)
• Spice it Up! Spice Table (NMCPHC HPW)
• USDA Cookbooks (USDA)

Brochures and Guides 

• Interactive Nutrition Resources (NMCPHC HPW)
• The 30-Day Fruit and Veggie Challenge (NMCPHC HPW)
• Tracker to Identify Your Food Triggers (NMCPHC HPW)
• Maneuvering Through Your Grocery Store (NMCPHC HPW)
• Meal Builder - Navy Operational Fitness and Fueling System (CNIC)
• Commissary Shopping Tips (Navy Fitness)
• SuperTracker (USDA)
• Strategies to Increase Consumption of Fruits and Vegetables (CDC)
• Eat More, Weigh Less (CDC)
• My Plate (USDA)
• Healthy Eating for a Healthy Weight (CDC)

Videos 

• Fruits and Veggies: More Does Matter (NMCPHC HPW)
• Be a Savvy Shopper (NPC via YouTube)
• Cooking with Herbs, Spices, and Other Seasonings (NHLBI)
• Easy Ways to Add Whole Grains to Your Plate (NHLBI)
• Simple and Delicious Vegetable Side Dishes (NHLBI)

Learn More 

• NMCPHC HPW Healthy Eating
• NMCPHC HPW Active Living
• NMCPHC HPW Weight Management
• ShipShape Weight Management Program
• Navy Nutrition
• Navy Fitness
• USMC Semper Fit
• Human Performance Resource Center - Nutrition
• Human Performance Resource Center - Go for Green®
• Human Performance Resource Center – Operation Supplement Safety
• Defense Commissary Agency
• MHS Operation Live Well - Nutrition
• Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Nutrition
• USDA Choose My Plate

TOPIC OF INTEREST – SLEEP 

• Fact Sheets
  • Improving Sleep Habits

• Resources 

  • HPW resources:
    • Sleep
    • Sleep for Wounded, Ill, and Injured
    • Sleep Toolbox
  • External resources:
    • Human Performance Resource Center
    • National Institutes of Health
    • Harvard Medical School