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Choose from a variety of food safety games and activities to download, including puzzles & word searches, coloring & activity pages, and more.

Build healthy eating habits in your teenage years using these tips.

Choose plant foods that are rich in important nutrients to meet your nutrition needs.

Learn about the five food groups with printable crossword puzzles, mazes, word searches, word scrambles and coloring sheets. Activities include:

• Fruit and Vegetable Flash Cards
• MyPlate Word Blanks: "Cook-off Craze"
• Kids Food Critic Activity
• MyPlate Grocery Store Bingo

Learn which foods make up the Protein Foods Group and how much protein is needed for a healthy diet. 

Learn how to handle, cook, and store food safely to prevent foodborne illness. 

Read this fun comic book for children, which explores food safety and foodborne illness. PDF | 1.69 MB

Find recipes featuring foods that both children and adults should eat more of, including dark green and orange vegetables, dry beans and peas, and whole grains.

Find quick and easy recipes kids and other family members will enjoy. Videos, rollover widgets, and fact sheets provide ideas on ways to get your kids to try new foods, eat whole grains, fruits and vegetables, and low-fat milk and yogurt.

Recipes, videos, tips and factsheets just for you! Pick up ideas on ways to get your kids to try new foods, eat whole grains, fruits and vegetables, and low-fat milk and yogurt.

Check out the recipes featured in the Kids Rock Nutrition in the Kitchen video:

• Tasty Fish and Veggie Packets
• Tasty Chicken and Veggie Packets
• Yogurt Berry Parfait

Find out what fruits and vegetables are in season.

Find MyPlate tip sheets for smart shopping and meal planning. Topics include:

• Eat Healthy on a Budget
• Meal Planning
• Grocery Shopping

Find important food safety information for older adults. Also in PDF|2.43 MB.

Learn about potential dangers of ergogenic aids, substances that are claimed to help enhance energy utilization and performance in the body. 

Call your State’s number to learn more about the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Most are toll-free numbers.

USDA's Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) works to end hunger and obesity through the administration of 15 federal nutrition assistance programs including WIC, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and school meals.

The Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) works to improve the health of low-income persons at least 60 years of age by supplementing their diets with nutritious USDA Foods.

Find reports and data on the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Program.

Find information about Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP), a program that helps eligible individuals by supplementing their diets with USDA commodity foods. See also:

• CSFP Program Fact Sheet
• Eligibility Requirements and How to Apply
• CSFP Foods Fact Sheets and Recipes

Learn about the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Farmers' Market Nutrition Program (FMNP), which provides fresh, locally grown fruits and vegetables from local farmers' markets to WIC participants. Also see a Fact Sheet (PDF | 246 KB).

Learn how Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR) provides commodity foods to low-income households on Indian reservations, and to Native American families residing in designated areas near reservations. See also:

• FDPIR Fact Sheet
• Eligibility Requirements and How to Apply
• Foods Available List
• Household and Material Fact Sheets

Learn about Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP), which provides low-income seniors with access to locally grown fruits, vegetables, honey and herbs. Read more in the SFMNP Fact Sheet (PDF | 230 KB).

Learn how, under the Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP), commodity foods are made available to States and distributed by food banks, soup kitchens and food pantries that directly serve the public.

Use this tool to check if you are eligible for the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program, which provides nutrition education, breastfeeding support, and supplemental foods to low-income pregnant or breastfeeding women. Also available in Spanish, Chinese, Arabic, Haitian Creole, Korean, Russian, Somali, and Vietnamese.