Let's Eat Healthy! is a nutrition education program offered to qualifying Placer and Nevada County schools, preschools and other youth organizations and groups. Through this program, thousands of local children can participate in hands-on nutrition education. Schools with at least 50% of the students receiving free or reduced lunch qualify for this program.

Funding for Let's Eat Healthy! is provided by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and is part of the Food Stamp Nutrition Education Program (FSNEP).

Let's Eat Healthy! program staff offer curriculum, trainings, and materials to qualifying teachers and area educators at no cost. Seven different curricula are offered:

• Go Glow Grow-Preschool
• Happy Healthy Me...Moving, Munching & Reading Through MyPyramid for 4 to 6 Year Olds
• Eating Healthy from Farm to Fork . . . Promoting School Wellness, Kindergarten Curriculum
• Eating Healthy from Farm to Fork . . . Promoting School Wellness, First Grade Curriculum
• Eating Healthy from Farm to Fork . . . Promoting School Wellness, Second Grade Curiculum
• Reading Across MyPyramid-Elementary School
• Nutrition To Grow On-Upper Elementary
• Eatfit-Middle School
• Jump Start-High School

Overall Goal of FSNEP Youth:

To promote healthy lifestyles for youth and their families as outlined in the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. This is done by training individuals, who in turn provide children with 4 to 6 hours of nutrition education. Specific objectives include the following:

• Increase awareness of fruits, vegetables and other high-fiber, low-fat foods.
• Increase awareness of food safety practices for children who prepare their own meals and snacks.
• Encourage daily physical activity.