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Healthy Eating Starts Early
In partnership with Florida Nutrition Ed, Second Harvest offers nutrition education classes to help Central Florida residents incorporate more nutritious foods into their diet, adopt an active lifestyle, prevent chronic disease, manage a healthy weight and improve their quality of life. The program provides free classes in Brevard, Lake, Marion, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, and Volusia counties.
Classes are available for all age groups, including youth and teens, families with children, adults and seniors. Topics range from how to read nutrition labels, healthy eating on a budget, how to manage chronic health issues, maintaining a healthy gut, and much more.
Nutritious Meals to Bring Everyone Together
Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida is proud to share this collection of recipes with you. You will find simple meals that inspire and encourage you to try new foods, prepare fresh produce with simple techniques, and enjoy delicious and nutritious meals.
Furthermore, you’ll gain insights into Second Harvest’s efforts to bridge the gap between health and hunger in our community.
Project VEGGIE Aims to Curb Picky Eating
Getting kids to eat vegetables can be challenging, but increasing their exposure to fresh produce may help.
A health education and behavior professor from the University of Florida has launched a research project to find out.
Project VEGGIE (Vegetable Eating Gets Going with Increased Exposure) is a 12-week pilot program that brings together Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida in partnership with UF Professor Dr. Layton Reeser-Oyer, the Early Learning Coalition of Orange County and volunteers from the University of Central Florida.
