Nutrition

With Fruits and Veggies, More Matters...

We all know that fruits and vegetables add important nutrition to our diets. But how much should we eat? And how can we make this nutrition stuff easier, tastier and more enjoyable?  In simple, user-friendly ways, the Fruits & Veggies—More Matters health initiative offers information on:

• why to eat more fruits and veggies including information on key nutrients in fruits and veggies and all the forms that these important foods come in
• meal planning, selection advice, and time saving tips
• expert advice and selection and storage of foods, recipes and cooking tips
• getting kids involved with in shopping and cooking with coloring pages, supermarket games and kid-friendly recipes
• a mother's forum to discuss share nutrition wisdom, and snack strategies
• a huge variety of nutrition resources

Click on icon to the right to go to the More Matters website.

Want to Create Change in Your Maine Community?   

Healthy Maine Partnerships now has available several Action Packets related to physical activity and nutrition policy and environmental change. The action packets are filled with everything you need to develop policies that support increased physical activity and healthy nutrition, real Maine Examples, Action Steps, Presentation Materials, Resources and more. Please contact us with your name, shipping address and contact info to order any action packets. You may also visit the Maine Physical Activity and Nutrtion Program website as well.

Healthy Giving for Healthy Living

Healthy Maine Partnership of Greater Waterville is pleased to announce the availability of new "Healthy Giving for Healthy Living" resources available to worksites and organizations in the Greater Waterville area to encourage healthy donations to our local food banks and soup kitchens. Contact us for more info.