Team Nutrition

Team Nutrition

Team Nutrition is an initiative of the USDA Food and Nutrition Service that supports the child nutrition programs through training and technical assistance for food service professionals, nutrition education for children and their caregivers, and school and community support for healthy eating and physical activity. Team Nutrition provides resources to schools, child care settings, and summer meal sites to support national efforts to promote lifelong healthy food choices and physical activity.

Team Nutrition has three behavior-focused strategies:

• Provide training and technical assistance to child nutrition professionals to enable them to prepare and serve nutritious meals that appeal to children.
• Increase nutrition education through multiple communication channels to help children have the knowledge, skills, and motivation to make healthy food and physical activity choices as part of a healthy lifestyle.
• Build support for healthy school and child care environments that encourage nutritious food choices and physically active lifestyles.