General nutrition education handout with meal ideas and snack list, in English and Spanish. This handout can be used on its own to provide basic nutrition education for generally healthy adolescents, or can be paired with other educational materials. 

This is a 1 page, double-sided handout:

  • Side 1: Nutrition for Teenagers (Nutrición para Adolescentes): discusses generalized nutrition goals for healthy, growing adolescents. Describes the different macronutrient categories and examples of foods in each, the role of nutrients in the body, the importance of eating regularly throughout the day, and generalized hydration recommendations.
  • Side 2: Meal Ideas for Busy Teens (Opciones de Comidas para Adolescentes Activos): provides balanced breakfast ideas, easy lunch suggestions, and DIY dinner suggestions for teens with limited cooking knowledge. Also includes a snack suggestion list recommending that teens pair combinations of foods together for energy and mood.

These ready-to-use handouts feature a blue-green color scheme, teen-friendly and weight-neutral language, and offer age-appropriate explanations and examples throughout.

This product comes as a PDF download.

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  • Will be Useful with Changes for my Clients

    By Nutrition Andrea on

    Page 1 is great. Easy to understand, concrete way to look at a sandwich, good model. Eating every 3-4 hours s not always realistic for teens in school, but nice goal. The suggestions on page 2 includes things I would ever recommend. For example – hot dogs, instant noodles, boxed mac/cheese, alfredo sauce, and what is considered a ‘meat snack’? Leave those off or offer diff idea – veggie hot dog, frozen lentil pasta, etc. Suggest non-dairy milk instead of soy milk specifically so it opens options.

    • By Natalie Nation, MPH, RD, LD | Feed That Nation on

      Hi Andrea!

      I work with high schoolers in a low-income school district and so I find it appropriate to include inexpensive convenience foods on my handouts with recommendations for how my teen clients can turn a convenience food like instant noodles into a more balanced meal by adding fruit and protein.

      I do appreciate that in more affluent work settings with clientele who have more resources, others’ recommendations may look different! Thank you for your feedback, I hope you are able to use my handout in your work 🙂

  • General Nutrition for Teens

    By Leslie Petross on

    This is a great easy to read handout. I work with teens all the time in a school setting and this is a handout I can use with my classes and sports teams. An excellent resource for a wellness fair we are having at a high school also. Thank you!

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