The Healthy Food Slide Rule (HFSR): A Nutrition Education Tool for Children

Authors

Elaine M. Long, Boise State UniversityFollow
Uwe Reischl, Boise State UniversityFollow
Barbara B. Abo, University of Idaho, Cooperative Extension

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-2010

Abstract

The Healthy Food Slide Rule (HFSR) is a new educational tool designed specifically for use by school children in grades 4-6. The HFSR teaches the importance of including the 5 food groups and the importance of complying with appropriate portion sizes as presented in MyPyramid.^{1, 2} The portion size information included in the HFSR combines the healthy eating and physical activity messages offered by MyPyramid for Kids.^{3, 4} The new tool can be easily incorporated into existing math lessons (weights, measures, and fractions), into language arts lessons, or into science lessons.⁵

Copyright Statement

This is an author-produced, peer-reviewed version of this article. © 2009, Elsevier. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). The final, definitive version of this document can be found online at Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, doi: 10.1016/j.jneb.2009.07.006

Publication Information

Long, Elaine M.; Reischl, Uwe; and Abo, Barbara B.. (2010). "The Healthy Food Slide Rule (HFSR): A Nutrition Education Tool for Children". Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 42(1), 63-65. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2009.07.006