Nutrition Education

What you can find...

• Recipe Cards (PDF)
  • Berry Bars
    • English (138.46 KB)
    • Spanish (151.34 KB)
  • Broccoli Cheese Potato
    • English (144.63 KB)
    • Spanish (118.90 KB)
  • Cheesy Spinach & Tomato Strata
    • English (123.01 KB)
    • Spanish (126.58 KB)
  • Fresh Fruit Cocktail
    • English (145.03 KB)
    • Spanish (126.50 KB)
  • Pear Sauce
    • English (95.28 KB)
    • Spanish (121.94 KB)
  • Snappy Bean Salad
    • English (124.02 KB)
    • Spanish (100.45 KB)

• Energize Your Life! Newsletter (PDF)
  • Issue 1 (327.02 KB)
  • Issue 2 (376.63 KB)
  • Issue 3 (380.77 KB)
  • Issue 4 (371.08 KB)

• Are You a Bean- ginner?

• Be a Healthy Mom

• Beans, They're What's For Dinner!

• Feeding Your 1 to 2 Year Old

• Feeding Your 1 to 5 Year Old: Building Good Habits

• Feeding Your 3 to 5 Year Old

• Feeding Your Baby 6 to 12 Months

• Feeding Your Baby Birth to 8 Months

• Fish Facts for Good Health

• Food Safety and Nutrition to Help Prevent Lead Poisoning in Children

• Give Your Baby a Healthy Start

• Healthy Choices for Kids

• I'm Ready! Feeding Family Foods to Your Baby

• Iron for Strong Blood

• Lactose or Dairy Intolerance

• Relief from Constipation

• Simmering Pots of Chili, Cool and Creamy Dips, Crunchy Salads, Sound Great?

• Time for a Cup 6 to 8 Months

• Tips for Feeding Young Kids

• What's Up? - Information for Adults Who Care About Teens - Adolescent Nutrition

• What's Up? - Information for Adults Who Care About Teens - Eating Disorders

• When it Comes to Cooking Beans, Are You Well-Seasoned?

• Bold and Beautiful Book of Bean Recipes - Produced by WA WIC Nutrition Program
  

• California Department of Health Services:  Cooking with Children

• Farmers Market Nutrition Program Recipes

• Fruits & Veggies - More Matters (formerly 5 A Day)

• Seattle/King County Public Health - Healthy Eating Cookbook

• USDA Food Stamp Nutrition Connection

• WA State Dairy Council Recipes

• Healthy Habits
  Information about Washington WIC's 3 year USDA Revitalizing Nutrition Education project.

• Herb & Dietary Supplement Database
  From MedlinePlus, a service of the National Library of Health and the National Institutes of Health.  Also available in Spanish.

• Weight-Control Information Network (WIN)
  The lead agency responsible for providing information on weight control, obesity, physical activity and related nutritional disorders, a service of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease (NIDDK) of the National Institute of Health.  The following publications, plus many more, are available by pamphlet or online:
  • Walking ... A Step in the Right Direction
  • Weight Loss for Life
  • Choosing a Safe and Successful Weight Loss Program

• EthnoMed
  The EthnoMed site out of Harborview Hospital in Seattle, Washington contains information about cultural beliefs, medical issues and other related issues pertinent to the health care of recent immigrants, many of whom are refugees fleeing war-torn parts of the world.  Client education materials in a variety of health and nutrition topics are available in PDF.

For more information on nutrition education resources, visit our Interesting Links page.

Links to external resources are provided as a public service and do not imply endorsement by the Washington State Department of Health.

Documents posted in PDF version on the Department of Health Web site will be made available on request to users who are unable to download or view them. For persons with disabilities, PDF documents will be made available on request in other formats. To submit a request, contact WIC's Subsite Developer.  Download the free PDF viewer here.