Quality nutrition education programs and social marketing campaigns to promote healthier choices about food.
Goal: To improve eating and lifestyle behaviors as a preventive approach to reducing diet-related health problems.
In 2012–2013, MNN supports 46 competitively-bid and impact-driven projects.
The Showcase features a fruit or vegetable each month in a 1-day event at each participating store. Activities include tasting opportunities, recipes, activity pages for children and displays throughout the stores.
The Michigan Nutrition Network (MNN) at the Michigan Fitness Foundation facilitates the development of effective, high-quality nutrition education and physical activity promotion targeting people eligible for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Through a competitive proposal process, Partners are selected each year to work throughout Michigan to implement SNAP-Education (SNAP-Ed) programming.
MyPyramid has changed to MyPlate. The imagery and messaging used in nutrition education has changed to be simpler and more iconic. It is very easy, however, to adapt Fit Bits activities to use the new nutrition education icon. Please view this brief video that will tell you everything you need to know about this change and how to adapt Fit Bits.