The activities in this section bring family members together to learn about ways to eat more healthfully. In addition to gaining useful information about nutrition and health, family members will learn about each other and from each other. Part of this learning is about the similarities and differences between generations in their eating practices and preferences.
Materials Needed for Training
Icebreaker: Two Truths and a Could Be - About Food and Me
Activity 1: Dietary Knowledge Timeline
- How What We “Know” about Food and Health has Changed Over Time
Activity 2: Back to the Future - Food Time Capsule
Activity 3: Balancing the Sugar
Activity 4: Portion Distortion
Activity 5: Baking - Now and Then
Activity 6: Sharing Visions - How We Learn Together about Food and Nutrition
Take Out Activity: The Family Meeting
Contact Us
- Professor, Intergenerational Programs and Aging
- Email msk15@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-7871
Contact Us
- Professor, Intergenerational Programs and Aging
- Email msk15@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-7871