Life Stages Nutrition

26 products

Life Stages Nutrition Education Tools

Support nutrition education across childhood, pregnancy, adulthood, and healthy aging.

Explore food replicas, visual aids, games, handouts, and teaching resources for age- and stage-specific nutrition education. These tools help educators and healthcare professionals discuss changing nutrition needs, balanced eating, portions, and practical food choices across the lifespan.

Common Teaching Applications

Children and adolescent nutrition education
Prenatal and maternal nutrition
Healthy aging and older adult nutrition
Clinical, classroom, and community nutrition education

Use these resources to make life-stage nutrition concepts easier to understand and apply.

Explore related nutrition teaching resources: MyPlate teaching tools, nutrition education visual aids, nutrition and disease education tools.

Life Stages Nutrition FAQs

What is life stages nutrition education?

Life stages nutrition education focuses on how nutrition needs, food choices, portions, and teaching priorities can change across childhood, pregnancy, adulthood, and healthy aging.

What types of resources are included in this collection?

This collection includes food replicas, visual aids, games, handouts, and other teaching resources designed for age- and stage-specific nutrition education.

How can life stages nutrition tools be used?

Educators can use these resources to discuss balanced eating, portions, practical food choices, and changing nutrition needs across different stages of life.

Who can use life stages nutrition resources?

These tools can support educators, healthcare professionals, dietetic programs, schools, clinics, and community nutrition programs.

Choosing Life-Stage or Topic-Specific Nutrition Resources

Use life-stage resources when age or stage of life is central to the lesson, and topic-specific collections when the learning objective is narrower.

Choose Life Stages Nutrition resources when...

You are teaching nutrition concepts for children, adolescents, pregnancy, adulthood, or healthy aging.

Choose MyPlate tools when...

The lesson is primarily about food groups, balanced plates, and meal planning rather than a particular stage of life. Explore MyPlate teaching tools.

Choose Nutrition & Disease tools when...

The main objective is chronic disease, health risk factors, or disease-management education. Explore nutrition and disease education tools.

Choose visual aids when...

You need a broad poster, handout, display, or model that can support explanation across several audiences. Explore nutrition education visual aids.

Farm to Fork Fun nutrition activity book set, pack of 12

$74.95

Farm to Fork Fun Activity Book SetDesigned for ages 7–11, this activity book set helps children learn where food comes from through writing prompts, word finds, trivia, and other activities.Set of ...

$30.00

Nasco Healthy Kids TearPad™Designed for children ages 3–8, the front features meal plans for 1,400, 1,600, and 1,800 daily calorie intakes and encourages physical activity, sleep, and water.The bac...

$38.00

How Sugar Affects a Child’s Body PosterThis laminated poster explains the effects of sugar consumption on children’s organs, body systems, brain, teeth, taste buds, and more.Measures 18 in. x 24 in.

$167.00

New Sprouts® Fresh Picked Fruit & Veggie Tote is designed for age 2+ and includes soft, rubberized plastic produce in a durable canvas tote.

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$59.00

Foodscapes Sticker/800Foodscapes® stickers support age-appropriate nutrition and healthy-eating education for children.Includes 4 rolls of 200 stickers, each with 4 unique stickers, for 800 sticker...

$238.00

Toddler Finger FoodsToddler Finger Foods is a Nasco Nutrition resource for nutrition education with new parents and caregivers.The Finger Foods Kit is designed for ages 9 months–2 years and represe...

$235.00

Children’s Nutrition Food Replica Kit – Ages 1–3This Nasco Nutrition food replica kit uses serving portions that are age-appropriate for children ages 1–3 years.The kit supports age-appropriate nut...

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Healthy Eating from Head to Toe nutrition education vinyl banner with stand

$836.95

Healthy Eating from Head to Toe Vinyl Banner with StandThis nutrition education resource helps children connect healthy food choices with the parts of the body they benefit, including the brain, ha...

$908.95

CD Rom Food Fitness KitFood ‘N’ Fitness...The Kid Connection is a Nasco Nutrition education kit for ages 6–13 that connects healthy eating, physical activity, and a healthy body.The program support...

$565.00

Healthy Kids Food Replica KitHealthy Kids Food Replica Kit is a Nasco Nutrition resource for age-appropriate healthy-eating education for children ages 3–8.The kit helps introduce children to new f...

$38.00

MyPlate for Breastfeeding Moms Tablet – 50 SheetsThe front presents MyPlate guidance for breastfeeding mothers, while the back covers hydration, healthy weight loss, and related guidance.Includes 5...

$249.00

Prenatal Food Replica KitPrenatal Food Replica Kit is a Nasco Nutrition resource for teaching proper eating habits during pregnancy for healthy moms and healthy babies.Includes resealable bags for ...

$101.95

MyPlate for Expecting Moms PosterDesigned for ages 14+, this poster helps pregnant women understand special nutritional needs and food amounts for each trimester.Measures 18 in. x 24 in. and is lam...

$21.00

Canned Peach Halves Replica – 2 HalvesThis food replica represents two canned peach halves, approximately 2 in. (5 cm) in diameter each.

$16.00

Canned Pear Halves Replica – 2 HalvesThis food replica represents two canned pear halves.

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Cooked or canned carrots food replica, 1/2 cup

$7.60

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Carrots Replica – Cooked or Canned, 1/2 Cup for Nutrition Education The Carrots Replica – Cooked or Canned, 1/2 Cup is a realistic 3-D Nasco Nutrition food replica designed for hands-on nutrition e...

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Cooked or canned beets food replica, 1/2 cup

$6.40

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Beets Replica – Cooked or Canned, 1/2 Cup for Nutrition Education The Beets Replica – Cooked or Canned, 1/2 Cup is a realistic 3-D Nasco Nutrition food replica designed for hands-on nutrition educa...

Tomato slice food replica, 3 in diameter

$41.00

Tomato Slice Replica – 3 in DiameterThis food replica represents one tomato slice approximately 3 in. (7.6 cm) in diameter.

$20.00

This realistic 3-D Nasco Nutrition food replica represents a celery stick and is designed for hands-on nutrition education. Food replicas can be used for portion-size instruction, meal planning, fo...

$23.00

Cooked Roast Beef Slice Replica – 3 ozThis food replica represents a 3 oz (85 g) serving of cooked sliced roast beef.

$19.00

Bacon Replica – Fried Strip Portion for Nutrition Education The Bacon Replica – Fried Strip Portion is a realistic 3-D Nasco Nutrition food replica designed for hands-on nutrition education. Food r...