HEALTH BEGINS IN YOUTH
#KINmovement
ABOUT US
Kids In Nutrition (KIN) empowers the younger generation to lead healthy and sustainable lives through nutrition and food sustainability education. Early food literacy education has a tremendous downstream effect on carrying healthy and sustainable dietary habits into adulthood, thus building a foundation for:
Chronic Disease Prevention
Health Equity
Environmental Impact Awareness
Our mission focuses on getting kids to think about how their individual dietary choices impacts themselves and the world around them. We utilize a university-to-elementary student mentorship approach to instill lasting dietary change in our youth. Through mobilizing university students, KIN organizes community advocacy efforts to build local foundations for health and sustainability.
As KIN expands across the United States, our movement will have a lasting impact on public and environmental health outcomes.
EDUCATION
Teams of five university volunteer instructors visit local elementary classrooms (in-person or virtually) to teach once a week for seven weeks. Lessons are evidence-based and include interactive visuals, hands-on games, physical activity, and group work. Our peer-to-peer mentorship model exerts a powerful influence on behavior change by making nutrition and food sustainability topics relevant and engaging.
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OUR IMPACT
CHAPTERS
We currently have 6 chapters operating in various regions, including California, Massachusetts, and Indiana. Our goal is to establish a KIN chapter at every major university in the United States.
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THE KIN BLOG
A blog dedicated to enhancing knowledge regarding the Kids In Nutrition program, nutrition education for kids, food sustainability, food policy, and recent publications.
HELP US GROW
KIN is an official program under Sustainability and Community Health Initiative (SACHI). SACHI is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
CONTACT US
KIN seeks to partner and collaborate with like-minded individuals, businesses, non-profits, and media partners.
Email: info@kidsinnutrition.org