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OUR VISION

Kids In Nutrition (KIN) is a student-led movement committed to enhancing food equity and improving health for at-risk youth through food literacy and access. KIN's strength lies in its cost-effective, replicable, and sustainable student-led model. Our community-based solution approach mobilizes and trains university student volunteers to inspire lasting healthy and sustainable dietary habits in youth using a three-pillar intervention: education, food access, and family engagement.

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By embedding local community-driven food literacy and food access frameworks across the United States, KIN is filling the critical gap in school nutrition education and prioritizing prevention over intervention to drive direct, meaningful, and lasting change for youth and their families.

These pillars work in unison to equip children with the knowledge and resources needed to make informed dietary choices and champion their health as they grow.

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EDUCATION
FOOD
ACCESS
FAMILY
ENGAGEMENT
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EDUCATION

KIN’s elementary nutrition curriculum (ages 5-9) provides a foundation for food literacy and lifelong healthy eating habits. Teams of five university student KINstructors visit local elementary classrooms to teach once a week for seven weeks. KIN’s evidence-based peer-to-peer lessons incorporate diverse learning strategies through interactive visuals, games, physical activities, personal reflection, group work, and hands-on meal assembly. Additionally, KIN offers teachers the opportunity to extend the program with focused topics such as fiber, beans/legumes, and food waste.

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