Nutrition Detectives: Understanding Food, Health, and Energy

Food is much more than something we eat when we are hungry. Every food choice provides our bodies with nutrients that help us grow, learn, move, and stay healthy. In today’s world, young people are surrounded by information about diets, supplements, and healthy eating, but it can be difficult to know what is true.

In this interactive five-day course, students become Nutrition Detectives, exploring the science behind food and how it affects the body. Through investigations, discussions, label-reading activities, and hands-on projects, students will discover how nutrients work, how to make informed food choices, and how to create balanced meals that support health and energy.

The course emphasizes critical thinking, real-world application, collaboration, and scientific inquiry while helping students develop lifelong healthy eating habits.