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Ahead of American Heart Month in February, Educated Choices Program provides engaging resources to teach students the connection between their food choices and their health.

American Heart Month: Free Heart Nutrition Education
From Educated Choices Program, ECProgram.org
January 2026

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American Heart Month (February) is the perfect opportunity to empower students to protect themselves against heart disease, the leading cause of death in the United States (and globally!). Our free educational resources make it easy for educators to bring this conversation into the classroom, but the best part? Studies show it actually changes student behavior, making them 2.5x more likely to choose healthier food for their hearts.

Empower Your Students to Prevent Heart Disease

We offer free, science-backed educational resources designed to make discussions about food, nutrition, and disease prevention both engaging and informative. Our materials include:

• Animated Videos: Visual content that illustrates the impact of food choices on personal and public health.


• Interactive Lessons: Comprehensive lesson plans that encourage critical thinking and promote practical everyday actions.


• Quizzes and Homework: Evaluate comprehension and retention, and encourage further learning.


• Guided Discussions: Thought-provoking questions that spark conversation among students and help them remember.


• Engaging Activities: Downloads to help your students redesign a menu, create nutrient infographics, host a CVD policy symposium, and more.

Free Heart Health Resources

To engage your students for American Heart Month, we suggest the following options from our e-library, both stamped with the Doctors For Nutrition seal of approval:

❤️🍽 Heart Smart: Eating for Cardiovascular Health

Developed with Doctors for Nutrition, this education examines the types of cardiovascular disease, their causes, and contributing factors, before offering simple actions that can help prevent or even treat the condition. It's also fully available in Spanish!

📚🍎 Eat for Your Health: Creating a Colorful Plate

Designed for children ages 8-11, this education helps students understand the importance of their food choices to their health and guides them through building balanced meals for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

Why Focus on American Heart Month?

By understanding the relationship between food and health, students can:

• Gain awareness of how nutrition affects their energy, focus, and overall well-being both now and in the future.


• Learn how everyday choices can reduce risks for chronic conditions like heart disease and diabetes.


• Practice healthy habits such as balancing meals, staying hydrated, and making mindful snack decisions.

Ready to engage your students with these lesson plans? You can create a free account to get immediate access to these lessons and more in our full e-library!

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Posted on All-Creatures.org: January 15, 2026
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