The training resources listed here were developed for Extension Educators and others who want to teach the Choose Health: Food, Fun, and Fitness (CHFFF) curriculum. CHFFF training is ideally conducted jointly by 4-H and nutrition educators, at least one of whom is experienced in teaching CHFFF to youth. As detailed in the CHFFF Training Guide, participants should experience all parts of the CHFFF curriculum during training, including the active games and recipes, reviewing the nutrition content for each lesson, and briefly reviewing facilitation skills and relevant youth development. For resources for training teens to teach CHFFF, see our CHAT program.
CHFFF Training
CHFFF webinar for Program Leaders: Get started by viewing this 40-minute webinar about CHFFF, recorded 2/17. Start at 1:39 minutes, end at 43:00 minutes, for actual webinar.
CHFFF Training for Educators Facilitator Guide (2-day group training)
Virtual Jeopardy game: Animated PowerPoint slides to review key nutrition content for each lesson in a fun way; see guide for how to use in training. To play, open in Slide Show view and click any square on the main slide to go to a question, then click where indicated for the correct answer and then to return to the main slide.
- Note: This is meant for educators and teen teachers, not participants, since the content goes beyond what is taught in the CHFFF lessons.
Nutrition Flash Cards: Print version of above review questions, see guide for how to use.
CHFFF Training Guide for Individuals
Quality Youth Nutrition Education for Cooperative Extension
CHFFF Lesson Training Videos:
Watch these 20-min clips of CHFFF virtual lessons to understand the key nutrition messages in each lesson (note: some activities differ from the in-person version, but the nutrition content is the same)
- Lesson 1 Training Video
- Lesson 2 Training Video
- Lesson 3 Training Video
- Lesson 4 Training Video
- Lesson 5 Training Video
- Lesson 6 Training Video
CHFFF Active Game Videos:
Short, annotated clips showing how to play 13 of the 24 CHFFF games.
- Back to back
- Balloon a pallooza
- Dragons tails
- Fitness tag
- Fruit and veggie toss
- Go Slow Stop tag
- Heart alert
- Hospital tag
- Instant replay
- Slowpoke
- Snap
- Triangle tag
- Under cone
CHFFF Recipe Videos:
Short (2-min) demo videos of some CHFFF recipes – insert “CHFFF” into the search box to find them.
To learn about bringing group training on CHFFF and/or CHAT to your area: contact Sally Crosiar, consultant and co-author, www.healthypeoplelearn.com