Who is the toolkit for?
This 'Eat Right' toolkit has been developed as an interactive tool for frontline health workers and mid-level health
provider to provide a holistic learning on 'Eating Right'. It can also be useful for a range of partners providing
health services at the grass root level. This toolkit has been developed to serve as an easy to use
medium for enhancing the knowledge of our health workers on 'Eating Right' and through them
disseminating key messages on eating healthy and eating safe to the general population.
What does this toolkit contain?
The 'Eat Right' toolkit box consists of:
1. Eat right Handbook
2. Posters (6)
3. Activity Tools
- Food Pyramid standee
- Food Fortification pocket flyer
- +F logo puzzle
- Personal Hygiene activity card
- Clean India-Healthy India activity card
- Food Adulteration key ring
4. CD containing Videos and Jingles
How to use this toolkit?
- The 'Eat Right' handbook is a resource book for the health workers which explains each
component of eating right in simple words. The health worker will go through each chapter in
the handbook, in the given sequence.
- At the end of each chapter there are short activities, designed to impart education on each
component of eating right. It also explains how each of the given posters and tools can be
used to form interesting activities for the participants. These activities have to be performed
with the beneficiaries/participants using the tools provided with each chapter (poster/activity
card/pocket flyer etc.).
Posters: The posters provided in this toolkit are prepared using simple language. They will be
displayed at the Health & Wellness centres and/or in group/community meetings. The health workers
will further explain the messages provided in the posters to the participants.
Tools: The tools provided in this toolkit [food pyramid standee, +F logo puzzle, food fortification
pocket flyer, activity sheets on (i) Clean India-Healthy India, (ii) Stay clean-stay healthy and Food
adulteration Key chain] are designed to engage participants and disseminate key messages on health
and wellbeing to them in an interesting manner. The health workers will follow the instructions given
against each activity and engage the participants in these activities.
CD: The toolkit also contains a CD consisting of some interesting videos and jingles which will be
played at Health & Wellness Centres or at other appropriate places. Through these, the health workers
will disseminate key messages on Eating Right to the participants.
