Successful Community Strategy: Highlights effective community-based programs and provides examples of best research-based practice for each chapter.

Critical Thinking Activity: Helps students develop and master a variety of cognitive skills such as synthesizing, analyzing, applying, and evaluating information.  These activities provide the students with an opportunity to understand and evaluate health information and then apply the concepts in the school and community settings.

Case Study: Provides the students the opportunity to apply what they have learned in each chapter. These case studies highlight real-life community issues involving nutrition and how college students deal with them. Corresponding activities are also included so students can learn to address and alleviate problems.

Learning Objectives:  Each objective emphasizes key concepts to assist in student retention.

Chapter Summary: Reviews important concepts for each chapter and provides a study aid for students

Web Quest: Offers students a list of online resources for further learning or investigation.