MIKE’s curriculum focuses on how foods affect human health, how certain eating habits contribute to chronic diseases, how foods affect the brain and other organs, how food access impacts vulnerable populations, how certain foods can boost overall health—and much more. MIKE also incorporates healthy snacks and features dietitians and other nutrition professionals into the weekly class sessions.

MIKE believes that health is intertwined into every aspect of our lives. We design and deliver lesson plans, multi-media presentations, hands-on activities and engage a wide range of guest speakers to cover the coronavirus, the human body and organs, health literacy, chronic diseases, physical fitness, social determinants of health, and other topics that focus on the needs of the students and schools we serve.

The recent pandemic has increased our awareness of how social and economic conditions impact populations, especially those already facing health disparities. MIKE is taking an active lead in building health equity into every facet of our curriculum to change those outcomes. We are engaging students, mentors, teachers, health professionals and others for a healthier and more equitable future for all.