Resources and Links:

Overall children's health: www.childrenshealth.gov/
Healthy People 2010: http://www.healthypeople.gov/
National Institutes of Health: http://www.nih.gov/

 
Screen Time
Screen Time: Switch what you View™

For Parents:
MediaWise®: "Watch What Your Kids Watch": www.mediafamily.org
TV Turnoff Network: www.tvturnoff.org
Get Kids in Action: www.getkidsinaction.org/2_activity/screentime.php?n=6
Kidnetic.com for Parents: www.kidnetic.com

On-line craft ideas for kids: www.craftown.com/kids.htm

Book resource: 52 Alternatives to TV by Lynn Gordon. (1996).

For Kids:
Kidnetic.com: www.kidnetic.com
TV Turnoff Network: www.tvturnoff.org

For Teachers:
www.dhs.ca.gov/ps/cdic/copi/documents/COPI_TV_Tool.pdf
TV Turnoff Network: www.tvturnoff.org

 
Healthy Eating
Nutrition: Switch what you Chew™

For Parents:
Family Meals: How Important Are They?
Food Fit: http://www.foodfit.com
Eating Healthy (English & Spanish):www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/other/sp_fat.pdf
Heart Healthy Recipes for Latinos (English & Spanish): www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/other/sp_recip.pdf
Weight Control (English & Spanish): www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/other/sp_wt.pdf
The National Cancer Institute's 5 a Day for Better Health initiative: www.5aday.gov
5 a Day The Color Way: Produce for Better Health Foundation: www.5aday.com
Centers for Disease Control: Healthy Youth: www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth/Nutrition
American Obesity Organization: www.obesity.org/subs/childhood/prevention.shtml

For Kids:
Body and Mind!: www.bam.gov
Kidnetic.com: www.kidnetic.com

For Teachers:
Changing the Scene - Improving the School Nutrition Environment
Source: Food and Nutrition Services, United States Department of Agriculture

Changing the Scene is a tool kit to help the local community take action to improve their school's nutrition environment. The kit includes a variety of tools to raise awareness and address school environment issues that influence student's eating and physical activity practices. www.fns.usda.gov/tn/Resources/changing.html

 
Physical Activity: Switch what you Do™

For Parents:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: VERB: It's What You Do: www.cdc.gov/youthcampaign
American Council on Fitness: http://acefitness.org/
10 Tips to Healthy Eating and Physical Activity: www.fitness.gov/funfit/10tips.htm
American Heart Association: www.americanheart.org
Fit Families, Fit Kids: www.fitfamilyfitkids.com
Expert Suggests New Ways to Fight Obesity: desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050930/LIFE02/509300364/1042
Keep kids moving when the weather is frightful: www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10608360/

For kids:
Verb: It's What You Do: www.verbnow.com
Body and Mind!: www.bam.gov
Iowa Skippers Rope Tricks: www.iowaskippers.org/tricks.phtml

For Teachers:
PE Central: www.pecentral.org/
Take 10!: Classroom physical activity: www.take10.net
CDC: Physical Activity: Information for parents, teachers, and principals: www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth/index.htm
Verb: It's What You Do: www.cdc.gov/youthcampaign/

 
 
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