Resources & Links

Below are a list of website recommendations that include additional information and materials for children's fitness and nutrition.


United States

Kids in the Kitchen Program Partners


EatingWell
http://www.eatingwell.com


Healthy Kids Challenge 
http://www.healthykidschallenge.com

United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) MyPyramid for Kids
http://teamnutrition.usda.gov/Resources/mpk_poster.pdf

United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) MyPyramid BlastOff Game
http://www.mypyramid.gov/kids/kids_game.html 

American Diabetes Association (ADA)
http://www.diabetes.org/for-parents-and-kids.jsp 

American Dietetic Association (ADA)
http://www.eatright.org/ 

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/ 

Action for Healthy Kids
http://www.actionforhealthykids.org/

We Can! Ways to Enhance Children’s Activity and Nutrition
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/obesity/wecan/whats-we-can

The Weight-control Information Network (WIN)
http://win.niddk.nih.gov/

Others

American Heart Association (AHA)
http://www.healthiergeneration.org/kids/ 

American Academy of Pediatrics
http://www.aap.org/topics.html

Dole Kids
http://www.dole5aday.com/

Sesame Workshop- Healthy Habits for Life
http://www.sesameworkshop.org/healthyhabits/

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension: Family & Consumer Sciences Resources
http://fcs.tamu.edu/food_and_nutrition/resources.php

United States Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
http://www.fruitsandveggiesmatter.gov/

Wellpoint
http://www.wellpoint.com/healthy_parenting/additionalresources.html

The Weight-control Information Network (WIN)
http://win.niddk.nih.gov/

Bilingual and Multi-Cultural

National Institutes of Health's Office of Research on Minority Health
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/other/chdblack/cooking.pdf

Texas Department of Agriculture's "Square Meals"
http://www.squaremeals.org/fn/render/channel/items/0,1249,2348_2370_0_0,00.html 

National Diabetes Educational Program's Bilingual Publications
http://ndep.nih.gov/diabetes/pubs/catalog.htm#PubsHispLatino

 

Junior Leagues in the Kitchen with Kids: Everyday Recipes & Activities for Healthy Living, published by FRP Press, is a great tool to help bring kids in the kitchen to learn about healthy eating and can be purchased here

 

 

 

To find great places to play near you, including playgrounds, ice rinks, skateparks, fields and more click here
To aim for a healthy weight, and monitor your progress, using a BMI Calculator is a key ingredient. click here

Canada 

Active Healthy Kids Canada
http://www.activehealthykids.ca/

Applied Research Collaborations for Health (ARCH)
http://www.archonline.ca/

Canadian Community Health Survey By Sara Kirk
http://www.statcan.ca/english/research/82-620-MIE/2005001/pdf/cobesity.pdf

The Hospital for Sick Children
http://www.sickkids.ca/SFSNutritionResources/default.asp

Mexico 

Nestle Nutrition
http://www.nestlenutricion.com.mx/nota.asp?IDNota=1128&home=1

Kellogg's Nutrition
http://www.kelloggs-nutricion.com/

Obesidad.net
http://www.obesidad.net/spanish2002

United Kingdom

Feed Me Better - Jamie Oliver's UK Initiative
http://www.feedmebetter.com/ 

National Health Service
http://www.5aday.nhs.uk/ 

CoolMeals.co.uk
http://www.coolmeals.co.uk/

Danone Institute (EU)
http://www.danoneinstitute.org/EUchildhoodobesity/index.php

British Medical Association
http://www.bma.org.uk/ap.nsf/content/childhoodobesity