SITES FOR KIDS
Body and Mind
BreakFAST & Jump To It! (a fun interactive game)
Dole 5-A-Day Site
Fun with Food
Kidnetic.com
Kidsgardening.com
Kidshealth.org
Nutrition Cafe Game
Science 4 Kids (from the Agricultural Research Service)
Smart-Mouth (a great interactive nutrition site for middle-schoolers)
Teenshealth.org
TeenGrowth.com
Verbnow.com (an activity based site from the VERB™ It’s what you do. campaign)
What's your body need?
Youthealth.com
Your Gross & Cool Body

SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE
Action for Healthy Kids
Children's Nutrition Research Center - Baylor College of Medicine
ANAD National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Eating Disorders
Empoweredparents.com (emphasizes eating disorder prevention & treatment)
Farm to School Programs
Growing Kids (a great resource for parents, based in the UK)
Iowa State Extension
Kaboose.com (a great comprehensive parenting site, based in Toronto)
NEAT Solutions for Healthy Children
Nutrition Explorations
Nutrition.gov
Oregon Dairy Council
Produce for Kids
USDA Food & Nutrition Information Center
USDA's School Meals Initiative for Healthy School Meal
Very Best Kids (featuring a number of articles by Connie Evers, M.S., R.D.)

ESPECIALLY FOR TEACHERS
Healthteacher.com (lesson plans for all health areas)
Healthy Kids Challenge (Find out how your school can participate!!)
Healthy Start (program aimed at preschool teachers)
Learning Zone Express (a source for videos, posters, games, books, software, lesson plans, curricula, etc)
School Health Index from CDC
Teachfree
Teachnet
Yummy Designs

PROFESSIONAL RESOURCES:
American Dietetic Association
American Heart Association
Dairy Council of California
School Nutrition Association (formerly the American School Food Service Association)
Communicating Food for Health Newsletter
Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2005
Dietary Reference Intakes
MyPyramid.gov
National Food Services Management Institute
Project EAT (Eating Among Teens)
USDA Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion
USDA Food Composition Database

 

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