Links
Childhood Overweight and Obesity:
American
Diabetic Association: Healthy Habits for Healthy Kids
Cleveland
Clinic/WebMD: Weight Loss: Obesity in Children
National
Institute and Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases: Weight
Loss and Control
Surgeon
General's Call to Action to Prevent and Decrease Overweight and Obesity
in Children
and Adolescents
American Heart Association: Overweight in Children
School-Based Programs and Resources:
CATCH - Coordinated Approach To Child Health
PE4life
Yoga Ed.
TAKE 10!
North Carolina Physical Education Energizers
California Adolescent Nutrition and Fitness Program (CANFit)
USDA Food and Nutrition Service Eat Smart Play Hard
USDA Food and Nutrition Service Team Nutrition
Guidelines for Collecting Heights and Weights on Children and Adolescents in School Settings:
Center for Weight and Health, University of California-Berkeley
EatFit Teacher Curriculum and EatFit Student Workbook
Food and Nutrition Information Center - Childhood Obesity: A Resource List for Educators
and Researchers
School-Focused Organizations:
Action for Healthy Kids
Healthy Schools Campaign
Chicago Communities In Schools
Illinois Nutrition Education and Training Program
Illinois After-School Partnership
Stakeholders Collaboration to Improve Student Health
Fitness and Exercise:
Chicago Park District
Mayor's Fitness Council
YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago
Fitness & Exercise
Guide for Kids
Go City
Kids: Chicago
The President's Challenge: Kids
Knowledge Path: Physical Activity and Children and Adolescents
Nutrition and Healthy Food Ideas:
North
Dakota State University Links to Nutrition Information
Recipes
for Heart-Healthy African-American Style Foods
USDA’s
Food and Nutrition Information Center
USDA New
Food Pyramid
University of Minnesota School of Public Health Guidelines for Offering Healthy Foods at Meetings, Seminars, and Catered Events
Information for Clinicians:
American Public
Health Association (APHA) Toolkit for Intervention of Overweight Children
and Adolescents
Arkansas
Center for Health Improvement BMI Database
Borden Center for
Nutrition and Wellness Snackwise Nutrition Rating System
CDC
Inventory of Qualitative Research in Nutrition and Physical Activity
Foodroutes
Tools for Action
Fresh
Ideas for Community Nutrition and Physical Activity
HHS
and USDA's Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005
Kansas
State University Community Health Institute's Healthy Places
La
Leche League Bibliography - Breastfeeding and Obesity Prevention
The Michigan
Team Nutrition Booklist - Michigan State University Extension
Strategic
Plan for NIH Obesity Research
UC
Berkeley Center for Weight and Health Literature Review
UC Davis
Center for Advanced Studies in Nutrition and Social Marketing
United
States Government Accountability Office Report on School Meal
Programs and Competitive Foods
U.S.
Food and Drug Administration's How to Lose and Manage Weight
Information for Parents:
Helping Your Overweight Child
If My Child is Overweight, What Should I Do About It?
Children and Weight: What's a Parent to Do?
Childhood Obesity Recommendations for Families from the Mayo Clinic
Food Access:
Chain Reaction: Income, Race, and Access to Chicago's Major Player Grocers
Transportation and Food: The Importance of Access
Built Environment:
Designing
for Active Transportation
Designing
for Healthy Recreation
What
the Research Tells Us
Multimedia Resources:
Video - Food and Fitness Matter: Raising Healthy, Active Kids
Video - Children and Weight: What's a Parent to Do?
DVD - Children and Weight: What's a Parent to Do? (includes both English and Spanish versions)
DVD - Creating Healthy Families (includes both English and Spanish versions)
Resource Kit - Children and Weight: What Communities Can Do
Resource Kit - Let's Get Moving! (includes both English and Spanish versions)
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