Obesity/Healthy Eating/Physical Activity
Best Bones Forever!
Older than 9? Now's the time! Beginning at age 9, girls need lots of foods with calcium and vitamin D and physical activity to help build strong bones for life. Best Bones Forever! is a new campaign launched by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office on Women's Health
Bridges to Wellness: Connecting School Meals and Classroom Learning
A set of interactive, nutrition education lessons for students in grades 5-10 from the School Nutrition Association and National Dairy Council
CLOCC's Go Team - Request a Visit!
Outreach by CLOCC's (Consortium to Lower Obesity in Chicago Children's) Go Team, which promotes the 5-4-3-2-1 Go! healthy lifestyle message, consists of leading games with children and teaching them about nutrition and physical activity
CLOCC Program Inventory
CLOCC's (Consortium to Lower Obesity in Chicago Children's) free directory of child and family health, physical activity and nutrition programs in the Chicago area and across the country
Community Wellness: Comprehensive City-School Strategies to Reduce Childhood Obesity
Report by National League of Cities' Institute for Youth, Education, and Families and the American Association of School Adminstrators that describes the noteworthy efforts of six communities' city-school partnerships to combat childhood obesity
Dairy Makes Sense Educator Toolkit
The Midwest Dairy Council has developed an informative lesson plan called "Make Change" that will educate and empower students to "make change" in their diets and wallets by choosing nutrient-rich, cost-saving snacks (includes supporting classroom materials)
Eat Smart, Move More
Eat Smart, Move More North Carolina is a statewide movement that promotes increased opportunities for healthy eating and physical activity. They provide links to various tools and programs for helping various communities (school, worksite, familiy) achieve these goals.
EmpowerME
From the Alliance for a Healthier Generation, the website is designed to help young people take control of managing their own weight
Explore the World with Fruits and Vegetables
From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the campaign provides fun ideas for nutrition and education professionals to encourage schoolchildren and their parents to eat more fruits and vegetables by exploring new tastes provided by cuisines from around the world.
Fitness For Kids - GetSweaty.com
Free online materials and activities for kids related to physical activity and healthy eating
Food Play
Free online materials and activities for school staff, parents, and kids related to nutrition
Free School Wellness Kits for 2009-10 School Year
The National Dairy Council®, Midwest Dairy Council, and the National Football League® are offering schools a free Wellness Activation Kit to help students make positive changes in their eating and exercise habits
Fuel Up To Play 60
The National Dairy Council and National Football League have teamed up on this initiative, which aims to get kids to make healthy changes
Game On! The Ultimate Wellness Challenge
a year-long program from Action for Healthy Kids that challenges America's youth, their families and schools to incorporate healthy food choices and physical activity into their daily lives
Get Moving - Get Healthy - contains links to various sites with healthy eating and physical activity resources just for kids - Rutgers University
Health in Action
An online collection of lesson plans and activities that enable teachers to incorporate health education and physical activity into their daily plans; developed by the Mississippi Department of Education's Office of Healthy Schools but is available to teachers nationwide (registration required)
HealthierUS School Challenge: Recognizing Nutrition Excellence in Schools
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) believes that schools should be taking a leadership role in helping students learn to make healthy eating and active lifestyle choices. USDA's Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) has established the HealthierUS School Challenge to encourage schools to go further and to recognize those who chose to do so.
Healthy Counties Database
The National Association of Counties' database contains more than 100 profiles of model policies, programs, and initiatives that counties nationwide enacted to prevent childhood obesity
Healthy Schools Program
From the Alliance for a Healthier Generation, the Healthy Schools Program provides support to schools to implement programs and policies that promote physical activity and healthy eating among students and staff. Any school in the country - public or private - can enroll in the online program and receive electronic and telephonic support and access to implementation resources at no cost. The Healthy Schools Program also provides on-site support to schools that serve vulnerable student populations in a number of states.
Helping Johnny Walk to School: Policy Recommendations for Removing Barriers to Community-Centered Schools
Provided by the National Trust for Historic Preservation this report describes steps state and local officials can make to encourage community-centered schools
Helpful Ways to Reduce Screen Time & Prevent Childhood Obesity
On their website, the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI)--in cooperation with We Can!--offers some tips on how to reduce family screen time and how this is linked to helping prevent childhood obesity. We Can! (Ways to Enchance Childrens' Activity & Nutrition) is a national movement designed to give parents, caregivers, and entire communities a way to help children 8 to 13 years old stay at a healthy weight.
Hunger Doesn't Take a Vacation: Summer Nutrition Status Report 2010
Annual report issued by the Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) that in many states participation in Summer Nutrition Programs was not meeting demand
Illinois Nutrition Education and Training (NET) Program 2009-2010 Service Flyer
Illinois NET helps Illinois school and child care staff support and promote lifetime healthy eating and an active lifestyle for children from preschool to high school.
Implementing Safe Routes to School in Low-Income Schools and Communities: A Resource Guide for Volunteers and Professionals
Provided by Safe Routes National Partnership, offers tips and strategies to implement successful and culturally sensitive Safe Routes to School programs in low-income communities
Jump Start Teens School Lesson Plans - easy-to-follow lessons and worksheets integrate nutrition and physical activity with language arts, math, science, social studies and more - California Project LEAN
My Bright Future: Physical Activity and Healthy Eating
An online version of the Physical Activity and Healthy Eating Guide and Wallet Card for Young Women by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
MyPyramid for Preschoolers
Information and resources from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to help preschoolers eat well, be active and be healthy
Nutrition Curricula for Teachers for Grades Pre-K through 8th
From the University of Missouri Extension
Nutrition Explorations
From the National Dairy Council, FREE curriculum for 2nd and 4th grade teachers, based on the 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans and the MyPyramid food guidance system
Nutrition - online links for kids!
Provided by the Center for Health and Health Care in Schools at The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services
Nutrition - online links for teens!
Provided by the Center for Health and Health Care in Schools at The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services
Opening School Grounds to the Community After Hours
Toolkit on how to increase physical activity by increasing community access to recreational facilities on school grounds.
Overweight and Obesity in Children and Adolescents Knowledge Path
Compiled by the Maternal and Child Health Library at Georgetown University, the knowledge path offers a selection of current, high-quality resources about the prevention, identification, management, and treatment of overweight and obesity in children and adolescents in homes, schools, and communities. Separate sections list resources for families, schools and after-school programs, and child care settings.
Parent's Guide to School Wellness Policies
Published by Illinois Action for Healthy Kids and Illinois NET (Nutrition Education and Training Program)
Physical Activity & Sports - online links for kids!
Provided by the Center for Health and Health Care in Schools at The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services
Physical Activity & Sports - online links for teens!
Provided by the Center for Health and Health Care in Schools at The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services
Power Up with School Breakfast!
Campaign by the School Nutrition Association features a team of superheroes who introduce students to the importance of eating school breakfast every day
Produce For Kids Classroom Activities and Resources
Links to lesson plans, activities and helpful sites to teach nutrition to students
ReCharge! Energizing After-school
Developed by Action for Healthy Kids and the National Football League, ReCharge! is the first nationally distributed after-school program that fully integrates nutrition and physical activity through teamwork-based strategies for youth in grades 3-6
Recipes for Change: Healthy Food in Every Community
Prevention Institute report outlines organizational practices and policies to expand access to health foods, especially in low-income and minority communities
School Nutrition Education Program
Provides evidence-based nutrition curricula to all Illinois schools who apply. Curriculum can be integrated into core subjects and will help address Illinois Learning Standards. One free curriculum is available per school - Illinois Nutrition Education and Training Program
School Policies and Practices to Improve Health and Prevent Obesity: National Elementary School Survey Results
Report based on surveys of school administrators during the 2006-2007 and 2007-2008 school years indicates many schools have not implemented wellness policy provisions mandated by the Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of 2004
Shape of the Nation Report: Status of Physical Education in the USA
National Association for Sport and Physical Education report provides overview of PE in American schools and indicates that more states allow waivers and exemptions from PE classes
The State of Play in Chicago Communities
Study conducted by the Chicago Children's Museum that highlights adult beliefs regarding the importance of play and offers suggestions to overcome barriers to make play widely accessible for children
Square Meals Program
Recommendations for healthy snacks at school and home from the Texas Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Division
Teens Eating for Energy and Nutrition at School (6-8) - a no-cost downloadable curriculum for middle school students from the University of Minnesota that focuses on increasing fruits and vegetable intake, decreasing fat intake, and increasing physical activity
Veggie U (Grade 4) - an online organization that promotes sustainable agriculture and healthy food choices. Their curriculum, Earth to Table includes a kit for studying soil, composting, planting, nutrition education, and plant anatomy. Kids can even grow and taste their own vegetables! The curriculum was created by teachers and can easily be integrated into the existing science curriculum
Youth Physical Activity Guidelines Toolkit
The toolkit highlights strategies that families, schools, and communities can use to support physical activity among youth. It was developed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to promote the guidelines for children and adolescents included in the 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans
White House Task Force on Childhood Obesity Report to the President
Action plan to eliminate obesity in a generation includes 70 recommendations that can be implemented now