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1) Balanced for Life
http://www.balancedforlife.net/
This website provides helpful tips on how to lead a healthier, more balanced life through improved nutrition, increased physical activity, and better health and fitness education.
2) America Scores
http://www.americascores.org/index.php?id=97
America Scores hopes to inspire children in urban areas to exercise both their minds and their bodies through soccer, creative writing and community service. They hold programs in ten major cities throughout the country that cater to underserved communities.
3) Body Mass Index Calculator
http://nhlbisupport.com/bmi/bmicalc.htm
This website contains the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute’s Body Mass Indicator calculator. It is an easy-to-use tool that determines if you are a healthy weight for your height. In addition, the site provides information about what BMI calculations mean for a person’s overall health.
4) The Mayo Clinic’s Healthy Living Website
http://www.mayoclinic.com/findinformation/healthylivingcenter/index.cfm
This website is designed to give accurate and helpful information about living a healthier life. It provides nutrition information, menus, fitness assessments and fitness information.
5) Web MD
http://my.webmd.com/webmd_today/home/default.htm
A good source of factual information about a variety of topics related to overweight. Web MD also has online support groups for people who are trying to lose weight.
6) The American Obesity Association
http://www.obesity.org/
The American Obesity Association is an education and advocacy group focusing on obesity in children and adults. The “My Story” section features people’s accounts of their own experiences. Also, the “Obesity and Health Insurance” fact sheet tackles the sometimes confusing issue of health insurance for weight loss treatment, and contains advice on how to seek reimbursement for these services.
7) The New Food Pyramid
http://www.mypyramid.gov/
Created by the Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion, an organization of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the new food pyramid provides customized guidelines and tips for healthy eating based on recent nutrition research.
8) The Surgeon General’s Call to Action to Prevent & Decrease Overweight
http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/topics/obesity/calltoaction/fact_adolescents.htm
The Surgeon General’s website was designed to give parents up-to-date information concerning childhood overweight, such as how to talk to a child about his/her weight and how to change the way a family eats.
9) Virtual Children’s Hospital
http://www.vh.org/pediatric/patient/pediatrics/cqqa/obesity.html
Concise and reputable general information concerning childhood obesity.
10) Harvard Medical School’s Family Health Guide
http://www.health.harvard.edu/fhg/updates/update1103d.shtml
Harvard Medical School’s Family Health Guide gives snacking suggestions for families, including a list of the top ten best and worst snack foods for children.
11) Shaping America’s Youth
http://www.shapingamericasyouth.com/default.aspx
The objective of Shaping America’s Youth is to provide the latest and most comprehensive information on programs and community efforts across the United States directed at increasing physical activity and improving nutrition in our nation’s youth. In addition, their site offers news, meetings and events, funding opportunities, publications and other resources related to childhood overweight.
12) Changing Shape
http://www.changingshape.com/resources/calculators/caloriesburnedcalculator.asp
This site provides a list of different types of exercise and a calculator that determines how many calories are being burned during exercise given an individual’s weight.
13) Weight Awareness Message Board
http://www.weightawareness.com/messageboard/messages_long.xml?topic=1001
A message board designed as to serve as a support network for overweight children and parents.
14) KidSource: Helping Your Overweight Child
http://www.kidsource.com/health/overweight.kid.html
KidSource is a website dedicated to providing in-depth and timely education and healthcare information that will make a difference in the lives of parents and children. They provide information on how parents can help overweight children and aid them in making lifestyle changes.
15) The CDC’s “Fit 4 Life” Site
http://www.bam.gov/
This interactive website specifically targets pre-teens with fitness quizzes, personalized activity calendars, fitness tips, activity cards and snack ideas in a fun, user-friendly format.
16) Max’s Magical Delivery: Fit for Kids
http://gold.ahrq.gov/eorders/order_page4907.cfm
A DVD by the US Department of Health and Human Services and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality addressing childhood overweight. Max's Magical Delivery: Fit for Kids is a fun, interactive DVD targeted to children ages 5-9 and their families. It includes diet and physical activity suggestions and a section for parents on small, achievable steps they can take to encourage healthy habits in their children and themselves. This DVD can be ordered free of charge.
17) American Council on Exercise: Operation FitKids
http://www.acefitness.org/ofk/youthFitness
Recognizing the problem of childhood obesity and the increased need for children to learn about the dangers of being overweight, the American Council on Exercise is offering a new, free educational tool – Operation FitKids(TM) Youth Fitness Curriculum – that can be directly and easily integrated into the elementary classroom.
18) Preventing Childhood Obesity: Health in the Balance
http://www.iom.edu/report.asp?id=22596
The Institute of Medicine Committee on Prevention of Obesity in Children and Youth has developed a comprehensive national strategy that recommends specific actions for families, schools, industry, communities, and government. The committee's findings and recommendations are described in this report and in fact sheets.
19) The United Health Foundation
http://www.unitedhealthfoundation.org/mouth.html
A website by the United Health Foundation focusing on assessing overweight and beginning the weight loss process.
20) VERB
http://www.verbnow.com/
A website sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that is aimed at encouraging 9 to 12 year-olds to exercise. It contains suggestions for physical activities, games, and virtual characters that users can manipulate.
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