5-2-1-0 Resources
Here are additional resources about nutrition and fitness for children.
Websites
- MyPlate
www.choosemyplate.gov - We Can!-Ways to Enhance Children's Activity & Nutrition
www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/obesity/wecan/ - American Dietetic Assocation:
www.eatright.org - American Heart Association
www.americanheart.org - Bad Fats Brothers
www.badfatsbrothers.com - Nutrition Data-Know What You Eat
www.nutritiondata.com - BAM! Body and Mind
www.bam.gov - KidsHealth
www.kidshealth.org - CDC-Nutrition,Physical Activity and Obesity
www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/ - Dairy Council of California
www.dairycouncilofca.org - Nutrition Fun for Kids
www.nutritionforkids.com - AAP Obesity Website
www.aap.org/obesity/index.html - Nutrition Explorations
www.nutritionexplorations.org - Network for a HealthyCalifornia- Children's Power Play! Campaign www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/CPNS/Pages/ChildrensPowerPlayCampaign.aspx
- Fruits & Veggies More Matters
www.fruitsandveggiesmorematters.org/ - Fit for Learning- Resources for Parents
www.fitforlearning.org/parents.asp - 3-A-Day
www.3aday.org - Project Lean
www.californiaprojectlean.org - General Preteen Health Information
www.pamf.org/preteen - Spot the Block! Get Your Food Facts First
www.cartoonnetwork.com/promos/200804_fda/index.html - PBS Kids GO! It's MyLife
www.pbskids.org/itsmylife/body/foodsmarts/article3.html
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Books
A Parent's Guide to Childhood Obesity: A Road Map to Health,, Sandra G. Hassink, MD, FAAP/American Academy of Pediatrics
The Healthy Lunchbox, Marie McClendon, MEd, and Cristy Shauck
Child of Mine: Feeding With Love and Good Sense, Ellyn Satter
Fit Kids, Mary L. Gavin, Steven A. Dowshen, and Neil Izenberg
Food Fights: Winning the Nutritional Challenges of Parenthood Armed With Insight, Humor and a Bottle of Ketchup American Academy of Pediatrics
Good Enough to Eat - A Kid's Guide to Food and Nutrition, Lizzy Rockwell
How to Get Your Kid to Eat‚ But Not Too Much, Ellyn Satter
KidShape: A Practical Prescription For Helping Your Child Lose Weight, Increase Self-Esteem, Establish Healthy Eating Habits, Have a More Active Lifestyle , Naomi Neufeld, M.D., F.A.C.E.
Your Child's Weight - Helping Without Harming, Ellyn Satter
Salad People, Mollie Katzen
Picture Perfect Weight Loss, Howard Shapiro, MD
Eat, Play and Be Healthy: The Harvard Medical School to Healthy Eating For Kids, W. Allan Walker, MD
How to Teach Nutrition to Kids: An Integrated, Creative Approach to Nutrition Education for Children Ages 6 - 10, Connie Liakos Evers, MS, RD
Let's Talk About Being Overweight, Melanie Gordon
Extreme Elvin, Chris Lynch
Overweight: A Handbook for Teens, Tania Heller
Get a Healthy Weight for Your Child: A Parent's Guide to Better Eating and Exercise, Brian McCrindle and James Wengle
Healthy Snack and Fast-Food Choices (Nutrition and Fitness for Teens), Mary Turck
Helping Your Child Lose Weight the Healthy Way: A Family Approach to Weight Control, Judith Levine
Helping Your Overweight Child: A Family Guide, Caroline Cederquist
If Your Child is Overweight: A Guide for Parents, Susan Kosharek
Overcoming Childhood Obesity, Colleen Thompson and Ellen Shanley
Rescuing the Emotional Lives of Overweight Children: What Our Kids Go Through - And How We Can Help, Sylvia Rimm
The Everything Parent's Guide to the Overweight Child: Help Your Child Lose Weight, Develop Healthy Eating Habits, and Build Self-confidence, Paula Ford-Martin
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