Obesity Prevention
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Resources for preventing childhood obesity and for improving care of children who are overweight.
The resources in this toolkit are designed to help primary care practice teams provide coordinated, integrated and multidisciplinary services to both prevent obesity and improve care for children who are already overweight or at risk for becoming overweight. Includes tools for prevention, assessment and diagnosis, management and treatment and community resources.
Nourish Interactive is your free one-stop resource for fun nutrition games for kids, interactive nutrition tools and tips for parents and health educators to use to promote healthy living for the whole family. Created by nutrition and health care professionals, Nourish Interactive’s nutrition education website gives children and families the knowledge and skills they need to make healthy choices.
The President’s Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition (PCFSN) is a committee of 25 volunteer citizens who advise the President through the Secretary of Health and America. Through its programs and partnerships with the public, private and non-profit sectors, PCFSN serves as a catalyst to promote healthy lifestyles through fitness, sports and nutrition programs and initiatives that engage Americans across the lifespan.
Nutrition.gov provides easy access to the best food and nutrition information from across the federal government. It serves as a gateway to reliable information on nutrition, healthy eating, physical activity, and food safety for consumers.
From healthy, quick snack ideas to fun cooking activities to do in out-of-school-time programs, Healthy Kids Out of School’s website, Healthy Kids Hub, is filled with free educational materials, discounted products, and other special offers to help out-of-school-time programs promote healthy eating habits.
We Can! (Ways to Enhance Children’s Activity & Nutrition) is a national movement to give parents, caregivers, and communities ways to help children 8 to 13 years old stay at a healthy weight.
The WCAAP promotes and supports the spread of awareness of childhood obesity in an effort to decrease it. Here there are resources for how to keep young children from being obese.
Teacher Planet provides lesson plans for teaching students about how to create healthy habits and prevent obesity.
The Super Healthy Kids blog provides information on healthy eating for children and tips on how to overcome picky eaters, and how to make eating healthy fun.
ScienceNetLinks provides student activity sheets and lesson plans to teach students healthy habits in an attempt to create healthy lifestyles.
Prevent Obesity is building a social network movement to prevent childhood obesity. It is easy to join the movement and parents and teachers can find helpful resources to keep kids moving.