Obesity Prevention
Childhood obesity has tripled in the past few years, here is a passionate advocate that provides lesson plans and information on combating these numbers and preventing obesity in children.
Contains research and resources about the cause and effects of bullying. Childhood obesity is a growing epidemic in the United States. It affects more than 18 percent of children, making it the most common chronic disease of childhood. This number has more than tripled since 1980.
The National Alliance for Nutrition and Activity encourages schools, school districts, and others to use, distribute, and adapt the Model School Wellness Policies. The policies provide best practices in food and drink quality, physical activity and food marketing promotion, opportunities for physical activity, and monitoring and policy review.
The department of health provides tips for parents for childhood obesity prevention.
Parents and teachers can use this web page to read the top 50 blogs for understanding and preventing childhood obesity.
Here, teachers can find tips and lesson plans for teaching students healthy habits in an informative and entertaining way.
Here, childcare educators can get tips and tools to help children develop healthy habits for life.
KidsHealth is the most-visited site on the Web for information about health, behavior, and development from before birth through the teen years.
On HotChalk teachers can find health lesson plans, teaching kids how to tell if food is good or bad for them, exercise habits, and other information to keep students healthy.
HealthyChildren.org is a website designed for parents by the American Academy of Pediatrics.
The Healthy Behaviors Initiative addresses serious health problems facing students in low-income communities throughout California and most at risk of obesity. Through its work, Healthy Behaviors is demonstrating the important role that afterschool programs can play in addressing the childhood obesity epidemic in the United States.
Fire up your feet is a program built around increasing physical activity for students before, during, and after school hours. Students and parents can register for the program and get access to plenty of free resources.