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Parents Helping Children
Government Reports On Childhood Obesity
Government reports found at the USDA's Food and Nutrition Information Center include studies on obesity such as "Prevalence of Overweight Among Children and Adolescents: United State, 1999," "Childhood Obesity: A Lifelong Threat to Health," and "Overweight Children, Is Parental Knowledge a Factor?".
Helping Your Overweight Child
Sponsored by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, this website helps to answer such issues as the causes of overweight children, assessing whether or not a child is overweight, and how to help a child develop good attitudes toward eating.
Preventing Childhood Obesity: Tips for Parents
This paper presents an overall view of childhood obesity as well as a number of easy-to-follow tips to implement. It appears in the Mealtime Memo for Child Care from the National Food Service Management Institute, University of Mississippi. It was written by Susan S. Fiore, M.S., R.D., Coordinator, Nutrition Education and Training Office of Child Nutrition, Connecticut State Department of Education.
For Children
BAM! Body and Mind
Geared to appeal to children, this site, sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, focuses on all aspects of a healthy child's life. It gives tips on keeping fit by participating in different sports, preventing disease, having a healthy mental attitude, and more.
EatFit
Sponsored by the University of California-Davis, this website is geared to teenagers and offers a fitness evaluation, games, recipes, success stories, and an eating analysis.
Food and My World
The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences has designed this site to appeal to children concerned with proper nutrition and features such items as nutrition-related games, puzzles and poems.
Kidnetic
The International Food Information Council Foundation sponsors this child-friendly site featuring recipes, physical activities, games, and other information geared to helping a child stay fit.
Project Lean
This site promotes healthy eating and exercise by appealing to school children and is sponsored by California Project LEAN's "Food on the Run" program. Quick food facts, recipes, and other tips are included.
Take Charge of Your Health
This site is billed as a "Teenager's Guide to Better Health" and is sponsored by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. It focuses on such topics as getting started on a weight control program, making physical activity less of a chore, getting moving, watching what you eat, and other healthful tips.
VERB
Using cartoon characters as vehicles of communication, this site is devoted to helping children stay active as a way to promote physical fitness. It is sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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