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Nutrition for All Ages
Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005
The Dietary Guidelines for Americans are published jointly every 5 years by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The guidelines provide authoritative advice for people two years and older about how good dietary habits can promote health and reduce risk for major chronic diseases.
Eat Smart, Move More North Carolina
Eat Smart, Move More NC is a statewide movement to promote increased opportunities for physical activity and healthy eating through policy and environmental change. The Web site provides a variety of resources to promote healthy eating and physical activity, including the Eat Smart: North Carolina’s Recommended Standards for All Foods Available in School and Move More: North Carolina’s Recommended Standards for Physical Activity in Schools.
Eat Smart. Play Hard.™ Healthy Lifestyle
The Eat Smart. Play Hard.™ Healthy Lifestyle site is specifically designed for parents and caregivers to provide information to help you eat better, be more physically active and be a role model for your kids.
FirstGov for Consumers: Food
This Web site provides consumer information related to fruits and vegetables, seafood, meat and poultry, labeling, nutrition, product recalls, and safety. The Web site offers recipes; an FAQs section on food safety and nutrition with questions ranging from "Why should you not use homemade infant formulas?" to "How will I know if food has been irradiated?"; and links to additional resources. También se ofrece unas partes en Español.
Fruits & Veggies — More Matters™
Fruits & Veggies — More Matters™ is a dynamic health initiative to inspire and support consumers to eat more fruits and vegetables, showcasing the unrivaled combination of great taste, nutrition, abundant variety, and various product forms (fresh, frozen, canned, dried, and 100% juice). The goal is to achieve increased daily consumption of fruits and vegetables. Information about the benefits of fruits and vegetables, tips, recipes, brochures and more can be found at this Web site.
How to Understand and Use the Nutrition Facts Label
This useful Web site offers easy-to-understand information on Nutrition Facts labels.
Interactive Menu Planner
This Web site provides an online tool that calculates the servings and calories of your selections from a list of available foods and beverages to make up a meal of specified calories. It also has a link to a Body Mass Index (BMI) calculator and an explanation of Portion Distortion.
Milk Matters
This Web site provides essential information on the many benefits of milk and calcium. It contains links to up-to-date research on calcium, Milk Matters campaign-related publications and materials, and a Milk Matters Kids' page with interactive puzzles and games designed to provide a fun way for kids to learn about the benefits of drinking milk.
Para información en español, consulte este sitio.
MyEatSmartMoveMore.com
MyEatSmartMoveMore.com for consumers provides recipes, tools and tips for eating smart and moving more.
MyPyramid.gov
The interactive component of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's new food pyramid, MyPyramid, this Web site allows users to input their age, sex, and amount of daily physical activity to create a personalized food pyramid. The personalized pyramid comes along with recommendations of consumption of specific foods and a meal-tracking worksheet to follow your progress. MyPyramid Tracker is a tool that allows users to take an interactive, in-depth assessment of their food intake and physical activity.
Para información en español, El Plan MiPirámide, consulte este sitio.
Nutrition for Everyone
This Web site helps everyone in developing healthier eating habits. Key areas of focus in which good nutrition can help promote better health include: healthy weight, fruits and vegetables, bone health and iron deficiency. There is also a section of quick tips, resources for health professionals and several other nutrition-related topics.
Nutrition.gov
Nutrition.gov is a great resource for up-to-date food and nutrition information. In addition to serving as a gateway to reliable information on nutrition, healthy eating, and food safety for consumers, educators and health professionals, the Web site offers current food and nutrition news and publications, information on weight management, information on food assistance programs and grocery-shopping tips.
Para información en español, consulte este sitio.
SmallStep.gov
SmallStep.gov aims to prevent obesity by encouraging small dietary and physical activity changes in the form of 120 steps, such as Step 5 - "Drink water before a meal", Step 35 - "Sit up straight at work", and Step 106 - "When eating out, ask your server to put half your entrée in a to-go-bag". The Web site includes the list of steps as well as success stories and tips. Web site visitors can create an activity tracker to monitor their progress and sign up for a newsletter with tips and recipes.
Para información en español, consulte este sitio.
Nutrition for Children and Youth
BAM!
BAM! Body and Mind is an online destination designed for kids 9-13 years old. BAM! Body and Mind gives them the information they need to make healthy lifestyle choices. The Web site focuses on topics that are important to kids such as stress and physical fitness using kid-friendly lingo, games, quizzes, and other interactive features. BAM! Body and Mind also serves as an aid to teachers, providing them with interactive, educational, and fun activities that are linked to the national education standards for science and health.
Girl Power!
Girl Power! is a health and nutrition Web site for girls to help encourage and motivate 9- to 13- year-old girls to make the most of their lives. Girls at 8 or 9 typically have very strong attitudes about their health, so Girl Power! seeks to reinforce and sustain these positive values among girls ages 9-13 by targeting health messages to the unique needs, interests and challenges of girls.
MyPyramid for Kids
This Web site provides access to MyPyramid materials designed specifically for children aged 6 to 11: MyPyramid Blast Off Game, MyPyramid for Kids Poster, Tips for Families, A Close Look at MyPyramid for Kids, and MyPyramid for Kids Coloring Worksheet.
Powerful Bones, Powerful Girls
Aimed at promoting healthy bones in adolescent girls, this Web site features information on calcium and physical activity. The Web site features the character Carla, who gives tips on meal and snack ideas tailored to adolescent girls, such as ideas for nutrition at the mall and school, suggestions on physical activity, and how to gain information about calcium on food labels. The Web site also features games, quizzes, a calendar, bone health dictionary and links for further health and fitness information.
Spot the Block
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Cartoon Network have launched “Spot the Block”, a public education campaign to encourage tweens (ages 9-13) to use the Nutrition Facts information on food labels. The interactive Web site gives tweens the opportunity to explore information about serving sizes, calories and nutrient selection.
We Can! (Ways to Enhance Children's Activity & Nutrition)
We Can! is a national program designed as a one-stop resource for parents and caregivers interested in practical tools to help children 8 to 13 years old stay at a healthy weight. Tips and fun activities offered to parents, health care providers, and community groups focus on three critical behaviors: improved food choices, increased physical activity, and reduced screen time.
Nutrition Education/Classroom Lessons
American Dietetic Association (ADA)
The American Dietetic Association offers nutrition fact sheets with facts, tips and recipes covering a variety of food and nutrition topics; a good nutrition reading list; as well as brochures, tip sheets and other resources to help achieve a healthy lifestyle.
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
The Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition is responsible for promoting and protecting the public's health by ensuring that the nation's food supply is safe, sanitary, wholesome, and honestly labeled.
Dietary Guidelines for Americans
The Dietary Guidelines for Americans are published jointly every 5 years by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S Department of Health and Human Services. The guidelines provide authoritative advice for people two years and older about how good dietary habits can promote health and reduce risk for major chronic diseases. The Dietary Guidelines for Americans Web site contains resources for educators and consumers.
Eat Smart, Move More North Carolina
Eat Smart, Move More NC is a statewide movement to promote increased opportunities for physical activity and healthy eating through policy and environmental change. The Web site provides a variety of resources to promote healthy eating and physical activity, including the Eat Smart: North Carolina’s Recommended Standards for All Foods Available in School and Move More: North Carolina’s Recommended Standards for Physical Activity in Schools.
Eat Smart. Play Hard.™ Healthy Lifestyle
The Eat Smart. Play Hard.™ Healthy Lifestyle site is specifically designed for parents and caregivers to provide information to help you eat better, be more physically active and be a role model for your kids.
Explore the World with Fruits and Vegetables
Explore the World with Fruits and Vegetables, for teachers, public health professionals, and dietitians to use with children to spark their interest in fruits and vegetables. It explores cuisines from different parts of the world, and provides activities to use in geography, math, and social studies classes. The kit includes a guide, poster, recipe cards for adults and children, interactive worksheets, and a brochure.
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
The FDA Web site contains information about food, food safety and nutrition for consumers, kids, health professionals, educators, government, industry, and the media. También se ofrece unas partes en Español.
Goodness Grows in NC and Got to Be NC
The N.C. Department of Agriculture Goodness Grows in NC and Got to Be NC promotional and educational campaigns provide recipes, how to find North Carolina produce, and other information for consumers and kids.
Healthy Meals Resource System
The Healthy Meals Resource System from the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Library provides links to recipes, reports and studies, and resources for menu planning, food service, food safety, nutrition education and special diets.
Make Your Calories Count
Make Your Calories Count is an interactive learning program that provides consumers with information to help plan a healthful diet while managing calorie intake using the food label.
Milk Matters
"Milk Matters"' online lesson resources are designed to help students understand the importance of making smart food choices through calcium lessons, fact sheets, take-home assignments, and classroom discussion. All of the materials are consistent with National Health Education Standards.
Para información en español, consulte este sitio.
MyPyramid
The interactive component of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's new food pyramid, MyPyramid, this Web site allows users to input their age, sex, and amount of daily physical activity to create a personalized food pyramid. The personalized pyramid comes along with recommendations of consumption of specific foods and a meal-tracking worksheet to follow your progress. MyPyramid Tracker is a tool that allows users to take an interactive, in-depth assessment of their food intake and physical activity.
Para información en español, El Plan MiPirámide, consulte este sitio.
MyPyramid for Kids
This Web site provides access to MyPyramid materials designed specifically for children aged 6 to 11: MyPyramid Blast Off Game, MyPyramid for Kids Poster, Tips for Families, A Close Look at MyPyramid for Kids, and MyPyramid for Kids Coloring Worksheet.
MyPyramid for Kids Classroom Materials
This Web site links to educational materials developed by U.S. Department of Agriculture Team Nutrition for the elementary school level to help children learn the MyPyramid food guidance system. Lesson plans for teachers are available in three levels: Level 1 (grades 1-2); Level 2 (grades 3-4); and Level 3 (grades 5-6).
National Dairy Council
The National Dairy Council publishes educational materials that can be used with students, teachers and families.
N.C. Department of Agriculture Educational Resources
The N.C. Department of Agriculture has a variety of resources available from their Web site: information on North Carolina produce and local farmers, educational materials, classroom tools, contact information for North Carolina agricultural associations, etc.
N.C. Dietetic Association (NCDA)
The North Carolina Dietetic Association serves the public through the promotion of optimal nutrition, health and well-being. NCDA has ten districts spread across the state with members working in hospitals, health departments, clinics, schools, universities, corporations, and other settings. NCDA or any of its districts can be a connection to additional resources for nutrition education – either through materials or volunteers.
N.C. Fruits & Veggies Nutrition Coalition
The mission of the N.C. Fruits & Veggies Nutrition Coalition is to promote better health for all North Carolinians by increasing their fruit and vegetable consumption. Materials are downloadable from the Web site to get babies, young children and school age children and adults thinking and eating more fruits and vegetables each day.
Nutrition.gov
Nutrition.gov is a great resource for up-to-date food and nutrition information. In addition to serving as a gateway to reliable information on nutrition, healthy eating, and food safety for consumers, educators and health professionals, the Web site offers current food and nutrition news and publications, information on weight management, information on food assistance programs and grocery-shopping tips.
Nutrition Explorations
The Nutrition Explorations Web site has sections for educators, school nutrition professionals, families and students.
Produce for Better Health Foundation
The Produce for Better Health Foundation is a non-profit consumer education foundation whose purpose is to motivate people to eat more fruits and vegetables to improve health. A number of educational resources are downloadable under the Educators tab on the Web site.
School Nutrition Association of North Carolina (SNANC)
The School Nutrition Association of North Carolina’s vision is “School Nutrition: Growing Healthy Children”. SNANC can be a state level resource for nutrition education training and materials. SNANC has local chapters that can provide connections to other school nutrition professionals for ideas and resources.
SmallStep.gov for Kids Teacher Resources
Teaching materials have been designed, connected to the SmallStep.gov initiative, to help 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grade students build Language Arts and Math skills as they learn about health and fitness.
Southeast United Dairy Industry Association, Inc. (SUDIA)
The Southeast United Dairy Industry Association, Inc. provides resources about calcium, dairy and nutrition for consumers, health professionals, educators and dairy farmers.
Team Nutrition Resources for Educators
U.S. Department of Agriculture Team Nutrition offers downloadable classroom curriculum and activities and other materials for educators.
Physical Activity for All Ages
Eat Smart, Move More North Carolina
Eat Smart, Move More NC is a statewide movement to promote increased opportunities for physical activity and healthy eating through policy and environmental change. The Web site provides a variety of resources to promote healthy eating and physical activity, including the Eat Smart: North Carolina’s Recommended Standards for All Foods Available in School and Move More: North Carolina’s Recommended Standards for Physical Activity in Schools.
Eat Smart. Play Hard.™ Healthy Lifestyle
The Eat Smart. Play Hard.™ Healthy Lifestyle site is specifically designed for parents and caregivers to provide information to help you eat better, be more physically active and be a role model for your kids.
HealthierUS.gov
HealthierUS.gov is a Web site supporting the President's HealthierUS initiative focusing on physical fitness, prevention, and nutrition and making healthy choices. It serves as a source of credible, accurate information to help Americans choose to live healthier lives.
MyPyramid
The interactive component of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's new food pyramid, MyPyramid, this Web site allows users to input their age, sex, and amount of daily physical activity to create a personalized food pyramid. MyPyramid Tracker is a tool that allows users to take an interactive, in-depth assessment of their physical activity.
Para información en español, El Plan MiPirámide, consulte este sitio.
Physical Activity for Everyone
This Web site provides visitors with an overview of the importance of physical activity and resources to encourage physical activity. It features a section on measuring physical activity intensity, a perceived exertion test, a metabolic equivalent level test, and lists of sample activities by intensity level. Also provides recommendations for physical activity and strength training for older adults section, and links to additional resources. También se ofrece unas partes en Español.
President's Challenge - You're it. Get fit!
A central component of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, the President's Challenge - You're it. Get fit! - encourages all Americans to make being active part of their everyday lives. This Web site is the interactive component of that challenge and provides information for kids, teens, adults, seniors, teachers and physical activity advocates on how to register, track progress, calculate fitness and earn awards for meeting goals.
Recreation.gov
A partnership among Federal land management agencies to provide an easy-to-use Web site with information about all federal recreation areas, the Web site allows you to search for recreation areas by state, recreational activity, agency, or map. It also provides links to recreation maps, weather advisories, and Web sites where visitors can make advanced reservations for camp sites and tours.
SmallStep.gov
SmallStep.gov aims to prevent obesity by encouraging small dietary and physical activity changes in the form of 120 steps, such as Step 5 - "Drink water before a meal", Step 35 - "Sit up straight at work", and Step 106 - "When eating out, ask your server to put half your entrée in a to-go-bag". The Web site includes the list of steps as well as success stories and tips. Web site visitors can create an activity tracker to monitor their progress and sign up for a newsletter with tips and recipes.
Para información en español, consulte este sitio.
Physical Activity for Children and Youth
BAM!
BAM! Body and Mind is an online destination designed for kids 9-13 years old. BAM! Body and Mind gives them the information they need to make healthy lifestyle choices. The Web site focuses on topics that are important to kids such as stress and physical fitness using kid-friendly lingo, games, quizzes, and other interactive features. BAM! Body and Mind also serves as an aid to teachers, providing them with interactive, educational, and fun activities that are linked to the national education standards for science and health.
Energizers
Energizers are short, classroom-based physical activities. The activities last approximately 10 minutes, integrate grade-appropriate learning materials, involve no equipment and require little teacher preparation. Energizers have been developed for both elementary and middle school students.
Girl Power!
Girl Power! is a health and nutrition Web site for girls to help encourage and motivate 9- to 13- year-old girls to make the most of their lives. Girls at 8 or 9 typically have very strong attitudes about their health, so Girl Power! seeks to reinforce and sustain these positive values among girls ages 9-13 by targeting health messages to the unique needs, interests and challenges of girls.
Kidnetic.com
Kidnetic.com is a site from the International Food Information Council (IFIC) Foundation for kids and their parents to learn more about health, fitness and nutrition through fun games, recipes and articles. The Kidnetic.com Leader’s Guide is a lesson-based curriculum guide for health professionals and educators to use when working with patients and students, and the Parents’ Guide provides quick and easy-to-use information just for parents.
MyPyramid for Kids
This Web site provides access to MyPyramid materials designed specifically for children aged 6 to 11: MyPyramid Blast Off Game, MyPyramid for Kids Poster, Tips for Families, A Close Look at MyPyramid for Kids, and MyPyramid for Kids Coloring Worksheet.
Powerful Bones, Powerful Girls
Aimed at promoting healthy bones in adolescent girls, this Web site features information on calcium and physical activity. The character Carla gives tips on meal and snack ideas tailored to adolescent girls, such as ideas for nutrition at the mall and school, suggestions on physical activity, and how to gain information about calcium on food labels. The Web site also offers games, quizzes, a calendar, bone health dictionary and links for further health and fitness information.
SmallStep.gov for Kids
Children and their families are encouraged to visit this site where they can find fun, interactive and beneficial information on healthy eating and physical activity. Also, related teaching materials have been designed to help 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grade students build Language Arts and Math skills as they learn about health and fitness.
Para información en español, consulte este sitio.
VERB™ It's what you do
VERB™ It’s what you do. was a national, multicultural, social marketing campaign coordinated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The VERB campaign encouraged tweens (youth age 9-13) to be physically active every day. Resources developed for the campaign are still accessible via the Web site.
We Can! (Ways to Enhance Children's Activity & Nutrition)
We Can! is a national program designed as a one-stop resource for parents and caregivers interested in practical tools to help children 8 to 13 years old stay at a healthy weight. Tips and fun activities offered to parents, health care providers, and community groups focus on three critical behaviors: improved food choices, increased physical activity, and reduced screen time.
School Gardens
Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project (ASAP) Growing Minds
The Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture project is a non-profit organization that supports farmers and rural communities by providing education, mentoring, promotion and Web resources, and community and policy development. ASAP has developed Growing Minds, which provides lesson plans, children’s literature resources and information about creating school gardens, organizing farm field trips and purchasing local foods for schools.
California School Garden Network
The curriculum section, compiled by the University of California Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources Garden-Based Learning Workgroup, provides over one hundred garden-based lessons to create, expand, and sustain garden-based learning experiences. It offers practical ideas and resources for every level of garden-based learning from sprouting seeds to understanding the food system.
Get Growing from the Ground Up
Get Growing from the Ground Up is a guide to developing and promoting a school garden from U.S. Department of Agriculture Team Nutrition. It includes tips on working with parents, supporters and community organizations, starting a garden, hosting a food festival, promoting and publicizing the garden and events, and locating resources.
Kids Gardening
The Kids Gardening Web site from the National Gardening Association provides tips, garden activities and lessons, success stories and information about funding for developing school and community gardens.
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