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Recommended Web Sites
 Eating Healthy With
The New Food Guide - Click here to read more about healthy eating.
Helping
Your Child: Tips for Parents - The Weight
Control Information Network offers tips for parents
on helping their children eat right.
American
Dietetic Association - This organization
provides lots of fact sheets about adult and
child nutrition. You might want to see:
American
School Food Service Association - This
Association strives to see that all children have access
to healthful school meals and nutrition education. Their
site provides information on school nutrition programs,
answers to frequently asked questions, recipes, and
educational activities.
Child
Care Nutrition Resource System - Recipes,
resources and information on preparing nutritious meals
and food safety.
Child
Nutrition and Health - The Food and Nutrition
Information Center offers lots of great ideas for good
nutrition.
Children's
Nutrition Guide - Check out this site from
a pediatrician to find out more about kids and healthy
eating.
Children’s
Nutrition Research Center - The Children's
Nutrition Research Center (CNRC) is dedicated to defining
the nutrient needs of children, from conception through
adolescence, and the needs of pregnant women and nursing
mothers.
Children's
Snacks: Don't Ban Them-Plan Them! - The Mayo Clinic offers this advice about snacking.
Dietary
Guidelines for Healthy Children - The American
Heart Association talks about proper nutrition for a
strong heart.
Does
Your Child Need Vitamin Supplements? - The American Academy of Pediatrics has created this
fact sheet.
Food
and Nutrition Service of the USDA - The
Department of Agriculture administers this program which
lists school lunch and snack menus and ideas.
The Importance of Offering Fruits and Veggies to Babies - KidsHealth tells parents how to best feed baby.
International
Food Information Council Foundation: Child, Adolescent
Nutrition, Health & Physical Activity
- The IFIC's mission is to communicate science-based
information on food safety and nutrition to health and
nutrition professionals, educators, journalists, government
officials and others providing information to consumers.
Background information, food insight articles, and educational
booklets and brochures can be accessed here.
Just
for Kids - Links to a variety of fun and
informative websites for kids and teens. This is part
of the site from the USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research
Center at Baylor College of Medicine
KidsHealth
for Kids: Staying Healthy - This site was
created by the Nemours Foundation's Center for Children's
Health Media and aims to provide the best children's
health information on the Internet. The information
found here is written specifically for kids.
KidsHealth
for Parents: Nutrition & Fitness -
This site was created by the Nemours Foundation's Center
for Children's Health Media and aims to provide the
best children's health information on the Internet.
The information found here is written specifically for
parents. KidsHealth also offers the following specific
topics:
MayoClinic.com:
Childhood Obesity: Parenting advice - MayoClinic.com
gives you access to the experience and knowledge of
the more than 2,000 physicians and scientists of the
Mayo Clinic. This article will provide tips for
parents of obese kids.
Medem
Medical Library: Children’s Health/Nutrition
- Links to articles on a wide range of nutrition topics
from the nation’s medical societies will be found
at this site.
MEDLINEplus:
Child Nutrition - Developed by the National
Library of Medicine, this consumer health site directs
the user to selected online resources on many common
diseases, conditions, and concerns.
MEDLINEPlus:
Obesity in Children - Developed by the
National Library of Medicine, this consumer health site
directs the user to selected online resources on many
common diseases, conditions, and concerns.
MyPyramid
- The US Department of Agriculture has established new
food guidelines, check out this site to see what you
and your children should be eating.
National
Institute of Child Health and Human Development: Milk
Matters Calcium Education Campaign - Milk
Matters is a nationwide campaign dedicated to increasing
calcium consumption among America's children and teens.
Numerous fact sheets and publications concerning calcium
can be obtained here. This site can also be viewed in
Spanish.
National
Network for Child Care: Nutrition and Diet
- NNCC unites the expertise of many of the nation's
leading universities through the outreach system of
Cooperative Extension. This site offers links on topics
such as childhood obesity, dietary guidelines, food
safety, meals and snacks, and special dietary needs.
Some information is in PDF format and requires an Adobe
Acrobat Reader for viewing.
Nutrition
Information and Resource Center: Child Nutrition Links
- The Department of Food Science at Penn State University
offers links to quality information from this site.
Nutrition
for Kids - The Mayo Clinic offers advice
on feeding your children.
School
Lunches - KidsHealth has prepared
this information for parents, to help them feed their
children healthy lunches.
TeensHealth:
Food & Fitness - This site was created
by the Nemours Foundation's Center for Children's Health
Media and aims to provide the best children's health
information on the Internet. The information found here
is written specifically for teenagers.
USDA
National Nutrient Database - Nutritional
information by food item or by single nutrients can
be found by searching this government database.
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