Some available resources regarding healthy living, nutrition, weight and body image:

http://www.kidshealth.org/teen/nutrition/general/pyramid.html
The New Food Guide Pyramid - Updated April 2005. The food guide pyramid is designed as a symbol to remind people of what they should eat to stay healthy. The old pyramid showed only foods. The new pyramid has been updated to include physical activity as well.

http://www.schoolwellnesspolicies.org
Model School Wellness Policies. This comprehensive set of model nutrition and physical activity policies1 is based on nutrition science, public health research, and existing practices from exemplary states and local school districts around the country.

councilswd@aol.com
Council on Size and Weight Discrimination has a packet of size acceptance materials Kids Project. “Kids Come in All Sizes” A program for middle school students. Miriam Berg. P.O. Box 305, Mt. Marion, NY 12456 (914) 679-1209

www.canfit.org
“CANFit Program”, California Adolescent Nutrition and Fitness Program to improve the nutritional status and physical fitness of California’s low-income youth between the ages of 10 and 14.

www.cnr.berkeley.edu/cwh/
Center for Weight and Health at the University of California at Berkeley is a clearinghouse for research and programs. (510) 642-1599

www.cyberdiet.com
Food database has information for food labels for almost any type of food, good resource about diet, nutrition, exercise and motivation.

www.health.org/gpower
“Girl Power!” Is a public education campaign partnership between the Girl Scouts of the USA and the Dept. of Health and Human Resources.

www.askeric.org/virtual/lessons/Health
Health lesson plans

www.hkresources.org
Healthy Kids Resource Center, 313 West Winton Avenue, Room 180, Hayward, CA 94544, (510) 670-4582

www.shapeup.org/usa
Shape up America! An organization headed by C. Everett Koop, former Surgeon General of the United States. Includes a method for students to determine their BMI interactively.

http://www.take10.net
“Take 10!” A grade specific, classroom-based program designed to add 10-minute physical activity periods to the school day. International Life Sciences Institute, Center for Health Promotion, (770) 934-1010

www.dole5aday.com
Creative and informative site for kids and teachers

www.ganesa.com/food/index.html
Explanations of what is included in the different categories on the food pyramid.

www.kidshealth.org
A great site for kids. Includes many topics of concern for children.

www.nutritionnetworknews.org
Informative site

www.4woman.gov
The National Women's Information Center

http://www.healthopedia.com/link-to-us.html
Medical resource provides comprehensive and reliable information from trusted sources in patient-friendly language.

http://health.allrefer.com/
AllRefer Health - Comprehensive and credible health information on more than 4000 topics.