| Government Resources |
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Healthfinder.gov
- This site has hand-picked health information from A to Z including: prevention & wellness, diseases & conditions,
alternative medicine - plus medical dictionaries, encyclopedia, journals, and more |
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How to
Lose and Manage Weight - This site provides tools for consumers to use to
achieve and maintain a healthy weight and lifestyle, as well as information about FDA's recently announced program to
combat obesity. Special information addresses the important issue of childhood obesity. The site also serves as a
gateway to information on obesity and weight loss from other government agencies, such as the National Institutes of
Health and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. |
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MEDLINE - MEDLINE® is NLM's bibliographic database of citations and abstracts from over 4600
biomedical
journals published in the United States and worldwide. PubMed also has links to the
full-text versions of articles at participating publishers' web sites. |
| Private Resources |
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Dole 5 A Day - The
"5 A Day for Better Health Program" is a national program to encourage all Americans to eat 5 to 9 servings of fruits and
vegetables every day for good health. |
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Kids Health - for Parents - KidsHealth is the largest and most visited site on the Web providing doctor-approved health
information about children from before birth through adolescence. |
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Knowledge Network for Mental Illness - Kids Page - We have free stuff
about mental health--talking about how you think, feel, and act everyday. Are you mad, glad, sad, or scared? What do
you do about it? |
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National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center - The National Youth Violence
Prevention Resource Center (NYVPRC) was established as a central source of information on prevention and
intervention programs, publications, research, and statistics on violence committed by and against children and
teens. |
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Partnership for a Drug-Free
America™ - A nonprofit coalition of communication, health, medical and
educational professionals working to reduce illicit drug use and help people live healthy, drug-free
lives. |
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Pork $ Kids - Learn
about pork and how pigs are raised. Keep checking back for new games and contests. |
