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The Lugar Pilots - Since the program’s implementation in 2001, the Lugar Pilot states have experienced continued growth and dramatic increases in access of children to summer meals. The program is part of the SFSP and has operated in 13 states (including Indiana) and Puerto Rico since 2001. Lugar successfully worked in 2004 and 2005 to add states to the program, and through his legislation a total of 26 states and Puerto Rico are now participating in the program. In the 109th Congress, Lugar introduced legislation to expand the Lugar Pilots to the rest of the nation.

Head Start Information

The U.S. Department of Education provides grant information about the Carol M. White Physical Education program, including funding opportunities and eligibility requirements.

The National Association for Sport and Physical Education, presents information on designing physical fitness programs to improve health and general information for physical education teachers and athletic coaches.


The National Association of Health Education Centers, offers information on general wellness aimed at helping young people learn how to make healthy life decisions, prevent disease and injury, and understand their bodies.

Kids Health provides advice to parents, kids, and teens on how to maintain a healthy lifestyle from experts at the Nemour Foundation. The site also provides up-to-date information on children’s health issues such as growth and immunizations.


Medline Plus, offered through the National Institutes of Health, offers medical information for a wide range of topics from children’s health to specific symptoms and diagnoses to general nutrition.


The American Academy of Pediatrics offers an extensive database of information about children’s health. The site also features a “Parenting Corner” that spotlights a book of the month, as well as safety tips, such as traveling with kids and disaster preparedness.

North Dakota State University provides fun activities to help children learn about nutrition.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC's) Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH), provides information and addresses a number of topics pertaining to serious health risk behaviors among children, adolescents and young adults.

The American Council on Exercise (ACE), offers a wealth of resources on health and fitness as well as information on fitness certification and education.

The After School Project provides a link to a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation report focusing on the health problems associated with the decline in physical activity among youth, particularly those in poor families.

The American Academy of Pediatrics Journal report addresses the rising prominence of fast food in the diets of American children and those throughout the world.

The Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine Journal provides a link to a report that addresses childhood and adolescent obesity, by studying the amount of time young people spent consuming soft drinks and watching television.

• Vol.3 No.1: Child Obesity in Indiana: A Growing Public Policy Concern