National
Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
- Provides statistics from the US government's Centers
for Disease Control (CDC), including NHANES (National
Health and Nutrition Examination Survey) data.
Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Obesity
and Overweight In the United States,
obesity has risen at an epidemic rate during the past
20 years. One of the national health objectives for
the year 2010 is to reduce the prevalence of obesity
among adults to less than 15%.
- Obesity Trends
- Body Mass Index (BMI) -- Information
regarding Body Mass Index and how to determine BMI
for adolescents
and children.
- BMI-for-age percentile growth charts for
children 2 to 20 years (pdf files ):
Boys
Girls
- Nutrition
Topics
- 5
A Day -- This national nutrition program seeks
to increase the number of daily servings Americans
eat of fruits and vegetables to five or more
- Anemia
and Iron Status -- Young children are at great
risk of iron deficiency because of rapid growth and
increased iron requirements. Iron deficiency can occur
due to lack of iron in the diets. If this continues,
anemia results. Anemia is a manifestation of iron deficiency
when it is relatively severe.
- Breastfeeding --
Breastfeeding topics, such as promotion, support, government
activities and national policies.
- Formative
Research for a Campaign to Promote Healthy Weight Using
Relevant Physical Activity and Nutrition Messages for
Youth
This report summarizes a collaborative qualitative
research study conducted by the CDC’s Division
of Nutrition and Physical Activity (DNPA) and Westat.
The summary conclusions reflect ideas and strategies
that could be integrated into a healthy-weight communication
effort targeting young people.(Executive Summary PDF
- 122K)
- Healthier
and Safer Food into the 21st Century -- Offers
tips to avoid spoiled and contaminated foods.
- Healthy
Eating Tips -- Here are some tips for healthy eating
at home, work, and elsewhere to help you get started.
- IMMPaCt --
International Micronutrient Malnutrition Prevention
and Control Program
CDC's IMMPaCt program contributes its skills and resources
to the global effort to eliminate micronutrient malnutrition.
- National
Bone Health Campaign
Powerful Bones. Powerful Girls.TM Educates and encourages
girls aged 9 to 12 years to establish lifelong, healthy
habits that build and maintain strong bones.
Combined
Health Information Database (CHID)
- A searchable database produced by health-related
agencies of the federal government that provides titles,
abstracts, and availability information for health
information and health education resources.
Consumer.gov
- A federal gateway site for health, food, and
child-issue information from the FDA and other federal
agencies.
FDA/Center
for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) -
Provides access to many government resources on nutrition.
- FDA-MedWatch
- FDA medical products reporting program. This
site gives definition of supplements, news and events
related to supplements and databases for supplements.
Health.gov
- A federal gateway site to health and nutrition
information on the web, includes information on Healthy
People 2010 and links to most government health sites.
Healthfinder
- A search engine that pulls together federal and state
information on a variety of health topics from the
Department of Health and Human Services.
Healthy
People 2010
- Includes both the document and comments by individuals.
National
Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
- Is the site for the national Milk
Matters public health campaign and other public
health information from the U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services.