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CDC's Nutrition and Physical Activity Program
Fit Source. This site is geared toward child care and after-school providers, and provides a variety of physical activity and nutrition resources by age, topic, and keywords. Resources include games and activities, lesson plans, healthy recipes, information for parents, fitness campaigns, funding strategies, informational resources, and Spanish language Web sites.
President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports
State Legislative Information Database. This searchable database contains bill information from all 50 states related to specific topics and subtopics. The database contains information from 2001 and is updated quarterly.
U.S. Department of
Education
Health, Mental Health, Environmental Health, and Physical Activity
Programs
VERB: It's what you
do.
CDC's Youth Media Campaign
We Can! or "Ways to Enhance Children's Activity & Nutrition" is a national education program developed by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to help prevent childhood obesity in youth ages 8–13. We Can! focuses on programs and activities for parents and families as a primary group for influencing youth. The program provides turn-key resources and programs for parents, caregivers, and youth to encourage healthy eating, increase physical activity, and reduce screen time.
Alliance for a Healthier Generation
American Academy of Pediatrics
American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance
Data Resource Center for Child and Adolescent Health. This site allows users to search and display charts and tabular findings from individual survey items as well as child health measures derived from these data sources. The site displays state profiles, rankings, and information for key demographic groups.
Keeping Kids Healthy: Obesity, Nutrition & Physical Exercise
National Alliance for Youth Sports
National Association for Health and Fitness
National Association for Sport and Physical Education
National Coalition for Promoting Physical Activity
National Recreation and Park Association
National School Boards Association School Health Resource Database. This database contains nearly 3,000 items, including sample policies, articles, and training tools, that address issues facing local school districts related to the health of youth, including physical activity.
Society of State Directors of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation
Take 10! Classroom Physical Activity Breaks
University of South
Carolina, Prevention Research Center
Arnold School of Public Health
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