Nutrition ResourcesAction for Healthy Kids
http://www.actionforhealthykids.org
Action for Healthy Kids (AFHK) is a Nationwide initiative dedicated to improving the health and educational performance of children through better nutrition and physical activity in schools. An outgrowth of the 2002 Healthy Schools Summit, AFHK is composed of 51 State teams and a national coordinating and resource group. AFHK fosters collaboration among diverse stakeholders to encourage and facilitate meaningful change in schools. Guidance and direction is provided by more than 40 national organizations and Government agencies representing education, health, physical activity, and nutrition. The site includes tools for action (fact sheets, national and State profiles, presentations, databases, funding and grants), information on State teams and how you can take action, events, and a newsroom. Readers can click on a drop-down list to find out what's happening in their States.
Bright Futures in Practice: Nutrition
http://www.brightfutures.org/nutrition/index.html
This Bright Futures at Georgetown University site features Bright Futures in Practice: Nutrition (second edition, 2002), which emphasizes prevention and early recognition of nutritional concerns, and provides developmentally appropriate nutrition supervision guidelines for infancy through adolescence. The guide contains strategies and tools to help health professionals provide nutrition supervision and promote partnerships with families and communities. It also presents the latest information on special nutrition issues and concerns such as hypertension, iron-deficiency anemia, eating disorders, obesity, sports nutrition, and vegetarian eating practices. Tools include indicators of nutrition risk, tips for fostering a positive body image, and Federal food assistance and nutrition programs.
Bright Futures in Practice: Nutrition (Pocket Guide)
http://www.brightfutures.org/nutritionpocket/index.html
This Bright Futures at Georgetown University site features Bright Futures in Practice: Nutrition Pocket Guide (2002), based on the comprehensive nutrition practice guide, which highlights key aspects of each developmental period and includes tools such as indicators of nutrition risk and tips for promoting food safety.
CDC's 5-A-Day Fruits and Vegetables
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/5aday/index.htm
This CDC Nutrition and Physical Activity site focuses on 5-a-Day for Better Health, a national program and partnership that seeks to increase the number of daily servings of fruits and vegetables Americans eat to five or more. The program provides easy ways to add more fruits and vegetables into daily eating patterns. The Web site includes recipes, a fruit and vegetable of the month feature, 5-a-Day tips, 5-a-Day links, frequently asked questions, data and statistics, research information, and a section for coordinators.
CDC's Nutritional and Physical Activity Program
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa
CDC's Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity in this program takes a public health approach to address the role of nutrition and physical activity in improving the public's health and preventing and controlling chronic diseases. Scope of activities includes epidemiological and behavioral research, surveillance, training and education, intervention development, health promotion and leadership, policy and environmental change, communication and social marketing, and partnership development. The Web site includes sections on overweight and obesity, campaigns, publications, recommendations, data and statistics, and related links.
Community Food Security Assessment Toolkit
http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/efan02013
This Economic Research Service (ERS) report provides a toolkit of standardized measurement tools for assessing various aspects of community food security. It is designed for use by community-based nonprofit organizations and business groups, local government officials, private citizens, and community planners. The toolkit includes a general guide to community assessment and focused materials for examining six basic assessment components related to community food security, including guides for profiling general community characteristics and community food resources, as well as materials for assessing household food security, food resource accessibility, food availability and affordability, and community food production resources. Data collection tools include secondary data sources, focus group guides, and a food store survey instrument.
FNIC Resource List and Database
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/pubs_and_db.html
This National Agricultural Library (U.S. Department of Agriculture) site furnishes resources on the following subjects: child nutrition and health, ethnic/cultural, food allergies, food composition, food and nutritional education, food safety, food service, general food and nutrition resources, herbal and dietary supplements, nutrition during pregnancy and breastfeeding, and weight control.
Food and Nutrition Information Center
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic
The Food and Nutrition Information Center (FNIC) at the National Agricultural Library (U.S. Department of Agriculture) has been a leader in food and human nutrition information dissemination since 1971. FNIC's Web site provides a directory to credible, accurate, and practical resources for consumers, nutrition and health professionals, educators, and Government personnel. The site provides information on dietary supplements and food composition; it also includes resource lists, dietary guidelines, a food guide pyramid, and databases. Readers can access printable format educational materials, Government reports, and research papers.
Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health
http://www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/9518.html
Guidelines on Nutrition and Physical Activity
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/PED/content/PED_3_2X_Diet_and_Activity_Factors_That_Affect_Risks.asp?s
This American Cancer Society Prevention and Early Detection Web site on nutrition and physical activity provides details on eating a variety of healthful foods (with an emphasis on plant sources), choosing foods that help maintain a healthful weight, adopting a physically active lifestyle (with examples of moderate and vigorous physical activities), and limiting alcohol consumption. It includes diet and physical activity factors that affect risks for the most common cancers?bladder, brain, breast, colorectal, endometrial, kidney, leukemias and lymphomas, lung, oral and esophageal, ovarian, pancreatic, prostate, and stomach.
Healthy Meals Resource System
http://schoolmeals.nal.usda.gov:8001
Meeting a Child's Nutritional Needs After School: An Overview
http://www.frac.org/html/publications/summer02.pdf
Montana Dietetic Association
http://www.montanadieteticassociation.org/promo.html
The Montana Dietetic Association (MDA) Web site provides resources and tips on where to find the best food and nutrition information in Montana. The site is designed for members and other professionals as well as consumers. It includes newsletters; information on seminars; links to other food, nutrition, and health Web sites; and Eat Right Montana "Healthy Families" materials.
National 5-A-Day Website
http://www.5aday.org
The Produce for Better Health Foundation, a nonprofit consumer education foundation that works to create a healthier America through increased consumption of various fruits and vegetables, chairs the National 5 A Day Partnership. The 5 A Day Program promotes eating five or more servings of colorful (blue/purple, green, white, yellow/orange, and red) fruits and vegetables a day as part of a plan for healthier living. The Web site provides sections for industry, educators, consumers, and kids. Sections on research and policy as well as programs and events are also provided. The site's catalog includes cookbooks, promotional items, teaching aids, retail merchandise, brochures, posters, signage, clothing, and children's books that can be ordered. Recipes tips are available free of charge.
National Agricultural Library
http://www.nal.usda.gov/ddsb
The National Agricultural Library (NAL) Web site provides request information, delivery options, and user fee information. The following groups are eligible to request materials from NAL (each is linked to a page that provides additional information on document delivery and lending services): U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) employees; libraries, institutions, and other organizations; and eligible food and nutrition patrons. Individuals not affiliated with USDA or an eligible food and nutrition program can request materials through public libraries, State libraries, and land-grant university or other large research libraries.
National Cancer Institute's 5-A-Day Website
http://www.5aday.gov
The National 5 A Day for Better Health Program promotes a simple, positive message?Eat five or more servings of fruits and vegetables every day for better health. The National Cancer Institute (which jointly sponsors the program with the Produce for Better Health Foundation) funds behavior change and communications research to determine strategies effective in increasing fruit and vegetable consumption. This 5 A Day Web site provides quick, easy tips on meals, budgets, and school lunches as well as numerous recipes. It also includes a media section, a State Coordinators' page, 5 A Day products, and information and resources.
NHLBI's Hearts and Parks Program
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/prof/heart/obesity/hrt_n_pk
Hearts N' Parks is a national, community-based program supported by NHLBI and the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA). The program's goal is to reduce the growing trend of obesity and the risk of coronary heart disease by encouraging Americans of all ages to aim for a healthy weight, follow a heart-healthy eating plan, and engage in regular physical activity. This Web site includes performance reports, press releases, and a community mobilization guide and video. Information on the NRPA --Department of Health and Human Services strategic partnership, magnet center sites, and pilot projects is available. A Hearts N' Parks community signup section is also provided.
Overweight and Obesity: Surgeon General's Call to Action
http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/topics/obesity
The report, The Surgeon General's Call to Action to Prevent and Decrease Overweight and Obesity, outlines strategies communities can use in helping to address these problems. Options include requiring physical education at all school grades, providing more healthy food options on school campuses, and providing safe and accessible recreational facilities for residents of all ages. In this report, the Surgeon General emphasizes the health problems resulting from overweight and obesity could reverse many health gains achieved in the United States in recent decades. The Department of Health and Human Services Web site includes the press release, the report itself, ordering information, fact sheets, the Surgeon General's Listening Session, and Resources.
State of States: A Profile of Food and Nutrition Programs Across the Nation
http://www.frac.org/html/publications/stateofstates02.pdf
State of the States: A Profile of Food and Nutrition Programs Across the Nation (February 2002) published by the Food Research and Action Center is a tool to help the Federal Government, States, localities, schools, advocates, food banks, religious congregations, service providers, and nonprofits ensure key public nutrition programs reach people in need. The report presents data on the extent of hunger and use of nutrition programs for the United States as a whole and each of the 50 States and the District of Columbia. In this way, State of the States gives a snapshot of how well or badly each state is doing in using available tools to meet the needs of hungry people and improve the health of low-income families. The report is published once a year.
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
http://www.fda.gov
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) site includes FDA news (plus recalls, market withdrawals, safety alerts, and product approvals); how to report a problem with a product, comment on proposed regulations, and petition FDA; and how to register a food facility and submit a prior notice of imported foods. It also includes reference documents, hot topics (e.g., counterfeit drugs, "Mad Cow Disease"), FDA activities (e.g., clinical trials, field operations, major initiatives), and information for various audiences. All products FDA regulates are listed.
USDA - Designs for Measuring How the School Breakfast Program Affects Learning
http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/efan01013
This USDA Economic Research Service report describes a study design permitting a scientifically defensible evaluation of the impact of the School Breakfast Program (SBP) on learning and cognitive development among children. Following presentation of a literature review and conceptual framework of the SBP-learning relationship, four alternative designs for measuring this relationship were proposed and assessed. Of the four, the design based on Early Childhood Longitudinal Study data (with supplemental analysis of data collected from 1988 to 1994 from the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey) was chosen as the report's subject.
USDA - EAT SMART.PLAY HARD Resources
http://www.fns.usda.gov/eatsmartplayhard
Eat Smart. Play Hard.™ is a service of USDA's Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) and focuses on making America's children healthier. It includes practical suggestions to help motivate children and their caregivers to eat healthy and be active. Messages are kid tested and based on the Food Guide Pyramid and Dietary Guidelines for Americans. This site has been designed especially to meet the needs of State and local program cooperators. It includes various materials (catalog is in English and Spanish), "stuff" for kids, a parent's place, professional tools, drop-in articles, information on partners, and an FNS nutrition link.
USDA - Healthy School Meals Resources Systems
http://schoolmeals.nal.usda.gov
The Healthy School Meals Resource System, developed by the National Agricultural Library's Food and Nutrition Information Center and the University of Maryland Department of Nutrition and Food Science with USDA's Food and Nutrition Service, provides information to persons working in USDA's Child Nutrition Programs. The Web site provides news, resources, a training center, topics (A-Z), recipes and menus, discussion groups, food safety, the chef's connection (in which chefs communicate with school food service personnel and volunteer their time in schools), industry links, regulations and programs, and approved software.
USDA - Local Wellness Policy
http://www.fns.usda.gov/tn/Healthy/wellnesspolicy.html
USDA's Local Wellness Policy information is maintained by TEAM Nutrition, an initiative of the USDA's Food and Nutrition Service. The site provides an overview of P.L. 108-265, which requires each school district participating in the National School Lunch and/or Breakfast Program to establish a local wellness policy by the beginning of school year 2006-2007. The policy ensures school districts set goals for nutrition education, physical activity, campus food provision, and other school-based activities designed to promote student wellness. The site houses reference materials to help school districts develop wellness policies. Resources include information on Local Wellness Policy requirements, how to create and implement a wellness policy, examples of wellness policies, tools and resources for policy implementation, how to fund wellness policies, a list of frequently asked questions, and other helpful links. The materials maintained on this site have not been approved or endorsed by the USDA.
USDA - Team Nutrition Resources
http://www.fns.usda.gov/tn/Resources/index.htm
USDA's Team Nutrition is an integrated, behavior-based, comprehensive plan for promoting the nutritional health of the Nation's children; it involves schools, parents, and the community in efforts to improve school meals and promote the health and education of 50 million school children in over 96,000 schools. The Team Nutrition Web site's resources consist of sections on nutrition education for children and their parents, school and community support for healthy eating and physical activity, and training and technical assistance for food service professionals. Spanish translations are included.
USDA's Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion
http://www.cnpp.usda.gov
The Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion works to improve the health and well-being of Americans by developing and promoting dietary guidance that links scientific research to the nutrition needs of consumers. Center staff help to define and coordinate nutrition education policy within USDA and translate nutrition research into information and materials for consumers, policy makers, and professionals in health, education, industry, and media. This Web site presents their major projects, publications and reports, graphics, and news and press releases.
USDA's Changing the Scene Resource Guide
http://www.fns.usda.gov/tn/Healthy/changing.html
Changing the Scene: Improving the School Nutrition Environment is a kit designed to assist parents, school administrators, teachers, school food service employees, and concerned members of the community in examining a school's nutrition environment, developing a plan for improvement, and putting the plan into action. The kit includes a guide to local action, support materials, and other resources. It can be ordered from USDA's Team Nutrition.
USDA's Child Nutrition Program - Healthy School Meals Resource System
http://schoolmeals.nal.usda.gov:8001
The Healthy School Meals Resource System, developed by the National Agricultural Library's Food and Nutrition Information Center and the University of Maryland Department of Nutrition and Food Science with USDA's Food and Nutrition Service, provides information to persons working in USDA's Child Nutrition Programs. The Web site provides news, resources, a training center, topics (A?Z), recipes and menus, discussion groups, food safety, the chef's connection (in which chefs communicate with school food service personnel and volunteer their time in schools), industry links, regulations and programs, and approved software.
USDA's School Meals Reports and Studies
http://schoolmeals.nal.usda.gov/Resource/resportsandstudies/reportsandstudies.html
Healthy School Meals Resource System reports and studies consist of the following categories: general childhood issues; cultural and ethnic (Food and Nutrition Information Center);early childhood and child care; Economic Research Service (food and nutrition assistance and diet, consumption, and health); food intake; food safety; Food and Nutrition Service (Office of Analysis, Nutrition, and Evaluation); food security and hunger; nutrition, learning, and behavior; obesity in children; school breakfast and lunch; and school health.
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