Resources to Encourage Better Health for Children
Web
Action for Healthy Kids
http://www.actionforhealthykids.org
Alliance for a Healthier Generation
http://www.healthiergeneration.org
American Academy of Pediatrics
http://www.aap.org
American Alliance for Health, Physical Education and Recreation
http://www.aahperd.org
American Diabetes Association
http://www.diabetes.org
American Heart Association
http://www.americanheart.org
American Obesity Association
http://www.obesity.org
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
http://www.cdc.gov
Dole 5-A-Day
http://www.dole5aday.com
Fruits and Veggies - More Matters
http://www.fruitsandveggiesmorematters.org
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
http://www.ijbnpa.org
Iowa Department of Public Health
http://www.idph.state.ia.us
Iowa State University Extension
http://www.extension.iastate.edu
Iowans Fit For Life
www.state.ia.us/iowansfitforlife
Kidnetic
http://www.kidnetic.org
National Heart Lung and Blood Institute-We Can Program
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov
National School Boards Association
http://www.nsba.org
PE Central
http://www.pecentral.org
PE For Life
http://www.pe4life.org
Physical Education Links
http://www.pelinks4u.org
President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports
http://www.fitness.gov
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
http://www.rwjf.org
Shaping America's Youth
http://www.shapingamericasyouth.org
The Endocrine Society
http://www.obesityinamerica.org
Children's books on Nutrition or Physical Activity
K-1 Grades
Eating the Alphabet: Fruits and Vegetables from A to Z, by Lois Ehlert- 0152009027
Feast for 10, by Cathryn Falwell, Clarion Books, 1993 ISBN - 0395720826
Tops and Bottoms, by Janet Stevens, Harcourt Brace & Company, 1995 - 0152928510
Bread and Jam for Frances, by Russell Hoban, Harper and Row, 1964 - 0064433366
Red Are the Apples, by Marc Harshman - ISBN - 0152060650
Bananas!, By Jacqueline Farmer, Charlesbridge, 1999 - ISBN - 0881061158
Apples, by Ken Robbins, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2002 - 0689830246
Oliver's Vegetables, by Vivian French, Orchard Books, 1995 - ISBN - 0531071049
How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food?, by Jane Yolen - ISBN - 0439241022
Growing Vegetable Soup, by Lois Ehlert - ISBN - 0152325808
Bearobics: A Hip-Hop Counting Story - ISBN - 0670870349
2-3 Grades
Bread and Jam for Frances, by Russell Hoban - ISBN - 0064433366
If You Give A Mouse A Cookie, by Laura Joffe Numeroff - ISBN - 0061128562
The Giving Tree, by Shel Silverstein - ISBN - 0060840986
The Monster Health Book: A Guide to Eating Healthy, Being Active, & Feeling Great for Monsters & Kids!, by Edward Miller - ISBN - 0823421398
4-5-6 Grades
The Monster Health Book: A Guide to Eating Healthy, Being Active, & Feeling Great for Monsters & Kids!, by Edward Miller - ISBN - 0823421398
Janice VanCleave's Food and Nutrition for Every Kid - ISBN - 0471176656
Eat your Vegetables! Drink your Milk!, by Alvin Silverstein - 0531165078
The Race Against Junk Food, by Anthony Buono - ISBN - 0965810807
Food Rules! The Stuff you Munch, The Stuff..., by Bill Haduch - 0141311469
Physical Fitness, by Alvin Silverstein - ISBN - 0531155633
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