Physical Activity and Nutrition Links

• Bone Health
  The National Bone Health Campaign (NBHC) promotes optimal bone health among girls aged 9-12 years in an effort to reduce their risk of osteoporosis later in life. The campaign's purpose is to encourage girls to establish lifelong healthy habits, focusing on increased calcium consumption and weight-bearing physical activity to build and maintain strong bones. In Oregon educatational materials are resources are available to girls within this age group to help promote bone health. These resources are great for girls' clubs like Girl Scouts. Contact Jennifer Young at (971) 673-0245 for more information and to find out what's available.
• Powerful Bones. Powerful Girls.
  Powerful Bones Interactive Website for Youth
  This is a fun, interactive way to show girls why calcium and weight-bearing physical activities can build strong bones and how these fit easily into a girl's busy lifestyle. Girls who eat more foods with calcium and participate in weight-bearing physical activities develop stronger, denser bones, a concept associated in the minds of girls with being powerful inside and out.
• Arbor Nutrition Guide Links to Nutrition Web Sites
• Active Community Environments (ACE) CDC - Sponsored Initiative to promote walking, bicycling and the development of accessible recreation facilities.
• Bright Futures - Nutrition and Physical Activity materials and tools for health professionals, families, and communities.
• "Guidelines for School Health Programs to Promote Lifelong Healthy Eating"Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• Dietary Guidelines for Americans
• Food Guide Pyramid
• Healthfinder - your free guide to reliable health information, developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• 4 Girls' Health - provides girls between the ages of 10 and 16 with reliable and current health information. The site focuses on many health topics that respond to adolescent girls' health concerns and motivates girls to choose healthy behaviors using positive, supportive and non-threatening messages.
• The National Women's Health Information Center - great resources on topic areas like body image, disabilities, minority health, pregnancy and breastfeeding.
• Healthy People 2010 - a national health promotion and disease prevention initiative. Its goals are to increase the quality and years of healthy life and eliminate health disparities.
• Adolescent Nutrition Information and Links - Maternal Child Health program, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington
• National Cancer Institute 5 A Day Program
• Nutrition For Kids - Nutrition for kids is a well designed webpage with nutrition information for parents, educators and health professionals.
• Calculate Your Body Mass Index (BMI)
• Tufts Nutrition Navigator - links to reputable nutrition sites
• USDA Child Nutrition Home Page
• Walk to School Day - USA Tuesday, October 2, 2001
  Last year on October 4th, hundreds of thousands of students, parents and community leaders across the United States hit the streets on foot in celebration of International Walk to School Day.
• Teen Health Links