Nutrition

[] - The CNC features expert reviewed resource books, storybooks, cookbooks, CD’s, and web sites to inspire children, ages 4 to 9, to develop healthy eating and physical activity habits. The goals of the project are to tell kids stories about eating healthy foods, being more physically active and making healthy choices, to move them to value these habits in their own lives, and to serve as a library-based model collection of easily accessible, up-to-date nutrition and physical activity educational materials.

[] - Includes Dietary Guidelines for American and the Interactive Healthy Eating Index, and Online dietary assessment tool that includes nutrition messages. After you provide your day’s worth of dietary information, you will receive a “score” on the over quality of your diet for that day. Scroll down to link to the Food and Nutrition Information Center for information on food compositions and nutrition guidelines.

[] - The Harvard School of Public Health Nutrition Source provides older students, parents, and teachers clear information covering: What Should You Eat?, Getting to Your Healthy Weight, Staying Active, as well as Recipes and Nutrition in the News.

[] - From the National Dairy Council, this well-designed, current site provides teachers with classroom activities for teaching young children good eating habits. [] Fun, hands-on and interactive activities from the Dairy Council’s most popular programs help you teach nutrition from Pre-K through upper elementary school.

[] - pictures and images, medical encyclopedia, diet and nutrition

[] calculate states of health

[] Body Mass Index calculator

[] Teaching Children about calories