Nutrition Websites
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Nutrition Websites
American Heart Association - Healthy lifestyles through diet and nutrition.
Calorie Control Council - information on cutting calories and fat in your diet, achieving and maintaining a healthy weight, or your favorite low-calorie, reduced-fat foods and beverages (and the ingredients that make them possible).
Dole 5 A Day Program - an interactive and fun website that promotes healthy eating and life style habits.
5 A Day - National Cancer Institute and CDC site focuses on fruits, vegetables, and physical activity with personalized tips. Includes healthful recipes.
Family Food Zone - interactive website for parents of kids ages 3-11.
Food Guide Pyramid - Understand the Food Pyramid and identify what and how much to eat.
KidsHealth - is a website devoted to information about growth , food, health, and fitness for youth.
National Bone Health Campaign - interactive websites for girls 9-12 about the importance of calcium and weight-bearing physical activities.
http://www.healthierus.gov/nutrition.html Terrific site for nutrition with links to nutrition and physical activity, diabetes, blood pressure, cholesterol, obesity and more
Nutrition Tips for Kids to promote good dental health. Colgate Kids World No Cavities Clubhouse. This Colgate sponsored website teaches kids what snacks are healthy and how to brush teeth. Many games on-line
Planning Your Menu Interactive menu planner form the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
http://www.nutrition.gov/ Smart nutrition starts here. 2005 Dietary Guidelines, role of folic acid and healthy babies and lots more nutritional information.