Healthy Eating For Children: Other Places To Get Help

The MyPyramid food guidance Web site provides many options to help people make healthy food choices and to be active every day. You enter age, gender, and activity level to get a food plan specific to your needs. You can also print out worksheets that help you track progress and goals. You'll find many answers to your questions about healthy eating on this Web site.

The www.nutrition.gov Web site provides comprehensive information on nutrition, food safety, health management, research, and nutrition as it applies to adults, children, older adults, minorities, and others.

The USDA's consumer Web site is a good guide to materials prepared by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) regarding nutrition, dietary guidelines, and the MyPyramid food guide. It also has information on food safety, dietary supplements, and studies being conducted on nutrition.

We Can or "Ways to Enhance Children's Activity & Nutrition" is a national program designed for families and communities to help children achieve a healthy weight. The program focuses on three important behaviors: improved food choices, increased physical activity, and reduced screen time.

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) offers a variety of educational materials, such as links to publications about parenting and general growth and development. Immunization information, safety and prevention tips, AAP guidelines for various conditions, and links to other organizations are also available.

The American Dietetic Association sets standards for all types of prescribed diets. The Consumer Nutrition Hot Line is available Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. (CST), in both Spanish and English. The organization produces a variety of consumer information, including videos and CD-ROM products, and will help you find a registered dietitian in your area who provides nutrition counseling.

The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), part of the National Institutes of Health within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, created Media-Smart Youth to empower young people to think critically about media and make thoughtful decisions about nutrition and physical activity.

Media-Smart Youth combines youth-development principles and practices with the most current research findings and recommendations about nutrition and physical activity.