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This website shows parents, teachers, teens, members of the community at large, and businesses what can take place to ensure that the epidemic of obesity is addressed. In particular, it helps schools apply for national recognition for their wellness efforts and align their beverage and snack guidelines to meet the guidelines set forth by the Alliance for a Healthier Generation. The Alliance is a partnership between the American Heart Association and the William J. Clinton Foundation.
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This website has information about healthy eating that is downloadable and there are links to specific regional contacts that people can contact should they want to receive more information, training, etc. These services are available at no cost to qualifying schools, community based organizations, and similar institutions.
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Body Mass Index (BMI) measures the relationship between weight and height and is one of the most accurate ways to determine if extra pounds pose health risks. In June of 1998, the federal government announced guidelines which established a definition of a healthy weight. A BMI score of 20-24 is associated with the lowest health risk, while a BMI of 25-29.9 is considered overweight. Individuals who have a BMI in the range of 25-34.9 and who have a waist size of over 35 inches for women or 40 inches for men are considered to be at an especially increased risk for health problems. Exceptions to a high BMI score include athletes whose BMI is high due to increased muscle mass, and pregnant or lactating women.
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The SnackwiseSM Nutrition Rating System developed by Columbus Children's evaluates the nutritional quality of processed vended snack foods for ten nutrition parameters: calories, fat, saturated and trans fat, fiber, sugar, protein, calcium, iron, and vitamins A & C. Snack foods are rated according to whether the nutrition parameter contributes positively or negatively to a snack food's nutrient balance as either green-best choice, yellow-choose occasionally, or red-choose rarely.
SnackwiseSM includes point of sale materials to help schools promote and student's select smarter snack choices.
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KID-FIT provides preschool children, their primary caretakers, and educators a structured curriculum for promoting healthy lifestyle habits. The physical education and fitness curriculum instills healthy behaviors of regular exercise, sound nutrition and rest starting as young as age 2. Using generally agreed upon fitness and nutrition facts, we strive to build positive associations with exercise and good nutrition. Thus in turn, increase the likelihood our future generation will be more fit and suffer less incidence of preventable illness Namely heart disease, obesity, diabetes, stroke and other diseases originating from poor lifestyle habits.
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The Future of Children seeks to promote effective policies and programs for children by providing policymakers, service providers, and the media with timely, objective information based on the best available research.
The Future of Children is a publication of The Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University and The Brookings Institution.
This particular issue addresses hot topics around childhood obesity.
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This is the site of the program created by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts to address the nationwide issue of children being overweight. It contains tips for parents, teachers and clinicians and tips for healthy eating and exercise.
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This site provides the toolkit and resources developed and utilized by the Maine Youth Overweight Collaborative.
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This site contains downloadable tools created by the "Weighing Action" workgroup in Maine. They include such things as communication tools for medical providers about starting a conversion with patients around obesity and BMI basics for professionals.
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10 Key Strategies to Prevent Obesity from the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
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This is a call to action from the Surgeon General on the problem of overweight children and adolescents. It provides general suggestions as well as physical activity and health eating suggestions for how to ameliorate the problem.
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