Helping Kids Fight Obesity

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Best Online Info Sources

Need trustworthy, up-to-date information on how to help you kids —or grand kids— avoid obesity? If so, you’ll want to take a look at the top-notch sources shown below. UF Health registered dietitian and nutrition information specialists recommended these highly reliable sources as among the best.


Katom’s MyPlate Guide

This comprehensive  guide developed by Katom  helps users achieve and maintain a healthy weight by explaining what—and how much—to eat from each of the food groups and by providing handy tools, such as menu planners, for creating healthy meals. It contains everything from technical understanding of My Plate, a historical comparison of past USDA recommended programs including the Food Pyramid, commentary and analysis of the programs.

Effective Health Care Program

HRQ’s Effective Health Care Program has a new consumer summary on different child obesity prevention programs and settings that are effective. 

Girlshealth.gov

Find smart choices for ordering fast food, or advice on how to achieve a healthy weight, at this award-winning, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services site for girls ages 10 to 16.

Kidnetic.com

Find yet more games here, plus recipes and other content offered by the International Food Information Council to help kids move more and eat better.

Kidshealth.org

Health and medical experts share kid-focused information on all facets of health—including overweight and obesity—for this graphics-rich, easy-to-navigate Nemours Foundation site.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Center To Prevent Childhood Obesity

Get inspired by this organization’s array of strategies to reverse the childhood obesity epidemic by the year 2015. Use the “Reversing the Epidemic” tab to find the “What Individuals and Families Can Do” link, offering practical suggestions that might work in your community.

We Can!

Online training and other aids featured at this National Institutes of Health site may help parents get their kids to make better food choices, be more active, and spend less time watching TV.