RESORCES & USEFUL LINKS

AMERICAN DIABETES ASSOCIATION YOUTH ZONE

What is Diabetes?
Information on Type 1 and Type 2, Diabetes Educator Lou, Diabetes Symptoms, Complications, Why do I have diabetes?, Cure
http://www.diabetes.org/youthzone/what-is-diabetes.jsp

Fun & Games
Build a Healthy Kid, Fix Frank, Build a Healthy Plate, Crossword, Food Fight, Wizdom Ball, Food Safari
http://www.diabetes.org/youthzone/fun-games.jsp

Diabetes Care
Choosing a Blood Glucose Meter, Blood Glucose Checking, About Insulin, Hypoglycemia, Hyperglycemia, Sick Days, Insulin & Medications, Your Diabetes Care Team
http://www.diabetes.org/youthzone/diabetes-care.jsp

Living with Diabetes
Special Occasions, Away from Home, Dealing With Diabetes, Friends & Family, Diabetes Camps
http://www.diabetes.org/youthzone/living-with-diabetes.jsp

Healthy Eating
The Food Pyramid, The Big Three, Meal Planning, Portion Sizes, The Scoop on Sugar
http://www.diabetes.org/youthzone/healthy-eating.jsp

Exercise
Why Exercise?, Exercise & Blood Glucose, Safe Exercise Checklist, Tips for Excellent Exercising, Exercise & Healthy Weight, Get Active!, But I hate to Exercise!, Going the Distance
http://www.diabetes.org/youthzone/physical-activity.jsp

Diabetes & the Law
http://www.diabetes.org/youthzone/diabetes-law.jsp

 

GIRLS ISSUES

Center for Young Women’s Health
Offers quizzes, info and games on aspects of girl’s health.  Includes body, nutrition and fitness, and emotional health.
http://www.youngwomenshealth.org/

Girl Power
Sponsored by the U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services.  Geared to motivate girls from ages 9-12 to a healthy body, nutrition, exercise and body image.  Good graphics on each page but primarily text once you click in one level.
http://www.girlpower.gov/

Girls Health – Office of Women’s Health
Both websites seem to work, not sure which is better to use. 
This is mostly articles but it does focus on girl’s health, body image and nutrition.
http://www.girlshealth.gov/
http://www.4girls.gov/

Powerful Bones, Powerful Girls
Focus is on bone & calcium health specifically for tweens and teen girls.  Bright and interactive with some games.
http://www.cdc.gov/powerfulbones/index.html

FITNESS & NUTRITION

BAM! – CDC Kid site on Body & Mind
Includes info. on diseases, nutrition, exercise as well as safety and body image.  Interactive in how it presents the information but no games.
http://www.bam.gov/

FDA Kids Site
Pretty basic site – mostly text on food safety and pet info.  It has a strange game of “inspect the warehouse” and a online wordfind on foods and drugs.
http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/kids/default.htm

FDA for Kids, Teens & Educators
Links to other websites and some of their own on food safety and hand-washing.
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/educate.html

Eat Smart Play Hard Collection – USDA Food and Nutrition Service
Pink Panther is the main character and encourages kids to eat healthy and be fit.  No online games but offers print outs and has sections for parents and teachers.   Also offers materials in Spanish.  Good site to get information and ideas.
http://www.fns.usda.gov/eatsmartplayhard/Collection/main.html

Health Finder for Kids
Links to lots of online and print out games from other sites.  Unfortunately it does not describe where you are going or why you would want to go there.
http://www.healthfinder.gov/kids/

Keeping Kids healthy – free pediatrician site
Talks about all kinds of topics including vaccines, health, but a big section on weightloss in children, anorexia and bulimia.  More for parents and teachers but might give some useful hints and tips.  Tabs at the top let you explore based on the age of your child.
http://www.keepkidshealthy.com/index.html

Kids Health for Kids
Mostly articles on health and body issues.  Has a game component but not very interactive.
http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/index.jsp

Kidnetic
Created to inspire kids to get physical.  Interactive games – including dance, games both on the computer and do at home, and recipes.  Section for parents as well.
http://www.kidnetic.com/

Learn to be Healthy
Very interactive and is broken down by subject areas: Nutrition & Fitness, 5 senses, tobacco and other inhalants, adolescent, dental health, and eating healthy.  Plus they tell you what grades each section is appropriate for.  Some of the subject areas are for younger elementary but the nutrition, adolescent, and tobacco areas are for grades 4-6.
http://www.learntobehealthy.org/for-students/

MyPyramid Lauch Game (USDA)
Game is very interactive and cute but I’m not sure how often the kids will want to do the game.
http://www.mypyramid.gov/kids/kids_game.html

MyPyramid Info site (USDA)
Lots of print outs – also links up to the Kid’s MyPyramid game site (see above)
http://www.mypyramid.gov/kids/index.html

National Eating Disorders Association
All informational but it does gear it to girls and boys and gives a lot of good advice and tips on how to eat well.  As well for parents and teachers how to deal with these issues.
http://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/

President’s Council on Physical Fitness & Sports
Assoc. with President’s Challenge
Does have links but more informational than fun and games
http://www.fitness.gov/

President’s Challenge
http://www.presidentschallenge.org/home_kids.aspx

Slim Goodbody – teaching physical fitness
This is on their campaign for children’s fitness.  Lots of handouts.  Might be useful to see if they will be coming to visit AZ.
http://www.slimgoodbody.com/

Smart Mouth
This was cool as you got to pick a menu and find out how many calories and fat each item contains and recommendations of what to eat.  It is very quirky characters and info that I think will appeal to the age group we are targeting.
http://www.cspinet.org/smartmouth/

Verb Yellowball – CDC Youth Exercise Campaign
Available in Spanish and for tweens that is very interactive with games and creating a characters.  Has a login section to show how to play using their verb yellow ball.  Might have some good inspiration ideas for the FLC. http://www.cdc.gov/youthcampaign/
http://www.verbnow.com

We Can! – National Heart Lung and Blood Assoc.
Tips and ideas to improve activity and healthy eating for families.  This site might be helpful to give us ideas of what to focus on with our own website.
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/obesity/wecan/

ZIP for Tweens (Zinc, Iron & Protein)
Focuses on getting good levels of zinc, iron and protein in a teen’s diet and focus on food pyramid.  Several games to choose from that were pretty fun.
http://www.zip4tweens.com/

 

DENTAL

ADA Game site
From the American Dental Assoc.  Has games as well as printouts for activities.
http://www.ada.org/public/games/index.asp

Dental Fun
From Maricopa Integrated Health System. Has interactive games and curriculum.
http://dentalfun.mihs.org

 

OTHER RESOURCES

http://www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth/physicalactivity/projects/index.htm
http://www.brightfutures.org/physicalactivity/about.htm
http://www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth/physicalactivity/publications.htm
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/kidswalk/index.htm
http://www.bam.gov/sub_physicalactivity/index.html
http://www.nubodfitness.com/resourcecenter.php