Resources
MyPyramid.gov
This is an on-line tool produced by the USDA; it features interactive personalized eating plan programs, physical activity and nutrition trackers and much more.
Available at http://www.mypyramid.gov/
Shape Up America!
This nonprofit organization offers a website providing responsible information on healthy weight management and includes practical resources such as pediatric BMI assessment tools, resting metabolic weight calculators, resources for collecting BMI data in schools, and more.
Available at http://www.shapeup.org/
Eat Right Montana
This membership organization produces monthly on-line “Healthy Families” packets promoting healthy eating and physical activity among Montana’s residents; it has two subcommittees – the Montana Breastfeeding Coalition, and Montana Action for Healthy Kids.
Available at http://eatrightmontana.org/
Active Living Resource Center
This organization provides information to help advocates make their communities more conducive to walking and biking.
Available at http://www.activelivingresources.org/index.php
The National Center for Safe Routes to School
This center is dedicated to assisting advocates establish and nurture successful Safe Routes to School Programs in their neighborhoods.
Available at http://www.saferoutesinfo.org/
The Center for SCREEN-TIME Awareness
The Center provides information so people can live healthier lives in functional families in vibrant communities by taking control of the electronic media in their lives, not allowing it to control them.
Available at http://www.screentime.org/
Fruits & Veggies — More Matters
A campaign of the Produce for Better Health Foundation, Fruits & Veggies — More Matters is dedicated to the proposition that when it comes to good nutrition, all forms of fruits and vegetables matter, including fresh, frozen, canned, dried or 100% juice.
Available at http://www.fruitsandveggiesmorematters.org/
Can Eating Fruits and Vegetables Help People to Maintain Their Weight?
This is a PDF of a CDC publication reviewing research and suggesting how some forms of fruits and vegetables may be useful in obtaining a healthy weight.
Available at http://cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/nutrition/pdf/rtp_practitioner_10_07.pdf
The United States Breastfeeding Committee
The mission of United States Breastfeeding Committee is to improve the nation's health
by working collaboratively to protect, promote and support breastfeeding.
Available at http://www.usbreastfeeding.org/
The CDC Guide to Breastfeeding Interventions
This is a PDF of a guide describing all the types of breastfeeding interventions that have been reviewed by the Cochrane Collaboration and published through the Cochrane Library, a comprehensive collection of up-to-date information on the effects of health care interventions.
Available at http://www.cdc.gov/breastfeeding/pdf/breastfeeding_interventions.pdf