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There are a lot of wonderful websites available to help you and your family eat healthy, move more, and feel good about yourselves. Here are a few of our favorites.

Your kids will enjoy watching television shows and more at Wellsville

www.wellsville.tv
Wellsville is a TV show and video series designed to inspire and empower young children and their families to practice healthy eating, fun exercise, and feeling good about yourself. Your kids will enjoy watching the videos and playing games. You can also sign up for a monthly newsletter for parents.

A fun site with games, trivia, quizzes, tips, and more -- to make learning fun and healthy.

http://www.wisenhimer.com/webui/wisenhimer.aspx
Wisenhimer features trivia, quizzes, tips, and games where your children can explore a virtual world that motivates them to eat healthy and be more active. It has a Family Fitness Challenge. Visitors can earn points toward prizes by answering questions, reading health-related information, or completing weekly WiseChallenges. A very creative site.

Practical information to help parents understand children's health issues.

http://kidshealth.org/parent/general/
Keeping your child healthy is a big job! Read all about common childhood aches, pains, and illnesses, plus how to take care of your child's body from teeth to toes on this great website from the Nemours Foundation. KidsHealth provides accurate, up-to-date, and jargon-free health information. Includes a great Q&A section.

Kidnetic helps you talk to your child. This site also helps the whole family be more healthy.

www.kidnetic.com/Parents
Kidnetic.com is a great resource for raising a healthy child. Check out the Bright Papers, Frequently Asked Question, and Recipe Roundup, which includes recipes you and your kids can make together. The Parents’ Guide provides ideas and tips to get the whole family making healthier food choices and getting active together. The unique Kidnector helps open the lines of communication between children and parents.

Find here answers to questions about adrenal disorders, cholesterol, diabetes, obesity, osteoporosis, thyroid health, pituitary health, and other endocrine questions.

www.powerofprevention.com
You may not think much about your pituitary gland until something goes wrong. Here some of the world's most respected endocrinologists provide information on good endocrine health including the diagnosis, treatment and management of various disorders. Power of Prevention (POP) also shows the benefits of physical activity and proper nutrition. The site is from the American College of Endocrinology and the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists.

An amazing site that provides answers to all your questions about health.

www.webmd.com
Webmd.com provides great information for many medical, health and nutrition questions. Includes a "Symptom checker." Check out their recipe section (Click on "Food & Cooking" under "Healthy Eathing & Diet") for tasty and healthy recipes.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's website

www.cdc.gov
Up-to-date and reliable information on every aspect of health -- from physical activity and nutrition to injury, environmental health, and diseases and conditions-- can be found here.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's website is provided by the Federal Government’s Department of Health and Human Services.

What's a parent to do about the media? The Center on Media and Child Health can help.

www.cmch.tv
KidShape urges children to spend no more than 2 hours a day of screen time a day and the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that children under 2 have no screen time at all! What’s a parent to do? Does the news increase fearfulness in kids? And the biggie – sex, the media, and teenagers. The Center on Media and Child Health helps parents teach children use media in safe and healthy ways. You can sign up for a monthly newsletter at www.cmch.tv/newsletter.asp

Calorie King tells you what you need to know about what's in your food. A great interactive site.

www.calorieking.com
As part of your KidShape Family Packet, you received a copy of The Calorie King Calorie, Fat & Carbohydrate Counter. This website has the same nutritional information as the book and much more, including nutritional information on foods from 200 fast-food chains and restaurants. Check it out for the latest and greatest nutrition facts on your favorite food items.

Find healthy recipes here.

http://www.eatingwell.com/
Here's help with healthy eating -- healthy recipes, portion control, nutrition advice. The EatingWell mission is to provide the inspiration and information you need to make healthy eating a way of life. The company also publishes EatingWell Magazine, high-quality food and nutrition-related books; and free e-mail newsletters (Sign up on the website).

How do you get the most nutrition out of the calories you eat? Use the food pyramid. It's all explained here.

http://www.mypyramid.gov
This is the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) website that is all about the food guide pyramid. You can get a personalized eating plan here. Also, check out www.mypyramidtracker.gov to track your daily food intake and physical activity.

Find a farmers market near you.

http://www.ams.usda.gov/farmersmarkets/
This is a US government site that has more information about farmers markets than you probably want to know. But if you click on "Find a Farmers Market in Your State" on the home page and enter a minimal amount of information (e.g. instead of all five numbers of your zip code, just put in the first three or four followed by a "%"), you'll find farmers markets near you.

A free on-line diet and exercise journal, an on-line community, and more to help you manage your weight.

http://www.my-calorie-counter.com/calorie_counter.asp
My Calorie Counter has tools to help you lose weight, gain weight, make friends, or track you diet and exercise. It has an diet and exercise journal, forums and more. You can find a diet buddy or the number of fat grams in a Krispy Kreme chocolate custard filled donut. This is worth checking out.

"Healthified recipes"

http://www.eatbetteramerica.com/
One useful feature of this General Mills sponsored website about nutrition and fitness is “Healthify My Recipe.” People send in their favorite recipes and food experts healthify those that are picked. For instance there is a “healthified” recipe for chocolate chip cookies with fewer calories, less fat, and less saturated fat.

Improve your nutrition and save money by eating more at home and by using this meal planner.

www.mealsmatter.com
Several websites can help with meal planning. This is one of our favorites. It provides great ideas for meal planning and quick, easy and healthy recipes for you and your family.

A wealth of nutritional help for parents so that you and your family can eat healthy.

http://www.superkidsnutrition.com
A great resource, this contains nutrition and meal tips, "Body after baby" for moms, eating out for teenagers, books for kids, and more. The design of the site is really fun.

American Academy of Pediatrics website.

http://www.aap.org/parents.html
Here are resources related to the growth, development, and health of your children. Also available: information on publications, expert health and safety tips, how to find a pediatrician, and much more.

American Dietetic Association website.

http://www.eatright.org
Find the answers to your nutrition questions - whether child or adult. Pick a nutrition topic and use the search feature to be taken right to the answer.

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