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Nutrition
Healthy eating gives youth the nutrients they need to support their rapid growth. Adolescents form eating habits that will last a lifetime. This page contains resources on adolescent nutrition. Check out these interesting nutrition-related links to learn more.Suggested Resources on Nutrition:
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Handouts
Child Nutrition Reauthorization: Key Recommendations (48.9 KB, 2 pages)
Based on our experiences, CANFit makes recommendations for improving the nutritional quality and availability of fresh foods in Child Nutrition Programs.
Healthy Snack Guide for Your After School Program (1.44 MB, 47 pages)
Everything you need to make it easier to serve healty snacks: two-week sample cyle menus, Best Practices Guidelines, 26 healthy recipes, and funding tips.
Taste Test (16.4 KB, 4 pages)
Is Your Food a "Healthy Choice?"-Spanish version (61.4 KB, 1 page)
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Articles
The Causes and Health Consequences of Obesity in Children and Adolescents. Pediatrics, Supplement, March 1998, 101(3): 495-574.Hinkle A. Community-based nutrition interventions: reaching adolescents from low-income communities. Adolescent Nutrition Disorders, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, May 28, 1997, 817: 83-93.
Jacobson MF, Brownell, KD. Small taxes on soft drinks and snack foods to promote health. American Journal of Public Health, June 2000, 90: 854-857.
Mason MR. Are Californians Meeting ACS Nutrition Guidelines for Cancer Prevention? Findings From Three Statewide Surveys of Children, Teens, and Adults. American Cancer Society. Revised August 2002.
Reed, D. F. & Karpilow, K.A. (2004, August). Understanding nutrition: A primer on programs and policies in California. Berkeley, CA: California Center for Research on Women and Families, Public Health Institute. Available on the CCRWF website, http://www.ccrwf.org.
Urban & Environmental Policy Institute, Occidental College. Challenging the Soda Companies: The Los Angeles Unified School District Soda Ban. Center for Food & Justice (CFJ), September 2002.
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Educational Materials
Asian American and Pacific Islander Nutrition Education Materials. California Milk Advisory Board, 1993. To request order form, write to: California Milk Advisory Board, 400 Oyster Point Blvd., Ste. 214, South San Francisco, CA 94080.Britten, P. The Nutrition Idea Book. Society for Nutrition Education Foundation, 1997. To order, contact Gwen Brown, WVU Extension Service, P.O. Box 60131 Morgantown, WV 26506-6031 or e-mail gbrown2@wvu.edu. Price: $18; make checks payable to SNE Foundation.
Children and Weight: What Health Professionals Can Do. The Children and Weight training kit includes a videotape, notebook with five unit lesson plans, an extensive resource list, a teaching "flip chart," sample of pamphlets for parents, a review of recent scientific research on pediatric obesity, and an evaluation instrument. To order call 800-994-8849, fax 510-643-5470, or mail University of California, ANR Communication Services, 6701 San Pablo Ave., Oakland, CA 94608. Price: $100 plus tax and shipping.
Community Nutrition Action Kit - for people where they live, learn & play. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1996.
Eat Heart Smart-Chinese style. Brochure. San Francisco: American Heart Association, 1991.
Eat Heart Smart-Filipino style. Brochure. San Francisco: American Heart Association, 1995.
Exercise Your Options: a food choice and activity program for middle school students. Dairy Council of California, 1995.
Energize with Nutricise! Two. Video for middle school-aged youth. U.C. Cooperative Extension. Available for borrowing through the Healthy Kids Resource Center, 510-670-4581, or for purchase by calling 301-899-7645.
Healthy Eating in Indian Country. Curriculum with recipes. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C., 1994.
Lew LS. Healthy Foods (in Cambodian). Booklet. Southeast Asian Health Project and California Dietetic Association, 1990.
Lew LS. Healthy Foods (in Laotian). Booklet. Southeast Asian Health Project and California Dietetic Association, 1990.
Media-Smart Youth: Eat, Think, and Be Active! Interactive after school education program for young people ages 11 to 13 designed to help teach them about the complex media world around them, and how it can affect their health--especially in the areas of nutrition and physical activity. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Download the curriculum at www.nichd.nih.gov/msy.
Public Health Reports. Halting the Obesity Epidemic: A Public Health Policy Approach, January/ February 2000, 115.
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