Here are some resources that you will find useful in helping parents and families to have healthy and active children and teens:

• Growth Charts, Body Mass Index and Statistics
• Resources from the Children and Weight Coalition
• Nutrition and Professional Resources
• Organizations

Growth Charts, Body Mass Index (BMI) and Statistics

• Statistics related to Overweight and Obesity. 
  www.win.niddk.nih.gov/statistics/index.htm
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Growth Charts to help chart  patient’s Body Mass Index (for children 2 to 20 years) 
  www.cdc.gov/growthcharts
• Childhood overweight increases the risk of type 2 diabetes.  Here is more information about children and diabetes. 
  www.childrenwithdiabetes.com/index_cwd.htm

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Resources from the Children and Weight Coalition

Available in quanitiies.

Making a Difference for Families is a brochure that provides a listing of fun activities, nutrition information, and food assistance resources in Solano County.  
English | Spanish

Power Up Your Child’s Life!    A poster for preschool parents to encourage healthy food choices and physical activity.  You can request a copy, send your name and address to our email under  Contact Us.   
English | Spanish

Power Up Your Life!  is a poster for kids to encourage healthy food choices and physical activity.  You can request a copy of sending your name and address to our email under Contact Us.   
English | Spanish

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Nutrition and Professional Resources

• Comprehensive site linking nutrition information from government and educational organizations.  
  www.nutrition.gov
• USDA Food Guidance System (MyPyramid): 
  www.mypyramid.gov
• 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans: 
  www.healthierus.gov/dietaryguidance/
• Childhood & Adolescent Overweight:  The Health Professional’s Guide to Identification. Treatment and Prevention.  2004.  Author:  Mary Catherine Mullen, MS, RD and Jodie Shield,  MEd, RD 
  www.eatright.org/Public/ProductCatalog/
• Links to resources for physical activity, nutrition and health promotion at the Center for Weight and Health, University of California , Berkeley. 
  http://nature.berkeley.edu/cwh/resources/
• Adolescent Provider Toolkit.  A collection of resources for health care providers who work with adolescents.  Toolkit modules contain screening tools, brief office interventions and counseling guidelines, community resources and referrals, tips sheets for teens and parents, health education materials for teens and their adult caregivers, and literature and internet resources. 
  www.ahwg.net/resourcs/
• Taking Action in Solano County:  A Strategic Plan  to Improve Our Children’s Health - Taking Action in the Medical and Health Environment

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Organizations

• American Academy of Pediatrics  
  www.aap.org
• American Dietetic Association  
  www.eatright.org
• American Diabetes Association 
  www.diabetes.org
• American Cancer Society 
  www.cancer.org
• Kaiser Permanente Site for Members:  
  www.members.kp.org
• Northbay Medical Center
• Sutter Solano Medical Center
• Solano County Department of Health and Social Services: 
  www.solanocounty.com
• University of California Cooperative Extension, Solano County: 
  http://cesolano.ucdavis.edu

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