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| Links to resources on nutritional requirements and needs of families |
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| www.familyeducation.com |
This site has practical tips on improving your family's nutrition
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| Colon Clarify |
A site devoted to colon health with lots of information and featured products.
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| 5 A Day the Color Way |
“5 A Day the Color Way” focuses on the message that fruits and vegetables are an essential part of everyone’s diet. This site has something for everyone: children, educators, journalists, and parents. The “Kids” section includes printable activity sheets and messages from the Produce Patch. The “Press” section contains press releases with research findings and future events. Journalists can download complete articles to help spread the 5 A Day message to the public.
“Take the Challenge” is a printable chart that lets readers track the servings of fruits and vegetables they consume throughout the week. A helpful aspect of the chart is that it includes notes on the side with examples of serving sizes. The site also includes lots of recipes complete with nutrient analyses, making it easier than ever to get your “5 a day.”
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| California Strawberry Commission |
The California Strawberry Commission website showcases some of its major activities such as agricultural research and promotion. The commission informs readers of everything they might want to know about the vitamins, minerals and phytochemicals in strawberries. Consumers can read about folate and pregnancy, heart health and cancer prevention in the “Nutrition Fact Sheets;” try recipes like strawberry breakfast pizza, and read the latest news about the strawberry industry. Teachers should visit “Strawberryville” for “juicy lessons” on the history of this sweet berry and how it is produced. They can also learn how to grow a strawberry plant.
Strawberries are but one of the many fruits beneficial to our diets. To see how other fruits offer us advantages check out the 5-A-Day site.
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| Girl Power–Bodywise |
Girl Power’s Bodywise page speaks to girls ages 9 to 14 with advice on how to maintain sensible eating and exercise habits. “Eating Right” covers topics such as why calcium is so important to growing bodies, which foods make good snacks, and how to make healthful food choices without dieting. (A few of the articles in this section, including one on “how to read a food label” may be a little technical for kids.) “Feeling Fit” urges readers to get and stay in shape through regular exercise.
The site also provides facts about anorexia nervosa and bulimia, and tells readers where to go for help if they or a friend are struggling with an eating disorder. We’d like to echo what the site’s authors have said–that an eating disorder is not a fix-it-yourself problem, and girls of any age will need an adult’s help to deal with it. So the “Resource Guide” listing books, websites, and organizations that can provide more information on eating disorders, exercise, and healthy eating would be a good webpage for girls and their parents or teachers to view together.
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