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Resources for Day Care Providers & Educators

Day Care Providers

Food and Nutrition Resource List for Child Care and Preschool Staff, Food and Nutrition Information Center, USDA  http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/pubs/bibs/edu/98-child.htm
USDA's Child Care Nutrition Resource System http://www.nal.usda.gov/childcare/ 

Educators: Resources and Curriculum

5-A-Day Resources for Educators http://www.5aday.com/html/educators/educators_home.php 
Agriculture in the Classroom, teacher resources site http://www.agclassroom.org/teacher/index.htm 
California Project Lean Resource Library http://www.californiaprojectlean.org/resourcelibrary/default.asp 
Do More, Watch Less. After school TV-reduction curriculum from the California Obesity Prevention Program.  http://www.dhs.ca.gov/ps/cdic/copi/default.htm or  http://www.dhs.ca.gov/ps/cdic/copi/documents/COPI_TV_Tool.pdf 
Dairy Council of California free and ready to use nutrition education programs available to California teachers  http://www.dairycouncilofca.org/edu/ 
TEAM Nutrition, USDA program that supports the Child Nutrition Programs through training and technical assistance for foodservice, nutrition education for children and their caregivers, and school and community support for healthy eating and physical activity. http://www.fns.usda.gov/tn/ 
USDA Food Guidance System (Food Pyramid):  www.mypyramid.gov 

Educators: Links and Additional Information

Action for Healthy Kids (AFHK) special report on the effects of poor nutrition, obesity and inactivity on academic achievement and school budgets. http://www.actionforhealthykids.org/AFHK/specialreports/index.php
The California Adolescent Nutrition and Fitness (CANFit) Program is a statewide, non-profit organization whose mission is to engage communities and build their capacity to improve the nutrition and physical activity status of California´s low-income African American, American Indian, Latino, and Asian/ Pacific Islander youth 10-14 years old. http://www.canfit.org/
Childhood Obesity: A Food and Nutrition Resource List for Educators and Researchers, Food & Nutrition Information Center, USDA  http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/pubs/bibs/topics/weight/childhoodobesity.html or http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/pubs/bibs/topics/weight/childhoodobesity.pdf 
UC Berkeley Center for Weight and Health, Links to additional resources for parents, health professionals and educators.  http://nature.berkeley.edu/cwh/resources/educationtoolsint.shtml#schools 
Childhood Overweight: What the Research Tells Us. Downloadable fact sheet from The Center for Health and Health Care in Schools.   http://www.healthinschools.org/sh/obesityfs.asp

 

 

 

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