Parents

Websites for You and Your Family

Breastfeeding.Com has lighter side stories and jokes and information for the working mom.
http://www.breastfeeding.com

LaLeche League International provides breastfeeding information, answers to frequently asked breastfeeding questions, and assistance in finding a LaLeche group.
http://www.lalecheleague.org

The Eat Smart and Play Hard™ Healthy Lifestyle web page provides parents and other caregivers with tools to help make the MyPyramid guides a part of daily way of life for healthy living. The site includes tasty, low-cost menus and recipes, a calorie burner chart, and the MyPyramid Tracker.
http://www.fns.usda.gov/eatsmartplayhardhealthylifestyle/ (Menu planning tips | Quick and easy sample menus | Play hard your way)

The National Bone Health Campaign, a fun, interactive website designed to show girls 9-12 years of age why calcium and weight-bearing physical activities can build strong bones and how these fit easily into a girl's busy lifestyle. The goal is to reduce the risk of osteoporosis later in life.
http://www.girlshealth.gov/bones/

The National Cancer Institute and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Fruits and Veggies Matter site lets visitors enter information about their fruit and vegetable consumption and physical activity and receive personalized, specific tips in return. Includes healthy recipes.
http://www.fruitsandveggiesmatter.gov

The Dole 5 A Day Program is an interactive and fun site that promotes healthy eating and lifestyle habits. Lots of information on fruits and vegetables.
http://www.dole5aday.com/

At the No Cavities Clubhouse kids learn nutrition tips to promote good dental health.
http://kids-world.colgate.com/app/Kids-World/US/HomePage.cvsp

Kidshealth is a website devoted to the health of children and teens. Current information about growth, food, health, & fitness.
http://kidshealth.org/

Dairy Council of the Upper Midwest provides the FamilyFoodZone, an interactive website for parents and caregivers of kids ages 3-11.
http://www.familyfoodzone.com/

KIDS COUNT compiles Census data, online databases, publications, special reports and more.
http://www.aecf.org/kidscount/

Helping Your Overweight Child, a publication from the National Institutes of Health
http://win.niddk.nih.gov/publications/over_child.htm

American Heart Association. Ideas on ways you and your child can get heart healthy together.
http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=2818

Smallstep KIDS. The Department of Health and Human Services has created an interactive website for children called Smallstep KIDS! The mission of the site is to educate children on healthy eating and developing healthy lifestyle habits. http://www.smallstep.gov/kids/flash/index.html