Information for Kids:

• Center for Disease Control
• Food and Drug Administration
• Kidnetic: Games and recipes
• Kids Health
• National Institutes of Health: Why milk is important
• Office of Women’s Health: Information for kids on bone health
• PBS guide for nutrition
• A Child's Helping Hand on Portions
  

Information for Parents

• Department of Health and Human Services – information for adolescent girls and their parents
• Kids Health – general information obesity in English and Spanish
• Oregon Department of Health and Human Services - Physical Activity and Nutrition Program
• Let's Move - America's Move to Raise a Healthier Generation of Kids
• ChooseMyPlate.gov
• 23 1/2 Hours
  

Nutrition:

• American Dietetic Association – guide to nutrition
• American Heart Association – recipes
• Cooking Light – Low fat and low calorie recipes and nutrition information
• Counting calories in common foods
• Finding healthy choices at restaurants
• Number of calories needed to maintain weight 
• Oregon Farmers Markets
• Portion Distortion (portion sizes)
• Portland Farmers markets
• Chop Chop - The Fun Cooking Magazine for Families
• Growing Gardens - Digging at the roots of hunger in Portland
  

Fitness:
Beaverton Parks
Hillsboro Parks and Recreation
Portland Bicycle Transportation Alliance
Portland Parks and Recreation
Tualatin Hills Parks and Recreation
YMCA of Columbia –Willamette

Rx Play

Getting Involved:

• Healthier Generation

Books:

• How to Get Your Kid to Eat…But Not Too Much, by Ellyn Satter.  This is a book all parents should read, whether their children are overweight or not.  It applies to kids from birth through the teen years. The advice in this book can help your child develop a healthy relationship with food that will last a lifetime.
• The Stoplight Diet for Children:  An Eight-Week Program for Parents and Children, by Leonard Epstein and Sally Squires.  This book is out of print, but should be available in your public library.
• Red Yellow Green:  System for Weight Management, by Karen Balko, RD.  “This book will give you calories, cup sizes and visual tips to providing a structured food plan.  A 7-day meal plan is included for 800, 1000, 1200 and 1350 calorie plans.”
• Fast Food Nation, by Eric Schlosser
• Chew on This: Everything You Don't Want To Know About Fast Food, by Eric Schlosser
• Origins, How the Nine Months Before Birth Shape the Rest of Our Lives, by Annie Murphy Paul