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Links – Healthy Eating and Physical Activity

We will provide links to websites that match these categories:

• general information or multiple relevant topics
• healthy and sustainable communities
• positive youth development
• positive adult quality-of-life
• healthy eating and physical activity

Visit the following websites to find useful information about promoting healthy eating and physical activity. Each link below will open a new window.

Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Links

Family Nutrition Program (www.humec.ksu.edu/fnp)
The Family Nutrition Program (FNP) is designed to help improve the nutritional status of more than 100,000 Kansans of all ages who receive food stamps, as well as others who are eligible to receive them.

Groups targeted include youth (preschool through grade 12), families with young children, pregnant or nursing teens, and seniors.

CDC's VERB Web Site Promotes Physical Activity
Visit www.cdc.gov/verb to surf the "new" VERB campaign site for partners and professionals! Visit the site, which is provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, for a variety of resources.

CDC's Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS)
Learn about the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System at the CDC's website (www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dash/yrbs) The YRBSS is used to monitor priority health risk behaviors that contribute markedly to the leading causes of death, disability, and social problems among youth and adults in the U.S. The six behaviors identified by the CDC, often established during childhood and early adolescence, include unhealthy dietary behaviors and inadequate physical activity.

Resources Compiled by ILSI
Click here to access information that was extracted from a table compiled by The International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI). The information is generally arranged in ascending order by the grade/age. This page also has links to many of the listed programs, the source table, and to ILSI's website.

Steps to a HealthierUS (www.healthierus.gov/steps) is an initiative from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that advances President George W. Bush’s HealthierUS goal of helping Americans live longer, better, and healthier lives.

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