Internet Links

Focus On Childhood Obesity from the Institute of Medicine

Preventing Childhood Obesity: Health in the Balance [The National Academies Press]
by Jeffrey P. Koplan, Catharyn T. Liverman, and Vivica A. Kraak, Editors, Committee on Prevention of Obesity in Children and Youth

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American Heart Association
Learn more about the American Heart Association's efforts to reduce death caused by cardiovascular disease.

caloriesperhour.com
To provide information on the basics of diet and weight loss to help you learn to eat well and exercise to achieve and maintain a fit body and optimal health.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CDC works hard to make people safer and healthier. By charting decisive courses of action, collecting the right information, and working closely with other health and community organizations, CDC has been putting science into action to tackle important health problems.

American Diabetes Organization
The mission of the organization is to prevent and cure diabetes, and to improve the lives of all people affected by diabetes.

American Dietic Association
Nutrition information, resources, and access to Registered Dietitians provided by ADA and the National Center for Nutrition and Dietetics.

Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
FDA ensures that the food we eat is safe and wholesome, that the cosmetics we use won't harm us, and that medicines, medical devices, and radiation-emitting consumer products such as microwave ovens are safe and effective.

The President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports
Includes information to encourage Americans to become physically active and participate in sports.

Eat 5 to 9 A Day
The Government recommends an intake of at least five portions of fruit or vegetables per person per day to help reduce the risk of some cancers.

Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005
Learn what the experts say you need for a healthy diet.

Healthy People 2010
Healthy People 2010 challenges individuals, communities, and professionals -indeed, all of us- to take specific steps to ensure that good health, as well as long life, are enjoyed by all.

MyPyramid Plan
MyPyramid Plan can help you choose the foods and amounts that are right for you.

Food and Nutrition Information Center (FNIC)
Provides a directory to credible, accurate, and practical resources for consumers, nutrition and health professionals, educators and government personnel. Visitors can find printable format educational materials, government reports, research papers and more.

National Institutes of Health
NIH is one of the world's foremost medical research centers.

Nutrition.gov
Easy access to the best food and nutrition information from the federal government.

Office of the Surgeon General
The Surgeon General of the United States is the nation's leading spokesman on matters of public health.

Texas Trails Network
Texas Trails Network (TTN) has been promoting quality development and management of trails, providing a forum to address trail-related concerns, and advocating a statewide trails system network.

Wheat Foods Council
National nonprofit organization formed to help increase awareness of dietary grains as an essential component to a healthy diet.

Diet and physical activity: a public health priority from the World Health Organization
A Global Strategy on Diet, Physical Activity and Health.

See Mommy Run
Have a baby? It is no reason to stop you, join many moms out there with their babies in strollers moving.

Get Moving Houston
Houston has been named the fattest city 4 times in 5 years. Houston's Mayor Bill White has initiated a plan to get Houston off this list once and for all.

Texas Is On The Move
America is on the move and so is Texas!