State Prevention Resources:
The Wisconsin Nutrition and Physical Activity State Plan to prevent obesity and related chronic disease provides a statewide focus for obesity prevention, management and health promotion through nutrition and physical activity. The Wisconsin Partnership for Activity and Nutrition, the Nutrition and Physical Activity Program and other stakeholders will work together to accomplish the goals, strategies and objectives that are outlined in this plan. The plan activities to reduce overweight and obesity in Wisconsin will be targeted to reach children, adolescents and adults across all races and socioeconomic levels.
Including more fruits and vegetables in your meals and snacks is one way to become healthier. That is why the Wisconsin 5-A-Day Coalition wants everyone in the State to eat more fruits and vegetables everyday. On this page you will find links to information which will help you learn more about the health benefits of eating fruits and vegetables, and how easy it is to actually reach the goal!
Governor Doyle’s Healthy Kids Innitative. On this website, you'll find up-to-date information about Healthy Kids, ranging from school breakfast initiative to the effort to promote a "focus on fitness first" approach in physical education programs. There's information for students, teachers, and parents alike.
Wisconsin's voice for children's health. They influence public policy, raise awareness and promote best practices. Their goal is to increase access to quality care for Wisconsin children. Childhood Obesity, Overweight, and Nutrition is one of their current initiatives.
Non profit sports management organization that helps develop sports tourism in Wisconsin and promotes positive lifestyles and physical fitness through armature athletic events and health education programs.
National Prevention Resources:
Use this website to develop successful community programs that promote healthy eating and physical activity. This website contains Step-by-step instructions for conducting a community assessment, writing objectives, developing a plan, or evaluating your program. There are also forms, surveys, and worksheets in MSWord for you to download and adapt to your own needs.
CDC's Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity (DNPA) takes a public health approach to address the role of nutrition and physical activity in improving the public's health and preventing and controlling chronic diseases. The scope of DNPA activities includes epidemiological and behavioral research, surveillance, training and education, intervention development, health promotion and leadership, policy and environmental change, communication and social marketing, and partnership development.
Team Nutrition is an initiative of the USDA Food and Nutrition Service to support 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.
The Food and Nutrition Information Center is a leader in food and human nutrition information dissemination since 1971. They provide credible, accurate, and practical resources for nutrition and health professionals, educators, government personnel and consumers.
The Weight-control Information Network provides the general public, health professionals, the media, and Congress with up-to-date, science-based information on weight control, obesity, physical activity, and related nutritional issues.
The American Public Health Association is the oldest, largest and most diverse organization of public health professionals in the world and has been working to improve public health since 1872. The Association aims to protect all Americans and their communities from preventable, serious health threats and strives to assure community-based health promotion and disease prevention activities and preventive health services are universally accessible in the United States.
The Surgeon General’s Call to Action to Prevent and Decrease Overweight and Obesity
A call to action that outlines strategies that communities can use in helping to address the problems of overweight and obesity.
A call to action that outlines strategies that communities can use in helping to address the problems of overweight and obesity.
Youth Resources:
“Five a day” encourages kids to eat fruits & vegetables – this site has recipe tips, activity sheets, coloring pages and a tool to help kids keep track of their eating habits.
Funded by the Centers for Disease Control, the VERB campaign is a $200 million national effort, targeted at 9-13 year olds, focused on getting “’tweeners” to be more physically active throughout their day.
BAM! Body and Mind is an online destination for kids created by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Designed for kids 9-13 years old, BAM! Body and Mind gives them the information they need to make healthy lifestyle choices. The site focuses on topics that kids told us are important to them, such as stress and physical fitness, using kid-friendly lingo, games, quizzes, and other interactive features.
BodyWise, aims to teach girls about eating the right foods and staying active to maintain a healthy body size--and a healthy self-image.
This website is the health, physical activity, fitness and sports information website of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports. You can find out about the Council and its work, view our publications, and link to the resources of other government agencies as well as to health and fitness organizations.
Kids will find fun games to play inside or outside, by themselves or with friends. Move Mixer get kids groovin' with some new dance moves; Scavenger Hunt helps kids tap into their own energy, and race against time in a scavenger hunt through the house; Inner G shows kids what makes them tick and how their body works; and Recipe Roundup helps kids cook up a winner with fun recipes like "Brewed Monkey Brain Stew" (it's really chili, silly!).Kidnetic.com tells kids cool stuff about how their body works, how eating right helps them play better and feel good and how staying active is lots of fun!
Eat Smart. Play Hard.TM is about making America's children healthier. It's about practical suggestions that will help you motivate children and their caregivers to eat healthy and be active.
We Can! or "Ways to Enhance Children's Activity & Nutrition" is a national program designed for families and communities to help children achieve a healthy weight. The program focuses on three important behaviors: improved food choices, increased physical activity and reduced screen time.
School Resources:
In an effort to increase fruit and vegetable consumption in Wisconsin, the Department of Health and Family Services' Nutrition and Physical Activity program developed"Got Dirt?" - a program designed to assist with the implementation of school, community, and child care gardens.
The only nonprofit organization formed specifically to address the epidemic of overweight, undernourished and sedentary youth by focusing on changes at school. They work in all 50 states and the District of Columbia to improve children's nutrition and increase physical activity, which will in turn improve their readiness to learn.
Worksite Resources:
The Worksite Wellness Resource Kit is a tool to assist worksites with implementing strategies that have been proven to be effective. The kit provides information to implement a broad range of strategies or programming: some will require very little or no resources while other strategies may require considerable resources. The kit shows you ways to get started and make a difference in the health of your employees, regardless of the size of your worksite and its available resources.
North America's premier resource for worksite wellness, the Wellness Councils of America is dedicated to helping organizations of all kinds build and sustain results-oriented wellness programs.
Tools for Individual Change:
MyPyramid Plan can help you choose the foods and amounts that are right for you. For a quick estimate of what and how much you need to eat, enter your age, sex, and activity level in the MyPyramid Plan box.
This website is designed for Adults, Teens, and Kids and contains a list of small steps to achieve a healhty and active lifelstyle. The website contains an activity tracker, great recipes and newsletter for adults and games, brain teasers, and challenges for familes to find out what food can do for them!
Website developed by BlueCross BlueShield of Wisconsin to assit parents in maininting their childrens wheight. This website contains information on how to get your entire family invoved, set healthy releastic goals, make the most of mealtime, and make sure your child eats a balanced healthy diet and is physically active.