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| Healthful Links Interested in learning more about good nutrition and healthy eating? Explore the web sites below. If you have sites you want to suggest, please contact us.
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Fruits & Vegetables Matter (CDC) | With the growing understanding of the link between your diet and disease, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) have a developed an informative and easy to understand web site. You will find tools to help you determine the number of fruits and vegetables you should eat daily, how to measure the servings, diet guidelines for meals and snacks, healthy recipes, and more! Visit Fruits & Vegetables Matter web site now! http//www.fruitsandveggiesmatter.gov/ | Dietary Guidelines for Americans & A Healthier You | In January 2005, the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services published an updated dietary guideline for Americans. These guidelines suggest that you have a minimum of 4 servings of fruit and 5 servings of vegetables a day. Remember the "Five a Day" campaign which suggested we consume 5 servings of fruits and vegetables daily? Now the minimum is 9 servings a day--almost twice as much as what was previously recommended. Based on your activity, age and gender, you may need to consume up to 11 servings daily. You can download these guidelines (an 84-page Adobe Acrobat PDF document) or read the guidelines on their web site. In addition, you will find other useful links and documents, such as A Healthier You, a 325 page document, which is available for download or you can order a softbound copy for $15. http//www.healthierus.gov/dietaryguidelines/ http://bookstore.gpo.gov/collections/healthier_you.jsp | HealthierUS.gov | The HealthierUS is an U.S. government initiative to educate citizens regarding their health. The initiative is to help people learn how to prevent disease and promote wellness. Learn how to incorporate more activity in your daily life, identify and plan a nutritious diet, become informed about preventative screenings, and other information regarding making healthy and safety choices. http://www.healthierus.gov/ | SmallStep (Adult & Teen) | Another U.S. Department of Health & Human Resources web site. SmallStep has a variety of useful and interactive tools: portion control, an activity tracker, send a health tip email postcard, signup for a newsletter, find a local government SmallStep health center, public service announcements (PSAs) suitable for TV, radio, & web sites (such as the samples below), and more! http://smallstep.gov 
| Fruits & Veggies: More Matters | Learn how to add more fruits and vegetables to your family's diet. Site includes: menus, shopping lists, how-to videos for selecting, storing, and preparing fruits and vegetables, recipes, fun pages for children, and more! http://www.fruitsandveggiesmorematters.org/ | Summer Tomato website by Darya Pino (recently added!) | Terrific website! Darya is a scientist and foodie in the San Francisco area. Her blogs really resonate with me as she has come to the same conclusions as I did over 20 years ago--if you want to be healthy with a healthy weight, you must permanently change your eating habits. Go to her website, click on the link to receive her free e-book, "How to Get Started Eating Healthy or The 7 Essential Steps To Getting Healthy & Losing Weight" and subscribe to her newsletters. http://summertomato.com/ | Education World
(school curriculum) | Whether you need a curriculum for National Nutrition Month or need material to teach children of all ages about good nutrtion, teachers will find lesson plans, handouts, and links to other sites. Enter the word "nutrition" or "National Nutrition Month" in the search box. http://www.education-world.com |
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