Resources

Partners

Santa Cruz County Medical Society - cruzmed.org

Go For Health Collaborative - unitedwaysc.org/go-health

Palo Alto Medical Foundation Youth Nutrition Program - pamf.org/ynp

Second Harvest Food Bank - thefoodbank.org

Stanford Children's Health - stanfordchildrens.org

Websites

• Childhood Obesity Prevention Program / Let's Go! Maine - letsgo.org
• 3-A-Day - 3aday.org
• ACLS Training Center- Diabetes Health Guide
• American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Obesity - aap.org/obesity/index.html
• American Dietetic Association - eatright.org
• American Heart Association - americanheart.org
• Bad Fats Brothers - badfatsbrothers.com
• BAM! Body and Mind - bam.gov
• CDC – Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity - cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa
• Dairy Council of California - dairycouncilofca.org
• Fruits & Veggies More Matters - fruitsandveggiesmorematters.org
• General Preteen Health Information - pamf.org/preteen
• KidsHealth - kidshealth.org
• MyPlate - choosemyplate.gov
• Network for a Healthy California – Children's Power Play! Campaign - cdph.ca.gov/programs/CPNS/Pages/ChildrensPowerPlayCampaign.aspx
• Nutrition Data – Know What You Eat - nutritiondata.self.com
• Nutrition Explorations - nutritionexplorations.org
• Nutrition Fun for Kids - nutritionforkids.com
• PBS Kids GO! It's MyLife - pbskids.org/itsmylife/body/foodsmarts/article3.html
• Project Lean - californiaprojectlean.org
• Spot the Block! Get Your Food Facts First - cartoonnetwork.com/promos/200804_fda/index.html
• We Can! Ways to Enhance Children's Activity & Nutrition -nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/obesity/wecan
• http://www.sccgov.org/sites/sccphd/en-us/HealthProviders/cfc/Pages/Trainings.aspx

Books

• A Parent's Guide to Childhood Obesity: A Road Map to Health, Sandra G. Hassink, M.D., FAAP/American Academy of Pediatrics
• The Healthy Lunchbox, Marie McClendon, ME.d, and Cristy Shauck
• Child of Mine: Feeding With Love and Good Sense, Ellyn Satter
• Fit Kids, Mary L. Gavin, Steven A. Dowshen, and Neil Izenberg
• Food Fights: Winning the Nutritional Challenges of Parenthood Armed With Insight, Humor and a Bottle of Ketchup, American Academy of Pediatrics
• Good Enough to Eat – A Kid's Guide to Food and Nutrition, Lizzy Rockwell
• How to Get Your Kid to Eat‚ But Not Too Much, Ellyn Satter
• KidShape: A Practical Prescription For Helping Your Child Lose Weight, Increase Self-Esteem, Establish Healthy Eating Habits, Have a More Active Lifestyle , Naomi Neufeld, M.D., FACE
• Your Child's Weight - Helping Without Harming, Ellyn Satter
• Salad People, Mollie Katzen
• Picture Perfect Weight Loss, Howard Shapiro, M.D.
• Eat, Play and Be Healthy: The Harvard Medical School to Healthy Eating For Kids, W. Allan Walker, M.D.
• How to Teach Nutrition to Kids: An Integrated, Creative Approach to Nutrition Education for Children Ages 6 - 10, Connie Liakos Evers, M.S., R.D.
• Let's Talk About Being Overweight, Melanie Gordon
• Extreme Elvin, Chris Lynch
• Overweight: A Handbook for Teens, Tania Heller
• Get a Healthy Weight for Your Child: A Parent's Guide to Better Eating and Exercise, Brian McCrindle and James Wengle
• Healthy Snack and Fast-Food Choices (Nutrition and Fitness for Teens), Mary Turck
• Helping Your Child Lose Weight the Healthy Way: A Family Approach to Weight Control, Judith Levine
• Helping Your Overweight Child: A Family Guide, Caroline Cederquist
• If Your Child is Overweight: A Guide for Parents, Susan Kosharek
• Overcoming Childhood Obesity, Colleen Thompson and Ellen Shanley
• Rescuing the Emotional Lives of Overweight Children: What Our Kids Go Through – And How We Can Help, Sylvia Rimm
• The Everything Parent's Guide to the Overweight Child: Help Your Child Lose Weight, Develop Healthy Eating Habits, and Build Self-confidence, Paula Ford-Martin