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Action for Healthy Kids
Find information for helping to create health-promoting schools that support sound nutrition and physical activity as part of a total learning environment.

The American Dietetic Association
Find up-to-date, comprehensive food and nutrition information and resources, including fact sheets and topics in the news.

Body by Milk—Refuel with Chocolate
Have teens go pro for a day, get training tips, meet milk mustache athletes, visit the coaching corner and more as they learn about why it's good to refuel with low-fat or fat-free chocolate milk.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Health Topics
Find an overview and a list of related resources for six health topics, including nutrition and physical activity.

Dairy Farming Today new
Get to know people behind the dairy scene! Take a virtual tour, find answers to dairy farm questions, see how technology helps to protect natural resources and learn how milk is tested for quality and safety.

The Dairy Report new
Find news, analysis and opinion on the latest nutrition and health research.

Fuel Up To Play 60
Sign up for your school's FREE School Wellness Activation Kit while supplies last! Targeting grades 4-10, each school will receive one kit that includes display materials and wellness-based activities that inspire kids to "get up and play" for 60 minutes a day and to "fuel up" with the food groups kids don't get enough of — low-fat and fat-free dairy foods, fruits, vegetables and whole grains.

Eat Smart. Play Hard.™ new
Explore a virtual community using skill-building and interactive learning experiences, including songs, experiments, activity sheets, comics, clip art, worksheets, games and posters.

USDA Food and Nutrition Information Center
Locate credible, accurate and practical nutrition resources, including educational materials, government reports, research papers and more.

Healthy Weight with Dairy
Find exciting news about dairy's role in maintaining healthy weight.

Milk Matters
Find publications, research, and a kids' page with games, puzzles, mazes, and stories that are part of a public health campaign dedicated to increasing tweens' and teens' calcium intakes.

MyPyramid
Learn everything you need to know about MyPyramid, then personalize it with interactive tools, including a MyPyramid Tracker and a MyPyramid Menu Planner. Take a MyPyramid tour and find information about and tips for each food group, physical activity, eating out and more.

MyPyramid for Preschoolers
Individualize nutrition guidance for 2 to 5 year-olds with this interactive Web site for parents and caregivers of preschoolers.

MyPyramid for Kids
Find colorful posters, worksheets, and tips for helping children make healthy food choices and be active every day, as well as a MyPyramid Blast-off game for kids.

National Dairy Council®
Learn about the latest scientific research that supports the health benefits of dairy foods, as well as basic dairy nutrition facts.

Nutrition, Learning & Behavior in Children: A Resource List
Use this quick guide for information related to nutrition, learning and behavior.

School Nutrition Association
Find the latest information about and resources for school lunch, school breakfast and other child nutrition programs, including the latest news and trends.

We Can! (Ways to Enhance Children's Activity & Nutrition)
Find practical tools for helping 8 to 13 year-olds maintain a healthy weight at this one-stop resource for parents and caregivers.





 
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