COMMUNITY WELLNESS PARTNERSHIP OF MARINETTE AND OCONTO COUNTIES
Vision: Community
environments that promote and support healthy lifestyles
Mission: To inspire, motivate and educate children, adults, families and communities to take action to be healthy through good nutrition and physical activity
MINUTES OF THE MARINETTE
/ OCONTO COMMUNITY WELLNESS PARTNERSHIP MEETINGS
Related Links of
Interest:
Kids in Action - The National Association for Sport and
Physical Education (NASPE), along with the Kellogg Company and
the President's Council on Physical Fitness and sports, has
developed this brochure to present parents and caregivers with
simple ideas for physical activities that they can do with children
from birth to age five. - Governor Doyle's
Healthy Kids Initiatives - This website includes information
for students, teachers and parents alike to promote the physical
health of all students in Wisconsin.
- School
Health Issues - Childhood Obesity: What Research Tells Us
- This is a free publication from The Center for Health and
Health Care in Schools, summarizing key findings from the best
studies on the background and health consequences of childhood
obesity as well as information regarding physical activity and
schools and nutrition and schools.
- Action
for Healthy Kids - The national and state Action for Healthy
Kids initiative teams have resources related to school nutrition
and physical education. It also includes resources for education
and awareness building.
- Changing
the Scene - The Changing the Scene tool kit addresses the
entire school nutrition environment such as commitment to nutrition
and physical activity, pleasant eating experiences, quality
school meals, other healthy food options, nutrition education
and marketing the issue to the public.
- U.S.
Surgeon General Overweight in Children and Adolescents--the
Surgeon General's Call To Action To Prevent and Decrease Overweight
and Obesity.
- Helping
Your Overweight Child - Practical, down-to-earth tips from
the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney
Diseases.
- WIC's
Childhood Overweight/Obesity Links - A list of recommended
Web sites, from the "WIC Works Resource System".
-
Marketing of Junk Food in Schools - A brief and well-documented
fact sheet from Commercial Alert.
- Childhood
Obesity overview - Commercial Alert works to reduce the
incidence of childhood obesity.
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