NuAct

Waupaca County Nutrition and Activity Coalition

UW- Extension On-Line Newsletters

• Nutrition for Family Living
  http://www.uwex.edu/ces/wnep/p3/mmindx.html
• Food Facts for You!
  http://www.wisc.edu/foodsafety/consumer/food_facts.htm
• Nibbles for Health: Nutrition Newsletter for Parents

http://www.fns.usda.gov/tn/Resources/nibbles.html

RELATED LINKS OF INTEREST

• UW - Extension WNEP
• WIC HEALTH
  • www.wichealth.org
• Center for Disease Control
  • www.cdc.gov

• Action for Healthy Kids Initiative

http://www.actionforhealthykids.org

• School Lunch Program

http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-03-506

• American Academy of Pediatrics

http://www.aap.org

• Nutrition and health related issues for teens an children

http://www.kidshealth.org

• Ideas for physical activity

http://www.shapeup.org

• fun kids' games about fruits and vegetables

http://www.dole5aday.com

• Nutrition information and healthy tips

http://www.eatright.org

Articles

• U.S. teens fatter than in similar nations

• Kids' fast-food habits expanding

• Hy-glycemic foods can create a cycle of eating, studies find

• Survey: Americans fatter that they say

• Serious problem of obesity in children being examined

• The Supersized Generation

• More obese children have adult diabetes

• Obesity nearly doubled in decade

STAFF

Connie Abert , Waupaca County UWEX Youth Educator

Marilyn Herman, Waupaca County UWEX Family Living Educator

Email: connie.abert@ces.uwex.edu, marilyn.herman@ces.uwex.edu

Phone: 715-258-6230, Fax: 715-258-6232

Bev Hall, Waupaca County DHHS Nutrition Educator

Phone: 715-258-6276, Email: Bhall@co.waupaca.wi.us

811 Harding St., Waupaca, WI   54981

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