Resources for Educators
Child Obesity: Reversing the Trend
Presentation (PPT) by Cindy Wolff, PhD, MPA, RD and Yuridia Jimenez from the Center for Nutrition and Activity Promotion at CSU Chico.
Referral Form for OPT For Healthy Living
This form provides a convenient way to refer clients, or yourself, for an appointment with trained professionals at OPT For Healthy Living. The referral form is in no way required for a consultation, but it can be a great tool, providing the professionals at OPT For Healthy Living with important information that may give more insight into the client's situation.
Harvest of the Month
Every month our sister organization, Sierra Cascade Nutrition and Activity Consortium provides tens of thousands of samples of a fruit or vegetable to school children in the North State. This statewide tool kit, available at Harvest of the Month is in a variety of languages. The overall goal of the tool kit is to provide knowledge- and skill-based strategies that are: standardized, cost-effective, replicable, and convenient. These strategies are designed to motivate and empower students to increase consumption and enjoyment of a variety of colorful fruits and vegetables and to engage in physical activity every day. Check our recipes so the whole family can enjoy a Harvest of the Month.
University of California, Agriculture and Natural Resources: Fit Families Novela Series
This innovative bilingual resource kit was created for health professionals working with parents of young children. The video and fotonovelas are designed to inspire the workshop participants to discuss ways they can increase physical activity, make healthy snacks, and limit TV watching. Created using realistic characters that are struggling to make improvements in their own families’ health habits, the novelas help parents understand how small changes can make a big difference.
Action for Healthy Kids
An organization formed specifically to address the epidemic of overweight, undernourished and sedentary youth by focusing on changes at school. We work in all 50 states and the District of Columbia to improve children's nutrition and increase physical activity, which will in turn improve their readiness to learn.
The Child Care Nutrition Resource System
Child Care Providers will find newsletters, infant feeding guidelines, recipes, food safety resources, menu planning guidance, and much more.
Neat Solutions
Offers nutrition and health education resources for children.
Nutrition Explorations
An eye-catching website with up-to-date and interactive nutrition resources for educators, parents, and foodservice staff.
Fit Source!
This site links child care and afterschool providers to a wide variety of physical activity and nutrition resources. You will find links to activities, lesson plans, healthy recipes, information for parents, and many other downloadable tools that can be used to incorporate physical activity and nutrition into child care and afterschool programs.
PE Central
Designed for teachers, parents, and students, PE Central’s goal is to provide the latest information about developmentally appropriate physical education programs for children and youth.
