PARENTS

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Parents

Breakfast and nutrition be can quick and easy here’s how.

Emphasize activity along with food choices. Fuel Up to Play, fueluptoplay60.com, an in-school program sponsored by the National Dairy Council, encourages a one-two punch of good nutrition and at least 60 minutes of daily physical activity. Thanks to student ambassadors helping spread the word, this program reaches two-thirds of the schools in the U.S.

The website features practical information and tips to help Americans build healthier diets. It features selected messages to help consumers focus on key behaviors. Selected messages include:

Balancing Calories – Enjoy your food, but eat less.

Foods to Increase – Switch to fat-free or low-fat (1%) milk, Make half your plate fruits and vegetables, Make at least half your grains whole grains.

Foods to Reduce – Compare sodium in foods and choose lower numbers.

If you're looking for information you can trust about kids and teens that's free of "doctor speak," you've come to the right place. Kids Health is the most-visited site on the Web for information about health, behavior, and development from before birth through the teen years.

Tips for Parents – Ideas to Help Children Maintain a Healthy Weight

You've probably read about it in newspapers and seen it on the news: in the United States, the number of obese children and teens has continued to rise over the past two decades. You may wonder: Why are doctors and scientists troubled by this trend? And as parents or other concerned adults, you may also ask: What steps can we take to help prevent obesity in our children? This page provides answers to some of the questions you may have and provides you with resources to help you keep your family healthy.

Body Mass Index (BMI) is a number calculated from a child's weight and height. BMI is a reliable indicator of body fatness for most children and teens. Additionally, BMI is an inexpensive and easy-to-perform method of screening for weight categories that may lead to health problems. For children and teens, BMI is age- and sex-specific and is often referred to as BMI-for-age. This calculator provides BMI and the corresponding BMI-for-age percentile on a CDC BMI-for-age growth chart. Use this calculator for children and teens, aged 2 through 19 years old. For adults, 20 years old and older, use the Adult BMI Calculator.

Child Nutrition Knowledge Center mission is to preserve the nutritional and fiscal integrity of New York State Child Nutrition Programs by providing technical assistance, professional training, comprehensive reviews and nutrition evaluations. The Child Nutrition Management System (CNMS) is a web-based system for the management of the Lunch, Snack, Breakfast, Milk and Summer Food Service programs.

Consumer Nutrition and Health Information

FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) has a wealth of educational materials that make it easy to understand and use the nutrition Facts Label. Consumers, educators, teachers, dietitians and health professionals are invited to check out the many campaigns and printable materials available below.