Health Issues - Food Sensitivities and Allergies

• DiscoverySchool.com
  • Lesson:  Allergies versus Viruses Lesson
• EpiPen lesson found at safe4kids.ca
• FANKid - Resources, information and activities
  • Kids
  • Teens
• FoodAllergy.org - Common food allergies
• Food and Nutrition Information Center - Resources and information
• Kidshealth.org - Background information
• KidsHealth.org - Lactose intolerance
• Riverdeep Interactive Learning  
  • Article:  Hold the Wheat, Eggs, and Soy 

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Health Issues - Asthma

• About.com - Nutrition - Asthma Diet - Diet for Weight Control and Symptom Relief

• Center for Disease Control, National Center for Environmental Health - Asthma  

• Child.com, Health & Nutrition - Anti-Asthma Diet

• Newton's Apple website

  • Lesson:  Children's Health and Environment - Asthma

  • Lesson:  What Makes it Hard for People With Asthma to Breathe?

    • Guide for creating a healthier home.  Produced by 3M and the American Lung Association. Free. Call (800) 388-3458

    • How asthma-friendly is your school? (1997) 2-page checklist with tips and resources. Free. Contact the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, (301) 592-8573

    • Stapleton, S. (1998, May 11) Asthma rates hit epidemic numbers; Experts wonder why. American Medical News, p. 4

    • Wray, B. B. (1998) Taking charge of asthma: A lifetime strategy. New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc. Available from the Allergy & Asthma Network, (800) 878-4403

    • Video:  Making a difference…Asthma management in the school (1994, 14 minutes). Free. Contact National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, (301) 592-8573

• Riverdeep Interactive Learning  

  • Article: Breathing Easy (Dec. 17, 2001)

• Today's Dietician - Asthma and Diet

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Health Issues - Diabetes

• Alaska Department of Education & Early Development - lessons and activities 

• American Diabetes Association

  • Tip Sheet on Diabetes and Obesity

  • Youth Zone

    • Interactive informational program

• CDC, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

  • Diabetes Public Health Resource website

    • Diabetes & Me

    • Publications and Products

      • National Diabetes Fact Sheet

• Center for Service Learning, Opportunities in Education - series of 10 lessons

• Kids Learn About Diabetes

• National Diabetes Education Program

  • Resources on Children and Adolescents

  • Resources for Health, Education and Business Professionals

  • School Personnel

• Riverdeep Interactive Learning

  • Article:  New Hope for Diabetes (July 5, 2000)

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Health Issues - Eating Disorders

• A WEIGH OUT resource for people with eating disorders

  • Especially for Teens Section

    • Article:  When is it an Eating Disorder?

    • Article:  What Can I Do?  

• Community Learning Network  (site designed to help K-12 teachers integrate technology into the classroom)

  • Theme Pages  

• Food and Nutrition Information Center resource website

  • Eating Disorders

• NOVA

  • Lesson:  Dying to be Thin Lesson, Teachers Guide

• Ohio State University Fact Sheet on Eating Disorders:  Introduction 

• Lesson:  Picture Perfect Lesson Plan from Wellness in the Rockies

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Health Issues - Heart Disease

• American Heart Association

  • Lesson:  Why is a Low-Saturated Fat Diet a More Healthful Diet? 

• Discovery School

  • Lesson:  Here's to a Healthy Heart

• Lesson:  For a Healthy Heart Follow Dietary Guidelines from Springfield Public Schools Food Services Department

• FrontLine

  • Lesson:  Ideal Weight, Cultural Stereotypes, and Eating Disorders  

• Riverdeep Interactive Learning

  • You Are What You Eat (June 5, 2000)

  • Cardiac News (April 11, 2000)

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Health Issues - Obesity

• A WEIGH OUT

• Childhood Obesity

• American Obesity Association

• BioEd Online
  • Slide Show:  The Human Organism: Food and Fitness-Adolescent Nutrition  
• CDC - U.S. Obesity Trends
• Discovery School  
  • Lesson:  Culture and Obesity  
• Dr. Greene.com
• FrontLine
  • Lesson:  Obesity, Eating Habits and Weight Loss
• Kid Source Online
• Media Awareness Network
  • Lesson:  Selling Obesity
• Psychological Consequences of Obesity
• U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services - Overweight and Obesity:  Health Consequences

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Diet and Nutrition

• American Heart Association
  • Lesson:  Who or What Influences Your Food Choices?   
• American Masters for Teachers
  • Lesson:  You Are What You Eat.  Lessons from Alice Waters  
• Project:  Are You What You Eat  
• Communities and Schools Promoting Health
  • Webquest:  Comparing my Schoolmates' Eating Habits with Mine from 
• Cool Food Planet  
  • Kidz  
  • Adoz  
• Discovery School
  • Lesson:  Weight Control  
• EducationWorld  
  • Serve Up Classroom Activities  
  • Lesson:  Tastes Great, Is It Good For You?
  • Lesson:  Fun Food Quiz, True or False?  
• Kids Eat Well  
• LifeBytes  
  • Healthy Eating  
• Nutrition Cafe  
• Nutrition Camp  

• Nutrition on the Web for Teens  

• Smart Mouth  
• U.S. Department of Agriculture
  • My Pyramid for Kids Lessons, information and resources
• Web quest:  What's For Dinner?
• Your Energy Wake Up Call - The Simple Solution to Healthy Eating and Physical Activity for Teens

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Food Safety

• CDC  
  • National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion  
    • Healthy Youth!  
      • Food Safety 
• Education World
  • Lesson:  Germs Experiment 
• Educator's Reference Desk
  • Lesson:  Bacteria
• Iowa State University Extension - four web-based lessons:
  • What's Bugging You? 
  • What are Consumer Control Points? 
  • Where is the Danger Zone? 
  • Who is FAT TOM? 

• Kidshealth.org (Food Poisoning)

• National Public Radio (NPR)
  • Program:  Science Friday Kids' Connection
    • What's for Dinner, Issues in Food Safety
• North Carolina Cooperative Extension, Food Safety Education Program
  • Hot Topics in Food Safety  
• Partnership for Food Safety Education 
• Riverdeep Interactive Learning articles
  • New Leads Against Food Poisoning (April 16, 2001)
  • When Food Bites Back (March 24, 2000)
• US Food and Drug Administration
  • Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition  
    • Consumer Advice  
    • Educators
      • Lose a Million Bacteria Game
      • Supplementary Curriculum for Middle Schools and High Schools
    • Kids and Teens
  • Food Safety and Inspection Service
    • Foodborne Illness Education Information Center
• Utah Education Network
  • Lesson:  Food Poisoning  
• www.foodsafety.gov

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