Health Trek covers a ton of info about health and nutrition, but there's a wide world of additional resources you can also tap into. Below are recommended sites with links directly to them. Keep that knowledge flowin'! Consider these extra credit for your body, mind and spirit!
- General Nutrition
- Nutrition Café - Nutrition Café offers interactive nutrition content on nutrients, calorie content and food facts. It is a joint endeavor of the Pacific Science Center and the Washington State Dairy Council.
- Media literacy
- About-Face - About-Face promotes positive self-esteem in girls and women of all ages, sizes, races and backgrounds through a spirited approach to media education, outreach and activism.
- Smart-Mouth.org - Smart-Mouth.org has cool games with a disintegrating face, a slick character that exposes how the food industry's drive for profit affects what you eat, a calorie meter that helps you see how your favorite foods stack up, and other surprising info about what you eat.
- Consumer Reports 4 Kids - This website features articles and interactive content for youth from the Zillions magazine originally published by Consumer Reports from 1999-2001. Also features a teacher section
- Food Styling
- Foodesigns.com - The food stylist's resource for up-to-the minute techniques, equipment news, food trends and industry buzz
- Body Image
- AdiosBarbie.com - AdiosBarbie.com is a one-stop body shop, where women and men of all cultures and sizes can learn about their bodies; feel proud and comfortable in their natural shapes, sizes and colors; speak out against impossible beauty standards; and share their experiences.
- Teen Health Sites
- 4 Girls Health - The www.4girls.gov website, developed by the Office on Women's Health in the Department of Health and Human Services, gives girls between the ages of 10 and 16 reliable, current health information. The site focuses on many health topics that respond to adolescent girls' health concerns and motivates girls to choose healthy behaviors using positive, supportive and non-threatening messages.
- Nutrition/Fitness Organizations
- Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) -
The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) is a consumer advocacy organization whose twin missions are to conduct innovative research and advocacy programs in health and nutrition, and to provide consumers with current, useful information about their health and well-being.
National Coalition for Promoting Physical Activity - The National Coalition for Promoting Physical Activity's mission is to unite the strengths of public, private and industry efforts into collaborative partnerships that inspire and empower all Americans to lead more physically active lifestyles.
Tufts Nutrition Navigator - The Tufts University Nutrition Navigator is designed to help you sort through the large volume of nutrition information on the Internet and find accurate, useful nutrition information you can trust.
American Dietetic Association - ADA's dynamic Web site, www.eatright.org , contains a wealth of nutrition information for consumers and the media, featuring approximately 3,000 pages of content from news releases and consumer tips to Nutrition Fact Sheets, consumer FAQs and the Good Nutrition Reading List.
- Family Fitness
- Fit Family Fit Kids -
Fit Family Fit Kids is a joint initiative of the Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Gruner & Jahr USA Publishing. Their goal is to help raise awareness and provide long term strategies to help parents of kids ages 9-13 in their efforts to improve their family's physical activity and nutrition habits.
The President's Challenge - The President's Challenge is a program that encourages all Americans to make being active part of their everyday lives. No matter what your activity and fitness level, the President's Challenge can help motivate you to improve.



