Other Resources

• Adults
• Especially for Children and Teens
• Persons with Disabilities

Adults

• Exercise (Physical Activity) and Children, American Heart Association*
• Guide to Physical Activity, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, NHLBI
• Growing Stronger: Strength Training for Older Adults
• Healthy People 2010
• KidsWalk-to-School
• Movimiento Por Su Vida
  A music CD created to help everyone incorporate more movement into their lives.
• National Institute on Aging: Exercise and Physical Activity: Getting Fit For Life
• The National Library of Medicine list of Web sites on a exercise for children, NIH
• NIDDK Weight-control Information Network: Active at Any Size
  Some overweight people face challenges trying to be active. Find out how to get more active no matter what your size.
• Physical Activity Fundamental To Preventing Disease
• Physical Activity and Weight Control, NIDDK
• Powerful Bones. Powerful Girls. Web Site for Parents
  A Web site for parents with resources and creative ways to help your daughters make healthy choices that build and maintain strong bones.
• President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports
• smallstep.gov
• U.S. Physical Activity Statistics

Especially for Children and Teens

• BAM! Body and Mind, CDC
• Be Active, Tips for Kids with Type 2 Diabetes (PDF-196 KB)
• Empowering Youth with Nutrition & Physical Activity
  Empowering Youth is a manual for use in after school programs and classrooms with youth 11–18 years old. It contains current nutrition and physical activity information to enhance leader knowledge; fun, hands-on activities that teach nutrition concepts; ideas to include nutrition education and physical activity into youth programs and events
• Healthy Youth! Physical Activity and the Health of Young People
• KidsHealth, The Nemours Foundation: Motivation and the Power of Not Giving Up*
• Media-Smart Youth: Eat, Think, and Be Active!
  This interactive after-school education program for young people ages 11 to 13 is designed to help teach them about the complex media world around them, and how it can affect their health — especially in the areas of nutrition and physical activity.
• Healthy Youth! Brochures for Parents, Teachers, and Principals to Increase Physical Activity Among Youth
• Powerful Bones. Powerful Girls.
• Smallstep for Kids
  A child-focused site offering nutritional advice, games and activity suggestions for children and parents as part of the obesity prevention campaign. The computer-animated character Shrek encourages kids to go out an play.
• We Can! A Parent Handbook
• VERB^TM

Persons with Disabilities

• International Paralympic Committee*
• Motor Opportunities Via Education (MOVE) International*
• National Center on Physical Activity and Disability*
• North American Riding for the Handicapped Association*
• Physical Activity and Health: A Report of the Surgeon General: Persons with Disabilities

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