As you read SuperSized Kids, you'll notice we often tell you to come to this website and find out more information about a variety of topics. In the book we also offer you the opportunity to print out some key tools from this website that will be useful as your family makes important lifestyle changes.

You will find all these resources and more in the section below. Yes, we know there is a lot of information packed on this page and it all looks a bit scary. But don't let the length intimidate you. We've tried to organize the material simply and label it clearly. If you take the time to look over the resources we think you'll be greatly rewarded. Enjoy!

Chapter 5: The Family Business

Exercise Together

Sites for Parents

• We Can Program
• America on the Move
• Get Kids in Action
• Get Active
  
• Ten Ways to Get Kids Active
• Keeping Kids Active
• What Parents Can Do to Help Prevent Childhood Obesity Through Increased Activity

Sites for Kids

• Kids - Get Active
  
• Nickelodeon
  
• Slim Goodbody
• We Can Program
  
• Why Exercise is Cool
  
• Kids: Design your own activity pyramid

Chapter 7: From Boob Tube to Mean Screen

Try a TV-free day (or week)

Focus on Your Child Family Nights

• An Introduction to Family Nights
• Family Night Tool Chest - Wisdom Life Skills
  
• Family Night Tool Chest - Proverbs
• Heritage Builders for home, school, church
• A Family Heritage Builder's Kit

TV-Free Week

• TV Turnoff Network
  
• National TV-Free Week

Chapter 8: Get Up, Get Out, Get Fun, Get Fit

Get Fun and Get Fit

• We Can Program
  
• CDC's Kids Walk to School Program
  
• Kid's Walk Links
  
• Organize a "Walk to School Day."
  
• Examine your neighborhood and determine how friendly your streets are for walkers using this checklist.

Chapter 9: Overfed and Undernourished

Fruits and Vegetables

• www.5aday.com

Chapter 10: Gearing Up For Healthy Family Meals

Getting the Portion Sizes Right

• Portion Distortion - Do You Know How Food Portions Have Changed in 20 Years?

What's For Dinner

• www.mealsmatter.org

Hi Mom. I'm a Vegetarian.

• www.sdada.org
• www.vrg.org
• www.nal.usda.gov/fnic

A Registered Dietician: Your Nutritional Coach

• www.eatright.org/Public/
  See "Find a Nutritional Professional" in the lower left hand portion of the home page. Enter your zip code.

Chapter 11: For Big Results Start Small

Encourage, enable and expect your children to spend less time in front of the TV, computer or playing video games

Learn more about TV-Free Week

• TV Turnoff Network
  
• National TV-Free Week

Reduce computer and video game time

• Tips for Choosing Video Games
• Al Menconi Ministries reviews and rates games using a grading template that helps parents assess the newest computer games themselves.
  
• The Web site VideoGameTrouble.org does not review games, but seeks to educate parents and teachers on the risk and prevention of video game addiction.

Chapter 12: Be Part of the School Solution

Visit Your Child's School

Assessing Both the Nutritional and Physical Activity Environments at Your Child's School

• School Health Index
  The CDC designed this tool to allow parents, teachers, and school officials to assess the strengths and weaknesses of health promotion policies and programs as they relate to nutrition, physical activity, and tobacco use. The tool has Score Cards you can use for Elementary Schools or Middle/High Schools. After completing the assessment of your child's school, you can use this tool to develop an action plan for improving school health. There are also hyperlinks to many useful resources for school health and safety.

Assess the nutritional environment at your child's school:

• Changing the Scene: Improving the School Nutrition Environment
  This tool, developed by the USDA, allows parents, teachers, administrators and others to identify areas needing improvement in their school nutrition and food service.
• Menu For Change - Assessment questions
  This 12 question assessment form from Stonyfield Farm will help you evaluate the food service and nutrition policies in your child's school.

Assessing the Physical Activity Environments at Your Child's School

• Is Your Child's Physical Education Program Ready to Prevent Obesity?
  This assessment tool, with 10 questions to evaluate strengths and weaknesses of your school's PE program, was developed by the National Association for Sport and Physical Education.

These sites also will have great policy ideas and related resources for you to consider in improving nutrition at your child's school.

• The National Association for Sport and Physical Education
• The Center for Science in the Public Interest - look on the hompage for "Improve School Foods" and "Improve Physical Activity in Schools."
• The CSPI School Foods Tool Kit
  
• Tools for Parents from Healthy Schools in Washington

Chapter 13: Bring Unity to the Community

• The Safe Routes to School Program
• CDC's Kids Walk to School Program
  
• Kid's Walk Links
• Organize a "Walk to School Day."
• Examine your neighborhood and determine how friendly your streets are for walkers using this checklist.

Guidance and informative materials to help you and your friends brainstorm about how you could create a more healthful community where you live.

• We Can Program
  
• We Can! Energize our Community - Toolkit for Action

Healthier Communities Tools for Parents

• Healthy Schools
• Healthy Schools - Healthy Kids
  
• American Cancer Society's Generation Fit Program
• ACS Recommendation for Community Action
• National Hearts 'N Parks Program

Chapter 14: Battle of the Bulge on the Statehouse Steps

It's Time to Strengthen Food Labeling in Fast Food Restaurants

• Myth vs. Reality: Nutrition Labeling at Fast-Food and Other Chain Restaurants
• If you're interested in finding out about legislation in your state that promotes and supports healthy eating and physical activity, you can find a database of your state's physical activity and nutrition legislation compiled by the National Conference of State Legislatures.
• A second database compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity is also available.

Appendix A

• Thirty-minute Assessment
  
• Determine a Child's BMI
  • Here's another to compare
• Determine Adult BMI

Appendix B

• Eight-Week Plan
• Certificates of Achievement
  
• Adult BMI
  
  • Here's another just to compare