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Market Makeovers
This website is “a dynamic, user-friendly online toolkit about the process of transforming small corner stores to carry healthier food choices.” It focuses on the work of the South LA Healthy Eating Active Community Initiative and the group Public Matters. It includes resources describing how to do a corner store makeover, information about food deserts in LA, and over 100 videos created primarily by youth. The site is described as “a way for everyone to dialogue, post and exchange questions and information.”
Related Interest Group(s): Food and Beverage
Related Topics: Healthy Corner Stores
Mayo Clinic: Childhood Obesity
http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/childhood-obesity/basics/definition/CON-20027428
A resource page by the Mayo Clinic.
Related Topics: Prevalence
Mayor’s Challenge for Safer People, Safer Streets
http://www.dot.gov/mayors-challenge
The USDOT is challenging mayors and local elected officials to take significant action to improve safety for bicyclists and pedestrians of all ages and abilities in 2015.
Related Interest Group(s): Physical Activity
Model School Wellness Policies
http://www.schoolwellnesspolicies.org/resources.html
A list of resources related to school wellness policies
Related Interest Group(s): Schools
MyPlate Grocery Store Bingo
https://fns-prod.azureedge.net/sites/default/files/tn/Bingo_508.pdf
Bingo card families can use while grocery shopping to create a balanced cart
Related Interest Group(s): Schools
MyPlate Guide to School Breakfast – English
https://fns-prod.azureedge.net/sites/default/files/tn/SB_Infographic_81216a.pdf
Infographic showing how MyPlate is represented in school breakfast – in English
Related Interest Group(s): Schools
MyPlate Guide to School Breakfast – Spanish
https://fns-prod.azureedge.net/sites/default/files/tn/School-Breakfast-Spanish-508.pdf
Infographic showing how MyPlate is represented in school breakfast – in Spanish
Related Interest Group(s): Schools
MyPlate Guide to School Lunch – English
https://fns-prod.azureedge.net/sites/default/files/tn/SL_Infographic_81216a.pdf
Infographic showing how MyPlate is represented in school lunch – in English
Related Interest Group(s): Schools
MyPlate Guide to School Lunch – Spanish
https://fns-prod.azureedge.net/sites/default/files/tn/SL_Infographic_81216a.pdf
Infographic showing how MyPlate is represented in school lunch in Spanish.
Related Interest Group(s): Schools
National Center for Dental and Craniofacial Research
http://www.nidcr.nih.gov/OralHealth/OralHealthInformation/ChildrensOralHealth/
This center in the National Institutes of Health has resources in English and Spanish about how to support healthy infant teeth.
Related Interest Group(s): Early Childhood
Related Topics: Childhood Toolkit