Resource Library

Safe Routes Ambassadors of Chicago

http://www.saferoutesambassadors.org

Provides free, in-class pedestrian and bicycle safety education to schools. (312) 744-3019

Safe Routes to School

http://www.saferoutesinfo.org

Serve Chicago Kids Better Fact Sheet

Improving the nutritional standards of restaurant kids’ meals can go a long way to improving children’s diets and cultivating healthy eating behaviors.

Serve Kids Better – Science Based Rationale for Healthy Kids Meals

Improving the nutritional quality of restaurant children’s meals can help improve diet quality and cultivate lifelong healthy eating behaviors, which can help children grow up at a healthy weight

Serving Up MyPlate: A Yummy Curriculum

https://www.fns.usda.gov/tn/serving-myplate-yummy-curriculum

Curriculum and resources to help teachers integrate nutrition education into other subjects

Share Our Strength/Operation Frontline Chicago

http://www.nearnorthhealth.org/services/OFL/index.html

Offers a meal planning and preparation workshop for early childhood providers.

Snackwise

http://www.snackwise.org/home.cfm

A system that rates the nutritional content of common vending machine snacks developed by the Center for Healthy Weight and Nutrition at Nationwide Children’s Hospital.

Strategic Alliance Enact Neighborhood Environment Program

http://eatbettermovemore.org/sa/enact/neighborhood/shopkeepers.php

The Community Food Environment page on this website includes suggestions for store owner incentives and links to reports, model programs, tools, policies, and coalitions.

Strategic Plan for Obesity Research

http://obesityresearch.nih.gov/About/strategic-plan.htm

Report by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), updated plan scheduled available December 2010.

Streetsblog

http://www.streetsblog.org