Websites related to play and advocacy

Childhood Obesity - General

• American Academy of Family Physicians: www.aafp.org
• American Academy of Pediatrics: www.aap.org
• American Council of Fitness and Nutrition: www.acfn.org
• American Heart Association: www.americanheart.org
• American Obesity Association - Childhood Obesity: www.obesity.org/subs/childhood/prevention.shtml
• American Public Health Association - Action Plan: Healthy People 2010 Objectives for Prevention and Control of Childhood Obesity:
  www.apha.org/ppp/obesity_toolkit/005_action_plan.htm
• Association for Community Health Improvement: www.communityhlth.org/communityhlth/index.jsp
• Body Sculpt: Building Strong Bodies and Minds: www.bodysculpt.org
• CDC Nutrition & Physical Activity: www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/physical/resources.htm
• Center for Health and Health Care in Schools: 
  www.healthinschools.org/publications.asp
• Connect For Kids: www.connectforkids.org
• 2004 Edition of Child and Adolescent Nutrition Knowledge Path
  www.mchlibrary.info/KnowledgePaths/kp_childnutr.html
• Fit, Healthy, and Ready to Learn: A School Health Policy Guide:
  www.nasbe.org/HealthySchools/fithealthy.mgi
• Maternal and Child Health Library: www.mchlibrary.info
• NHLBI: www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/obesity/ob_gdlns.htm
• National School Boards Association: www.nsba.org/site/index.asp
• National Strategies Concerning Issues of Childhood Overweight and Obesity and Implications for Long-term Health [PowerPoint presentation]:
  www.uic.edu/sph/dataspeak/apr2002/ppt/hubbard-ohds.ppt
• NAASO, The Obesity Society: www.naaso.org
• PBS Teacher Source - Keep Children Moving: Promoting Physical Activity throughout the Curriculum:
  www.pbs.org/teachersource/prek2/issues/202issue.shtm
• Parents Action For Children: www.parentsaction.org
• Physical Activity and Health: A Report of the Surgeon General:
  www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/sgr/sgr.htm

Nutrition

• American Diabetes Association:  www.diabetes.org/home.jsp
• American Dietetic Association: www.eatright.org
• Bright Futures in Practice - Nutrition: www.brightfutures.org/nutrition
• Calories Count: Report of the USDA Working Group on Obesity:
  www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/owg-toc.html
• International Food Information Council - Child and Adolescent Nutrition:
  www.fic.org/nutrition/kids/index.cfm
• USDA Child Care Nutrition Resource System: www.nal.usda.gov/childcare.
• USDA Food and Nutrition Information Center: www.nal.usda.gov/fnic
• USDA Healthy Meals Resource System: healthymeals.nal.usda.gov
• Yale University Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity:
  www.yaleruddcenter.org/home.aspx

Play

• The Center for Creative Play: http://www.cfcp.org
• National Children’s Museum: http://www.ccm.org
• National Institute for Play: http://nifplay.org
• National Recreation & Park Association: http://www.nrpa.org
• Play Board: http://www.playboard.org
• Play for Peace:  http://www.playforpeace.org
• Playing for Keeps: http://www.playingforkeeps.org
• Project for Public Spaces:  http://www.pps.org
• Skatepark Assocation of the USA: http://www.spausa.org
• Strong National Museum of Play: http://www.strongmuseum.org
• The Association for the Study of Play: http://www.csuchico.edu/phed/tasp
• Today's Playground: http://www.todaysplayground.com
• Trust for Public Lands: http://www.tpl.org

Physical Activity

• America On The Move: www.americaonthemove.org
• America Scores: www.americascores.org
• American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance:
  www.aahperd.org
• American Council on Exercise: www.acefitness.org
• Bright Futures in Practice - Physical Activity: www.brightfutures.org/physicalactivity/
• Centers for Disease Control: www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/physical/resources.htm
• Girls on the Run: www.girlsontherun.org
• KidSource Online - Promoting Physical Activity and Exercise among Children:
  www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content4/promote.phyed.html
• Maternal and Child Health Library:
  www.mchlibrary.info/KnowledgePaths/kp_phys_activity.html
• National Alliance For Youth Sports: www.nays.org
• National Association of Health & Fitness: www.physicalfitness.org
• National Coalition for Promoting Physical Activity: www.ncppa.org/about.asp
• PE Central: www.pecentral.org
• Physical activity and health: a report of the Surgeon General, 1996: www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/sgr/ataglan.htm
• President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports: www.fitness.gov
• Project Fit America: www.projectfitamerica.org
• Shape Up America!: www.shapeup.org/contact.html
• Steps to a Healthier US: www.healthierus.gov

Built Environment

• Active Living Leadership: www.activelivingleadership.org/
• Active Living by Design: www.activelivingbydesign.org/
• America Bikes:  www.americabikes.org/
• America Walks: www.americawalks.com/
• American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials:
  http://environment.transportation.org
• Bicycle Friendly Community Campaign: www.bicyclefriendlycommunity.org/
• Center for Understanding the Built Environment: www.cubekc.org/
• National Center for Bicycling and Walking: http://www.bikewalk.org/
• Obesity and the Built Environment: www.niehs.nih.gov/home.htm
• Safe Routes to School: www.bikewalk.org/