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Youth Health and Fitness
| Fitness Forward Youth Program - The Fitness Forward Drive 2 Fitness program is based on five primary youth health goals. 1. One hour of exercise per day. 2. Less than one hour of TV/video games per day. 3. No sugar-added beverages during the day. 4. Five to nine servings of fruits and vegetables per day. 5. Eight to eleven hours of sleep per day. These five key values are recorded on a colorful "calendar" and children receive points for every day they meet the values. Click HERE to go to the website, create an account and then download the calendar and begin keeping score! |
| Kids Site from the Center for Disease Control on Body and Mind - A site for kids on BODY AND MIND sponsored by the Center for Disease Control. Also a teachers section. |
| Kids Health Website from Medical Experts - Medical experts from the Nemours Corporation provide health and fitness information for kids, teens, and parents. |
| Youth Fitness Module in American Council on Fitness Website - The American Council on Fitness (ACE) website has a module in their youth fitness section with free material for educators starting fitness/nutrition programs for 3rd to 5th graders. At some point they will start charging $95 for this program. You can download it from the website. |
| Kidnetic.com - Exercises and Health Online - This website provides fitness information and health information and even some fitness challenges you can do while on-line. |
| Child and Youth Health Website from Austrailia - A very complete website on children and youth health issues - with links for different ages. Fitness, health, relevant issues, safety, hot topics of the day. | |
