Weight Control

Weight Control (Vanderbilt)

• http://www.childrenshospital.vanderbilt.org/library/category.php?SubtopicId=39&Category=Weight%20Control

Eat.Play.Grow (NIH)

• https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/educational/wecan/

HealthyChildren.org (AAP)

• https://www.healthychildren.org/English/health-issues/conditions/obesity/Pages/default.aspx

Nutrients like Fiber, Calcium and Iron

Sources of fiber (USDA)

• https://health.gov/dietaryguidelines/dga2005/document/html/appendixB.htm#AppB8

Calcium is important but how much? (AAP)

• https://www.healthychildren.org/English/ages-stages/teen/nutrition/Pages/Calcium-The-Bone-Builder.aspx

Calcium: Non Dairy Sources (USDA)

• https://health.gov/dietaryguidelines/dga2005/document/html/appendixB.htm#AppB4

Iron and your child (KidsHealth)

• http://kidshealth.org/en/parents/iron.html

Iron containing foods (USDA)

• https://health.gov/dietaryguidelines/dga2005/document/html/appendixB.htm#AppB3

What happened to the food pyramid?

Remember the “Food Pyramid”? Now it’s the “My Plate”

• https://www.choosemyplate.gov/

Books on Nutrition

Great author on nutrition: Ellyn Satter. One of her books is How to get your child to eat … but not too much and others

• https://www.amazon.com/Ellyn-Satter/e/B000APPUYQ/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1

A good book from the AAP is Food Fights- Winning the Nutritional Challenges of Parenthood Armed with Insight, Humor, and a Bottle of Ketchup

• https://www.amazon.com/Food-Fights-Nutritional-Challenges-Parenthood/dp/1581105851/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1364176993&sr=1-2