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Health & Wellness

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ChooseMyPlate.gov provides practical information to individuals, health professionals, nutrition educators, and the food industry to help consumers build healthier diets.

http://www.choosemyplate.gov/

Healthier School Days

Tools for Schools offers topic-specific policy and resource materials to assist schools in meeting the new nutrition standards.

The School Day Just Got Healthier provides an audience-specific collection of resources including brochures, fact sheets, FAQs, school lessons and templates to help prepare for changes to school meals.

http://www.fns.usda.gov/healthierschoolday

Allergies and Food Sensitivities

Find general information on food allergies. Please also see these pages for resources on specific allergies and sensitivities.

http://fnic.nal.usda.gov/diet-and-disease/allergies-and-food-sensitivities

National Diabetes Education Program

Established in 1997, the National Diabetes Education Program includes over 200 partners at the federal, state and local levels, working together to improve the treatment and outcomes for people with diabetes, promote early diagnosis, and prevent or delay the onset of type 2 diabetes.

http://ndep.nih.gov/index.aspx?redirect=true

Bicycle & Pedestrian Program

The Bicycle & Pedestrian Program of the Federal Highway Administration's Office of Human Environment promotes bicycle and pedestrian transportation use, safety, and accessibility.

http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/bicycle_pedestrian/

Fitness.gov

Through partnerships with the public, private, and non-profit sectors, the Council promotes programs and initiatives that motivate people of all ages, backgrounds, and abilities to lead active, healthy lives.

http://www.fitness.gov/

We Can - Children Activity & Nutrition

We Can! (Ways to Enhance Children's Activity & Nutrition) is a national movement designed to give parents, caregivers, and entire communities a way to help children 8 to 13 years old stay at a healthy weight.

http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/educational/wecan/about-wecan/index.htm

West Nile Virus

West Nile virus (WNV) is most commonly transmitted to humans by mosquitoes. About 1 in 5 people who are infected will develop a fever with other symptoms.

http://www.cdc.gov/westnile/index.html

Sun Safety: Save your Skin!

http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/ucm049090.htm

Ticks

Resources from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

http://www.cdc.gov/ticks/

Oral Health

http://www.nidcr.nih.gov/OralHealth/

Kid’sHealth.org

KidsHealth is more than just the facts about health. As part of The Nemours Foundation's Center for Children's Health Media, KidsHealth also provides families with perspective, advice, and comfort about a wide range of physical, emotional, and behavioral issues that affect children and teens.

One of the things that make KidsHealth special is that it's really four sites in one: with sections for parents, for kids, for teens, and for educators.

http://kidshealth.org/

Whole Kids Foundation

Whole Kids Foundation is dedicated to helping kids eat better—and enjoy it! Find grants, resources, online tools and more to support school gardens.

https://www.wholekidsfoundation.org/

Children's Butterfly Site

Despite their small size, butterflies and moths are some of the World's most wondrous animals. Their beauty, seemingly miraculous metamorphosis, and apparently carefree flight all spark our imaginations.

http://www.kidsbutterfly.org/

Horticulture and Gardening

Science Reference Section
Science, Technology & Business Division
Library of Congress

http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/SciRefGuides/gardenpages.html

Honey Bee Colony Collapse Disorder

The Agricultural Research Service (ARS), USDA's internal research agency, is leading several efforts into possible CCD causes and striving to enhance overall honey bee health by improving bee management practices, as well as studying honey bee diseases and parasites and how best to control them.

http://www.ars.usda.gov/news/docs.htm?docid=15572

Pollinators

Pollinators are responsible for assisting over 80% of the world's flowering plants. Without them, humans and wildlife wouldn't have much to eat or look at!

http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/pollinators/

Start2Farm.gov

Start2Farm.gov is a database of programs and resources for beginning farmers and ranchers in the United States.

http://www.start2farm.gov/