Men, women, and seniors have an abundance of sites devoted to their health, but kids aren’t left out in the cold. Kidsnutrition.org is a service of the USDA about kids, intended for parents. It’s produced by the Children’s Nutrition Research Center at the Baylor College of Medicine. Kidsnutrition.org includes a children’s BMI calculator, which is slightly different than a BMI calculator for adults. An energy calculator intended to show parents the importance of making sure their kids get enough exercise also adds value. The site also includes articles about diet, exercise, and childhood obesity, plus links to other nutrition sites. Plus, the Nemours Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the well being of children, offers KidsHealth (http://kidshealth.org), a Web site that helps kids, parents, and teens with health issues. For younger children, KidsHealth explores such topics as dealing with feelings, safety, children’s health problems, a kid-friendly glossary of medical terms, health games, information about what different kinds of doctors do, and more. There are also recipes for kids, including kids with diabetes, cystic fibrosis, and other conditions. The teen site has some of the same content as the kids site, but it also includes information about teens’ changing bodies and much more information about diets and diet safety. The parent section features advice for talking to your child’s pediatrician, general health issues, child development, and
parenting. All these sites are also available in Spanish.
parenting. All these sites are also available in Spanish.
