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This toolkit serves as a wonderful opportunity for nurses to increase their knowledge about healthy lifestyles and promoting healthy weight. The iAmHealthy team assisted in the development and overview of the Toolkit for School Nurses.
MyPlate is a reminder to find your healthy eating style and build it throughout your lifetime. Eating healthy is a journey shaped by many factors, including our stage of life, situations, preferences, access to food, culture, traditions, and the personal decisions we make over time. All your food and beverage choices count. MyPlate offers ideas and tips to help you create a healthier eating style that meets your individual needs and improves your health.
Dedicated to the health of all children, the American Academy of Pediatrics’ site healthychildren.org is full of tips and information about your child and all their stages of life. Check out the Healthy Living section for info on topics such as nutrition, fitness, and more!
The American Heart Association is working to help kids and families live heart-healthy lives. Use these resources to help your family live longer, healthier lives. From the “Health for Good” homepage, click on the “Healthy Kids” tab to access child-related topics.
GoNoodle is all about getting kids moving with screen time parents can feel good about. GoNoodle’s videos are designed to get kids up and moving (every time!) and they also have simple mindfulness and yoga activities to help kids chill out. GoNoodle makes movement and mindfulness an integral part of the day, at school and at home. Check out their free app, or visit the website to join the movement!
This calculator provides body mass index (BMI) and the corresponding BMI weight status category for adults 20 years and older. For children and teens, 2 through 19 years, use the calculator below.