Need some ideas to help you move and be healthy this summer? Here are some fun places to start:
America's Move to Raise a Healthier Generation of Kids. Learn the Facts, Eat Healthy, Get Active, Take Action, and Join the movement.
www.letsmove.gov
Kidnetic.com is a cool site for kids like you — kids who like to play hard and have fun. Kidnetic.com lets you tap into your own energy so you can feel great all day long.
kidnetic.com
News and hot topics on body, mind, food, diseases, drugs & alcohol and staying safe.
www.teenshealth.org
Play 60 is the NFL's youth health and fitness campaign, focused on making the next generation of kids the most active and healthy by encouraging them to be active for at least 60 minutes a day.
www.nflrush.com
Find out COOL stuff about FOOD and what it can do for YOU!
www.smallstep.gov
BAM! Body and Mind is an online destination for kids created by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Designed for kids 9-13 years old, BAM! Body and Mind gives them the information they need to make healthy lifestyle choices. The site focuses on topics that kids told us are important to them — such as stress and physical fitness — using kid-friendly lingo, games, quizzes, and other interactive features.
www.bam.gov
The site was created to help girls ages 10-16 learn about health.
www.girlshealth.gov
buddy up. slim down. Get fit with your friends.
www.peertrainer.com
Are you turning into a mouse potato? If you are not getting sufficient exercise because you are constantly on a computer, you probably are. A mouse potato is the cousin of the couch potato, a person who never leaves the confines of the couch – watching the television day in and day out. Mouse potatoes are kids and adults that spend too much time in front of the computer.
Mouse Potato Fitness & Nutrition Resources

- Makaela Q