Tobacco Use Prevention and Control

• Surgeon General’s Reports
• Virginia Department of Health Tobacco Use Control Project – includes information on quitting, Virginia smoke-free dining guide, smoke-free work place information
• American’s for Nonsmokers’ Rights: Economic Impact of Smokefree Laws: Case Studies
• Smoke Free USA: Listing of the smoking laws in
  US states& territories
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Targeting
  Tobacco Use: The Nation’s Leading Cause of Death
  At A Glance 2006
• SMOKEFREE.net
• Tobacco Control Program Guidelines & Data
• Healthy People 2010
  Objectives for the overall 2010 goal to “reduce illness, disability, and death related to tobacco use and exposure to secondhand smoke.” www.healthypeople.gov/Document/HTML/
  Volume2/27Tobacco.htm

Other Resources:

• American Cancer Society
• American Lung Association
• American Heart Association

Physical Activity / Nutrition

• Commonwealth’s Healthy Approach and Mobilization
  Plan for Inactivity, Obesity and Nutrition (CHAMPION): Virginia Department of Health Obesity Prevention
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Physical activity, nutrition, overweight and obesity resources
• We Can!
  We Can! or "Ways to Enhance Children's Activity & Nutrition" is a national program designed for families and communities to help children achieve a healthy weight. The program focuses on three important behaviors: improved food choices, increased physical activity and reduced screen time.
• Produce for Better Health Foundation
• Healthy People 2010 for Nutrition and Overweight
  http://www.healthypeople.gov/Document/pdf/
  Volume2/19Nutrition.pdf
• Healthy People 2010 for Physical Activity and Fitness
  http://www.healthypeople.gov/Document/pdf/
  Volume2/22Physical.pdf

Other Resources:

Nutritional Resources

• California Adolescent Nutrition and Fitness Program (CANFIT)
• California Healthy Kids Resource Center
• Dole 5 A Day
• Healthy Hearts for Kids
• KidsHealth
• Shapedown
• Shaping America’s Youth
• USDA Team Nutrition
• USADA Food and Nutrition Information Center
• USDA Consumer Corner
• Dietary Reference Intakes (DRI) Tables and Reports
• California ’s Project Lean
• Eat Smart Move More: North Carolina
• Food Stamp Nutrition Connection
• Largely Positive
• MedlinePlus
• National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases
• Shape Up America
• TV Turnoff Network
• U.S. Food and Drug Administration (How to Understand and Use the Nutrition Facts Label)
• Weight-control Information Network
• WIC Works

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