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Kids Food Cyberclub

This nutrition site helps kids in grades 3 through 5 learn about food and its relationship to health. The goal is improve nutrition by engaging students in an interactive, learner-centered program. It includes fun stuff for kids, a comprehensive teacher's guide, and great links to dozens of other nutrition sites.

Milk: Where's Your Mustache?

At this cool commercial site, you will find: milk moustaches on lots of famous faces; interactive Club Milk; contests, games and prizes; a personal trainer for nutrition and fitness advice; tons of tasty milk-based recipes; and a milk mustache screen saver that you can download into your computer.

N.O.W.: Nutrition on the Web - for teens!!

If you work with teens, turn them on to this site - designed by teens for teens. It offers teen-tested recipes (including many fun breakfast foods), a nutritious chat room for teens only, and a Q & A forum covering nutri-topics. Best of all, you can access all the information in English, Spanish and German.

Nutrition Café - Where Nutrition Information is Fun

Play fast-paced nutrition games from the Pacific Science Center and Washington State Dairy Council. Your students can try their skill at Nutrition Sleuth, Grab a Grape, and Have-a-Bite. You can also link to the Dairy Council's site filled with nutrition information and a catalog of educational materials.

Dole 5 A Day

Explore the wide world of fruits and vegetables. Kids can play produce games, meet cartoon fruit and veggie characters, and learn all about the tasty benefits of 5 A Day. Teachers can preview 5 A Day resources, and find out how to order cookbooks and CD-ROM games.

Fun Food for Kids

Visit the bright graphics and interactive games at the National Pork Producers site and dig into culinary adventures for kids, teachers and parents. Web surfers can climb the Pyramid, plan family meals with an international flavor, and create their own custom shopping lists.

KidsHealth.org Kids Section

Investigate the Food Guide Pyramid and food labels, as well as the latest facts about eating disorders and sports nutrition on this very cool site. Contains tons of information about kids' health issues, several interactive games, a medical word list, and other tasty treats.

Nutrition Expedition

Follow the trail to "Food Pyramid Peak," "Label Lookout," and other fascinating sites in this truly nutritious expedition. Teachers can access numerous resources for teaching nutrition (K through 12) and try out the many links to other food and health-related sites.

PearBear Healthy Kids

Read about the adventures of PearBear, download cute pictures to color, and enjoy "Healthy Kid" recipes. Discover everything you wanted to know about pears (and more) including purchasing and storage tips, delicious recipes, health facts, and advice on growing them.

Florida Citrus Land for Kids

Kids can discover how orange juice is made, discover great recipes, and play lot of fun and interactive games!

Colgate's No Cavities Clubhouse

On this web site, kids learn nutrition tips to promote good dental health.

The Quaker Granola Bar Web Site

A great source for kids and parents to plan nutritious activities and snacks!

Parent Soup

Parent Soup offers six targeted communities just for parents!

Parent's Place

Parent's Place offers articles for parents on health and nutrition.

Grains Nutrition Information Center

Investigate this excellent educational site to check out grain-based breakfast recipes, great grain graphics that you can download to use on your menus, and lots of accurate nutrition information. Section on healthy kids and teens.

Kidshealth.org

"KidsHealth is the mighty Web site devoted to the health of children and teens. Created by the medical experts at The Nemours Foundation, KidsHealth has trainloads of accurate, up-to-date information about growth, food & fitness, childhood infections, immunizations, lab tests, medical and surgical conditions, and the latest treatments. You'll find health games, How The Body Works animations, the KidsVote health poll, and tons of surprises." (excerpted from Kidshealth.org web site)