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23/25
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American Academy of Pediatrics
A site devoted to optimal health on all aspect for children, from infants to young adults.
http://www.aap.org/family/
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18/25
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America's Children 2000
This report presents 23 key indicators of children's well-being, monitored through children's economic security, health, behavior and social environment, and education.
http://www.childstats.gov/ac2000/highlight.asp
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20/25
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Bright Futures
Contains information on Bright Futures, a practical developmental approach to providing health supervision for children of all ages.
http://www.brightfutures.org/
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22/25
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Child and Adult Care Food Program
This USDA website provides detailed information about the child (including infants)nutrition programs, including CACFP. It includes a listing of state contacts.
http://www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/care/cacfp/aboutcacfp.htm
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17/25
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Children's Nutrition Resource Center
The Children's Nutrition Research Center (CNRC) is dedicated to defining the nutrient needs of children, pregnant women and nursing mothers. Includes an A-Z index of nutrition information as well as FAQ's, research information and more.
http://www.bcm.tmc.edu/cnrc/consumer/archives/factsanswers.html
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23/25
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Commodity Supplemental Food Program
The Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) works to improve the health of low-income pregnant and breastfeeding women, other new mothers up to one year postpartum, infants, children up to age six, and elderly people at least 60 years of age by supplementing their diets with nutritious USDA commodity foods. This website provides fact sheets and recipes in pdf form for 29 different commodity foods.
http://www.fns.usda.gov/fdd/programs/csfp/default.htm
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23/25
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Consumer Corner
This sub-site of the Food and Nutrition Information Center provides pulications and links to information on nutrition over the lifecycle including infants, early childhood, special needs kids, older kids, adults, and seniors.
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/consumersite/nutrition.htm
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22/25
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FDA Kids' Homepage
A Food and Drug Administration site with information relating to children.
http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/kids/
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23/25
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Food and Nutrition Information Center--Infant Nutrition
An USDA information center that provides information on infant nutrition as well as links to other web sites.
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/etext/000106.html
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21/25
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Food and Nutrition Resource List for Infant Nutrition and Feeding
This publication is a compilation of resources on infant nutrition including books, pamphlets, brochures, videocassettes, journal articles, internet resources, and more.
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/pubs/bibs/topics/pregnancy/infnut.html
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18/25
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La Leche League
This site is filled with information about breastfeeding. There is a thorough FAQ section, which covers topics ranging from newborn needs to breastfeeding in public. There are also links to other sites, on-line brochures, and information about specific products.
http://www.lalecheleague.org/bfinfo.html
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19/25
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March of Dimes
This site provides information on nutrition during pregnancy and breastfeeding.
http://www.marchofdimes.com/pnhec/pnhec.asp
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23/25
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National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion: Chronic Disease Prevention
This site is maintained by the Center for Disease Control (CDC). Information is provided on various health topics that relate to infants and children.
http://www.cdc.gov/health/nfantsmenu.htm
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18/25
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National Network for Child Care
Publications and resources on several nutrition-related topics such as meals and snacks, food safety, breastfeeding, and food-related activities are available.
http://www.nncc.org/
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22/25
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Nutrition Education for New Americans Project
This website offers downloadable nutrition education materials in 37 different languages. Each language set contains the Food Guide Pyramid in addition to handouts for healthy adults, pregnant women and their babies, and children. Can also be purchased for $2 per language set.
http://multiculturalhealth.org/
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25/25
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Resource List of Current Food and Nutrition Audiovisuals
Provided are nutrition related audiovisuals, available in the National Agricultural Library (NAL) collection on an inter-library loan basis or for qualified persons (http://www.nal.usda.gov/ddsb/expand.htm) as a direct loan from NAL. Topics include General Nutrition, Nutrition through the Lifecycle (infants & children, adolescents, & seniors),
Pregnancy & Breastfeeding, Nutrition for Medical Conditions, Hispanic & Spanish Language Resources, & Resources for Childcare Providers.
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/pubs/bibs/gen/video01.html
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22/25
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WIC Works Resource System
This web site provides nutrition service tools for health and nutrition professionals. The topics include WIC-Talk (an online discussion group), WIC Sharing Center (Share your State-developed materials and search the WIC works database for resources and handouts), WIC Learning Center, WIC Reports & Studies, and WIC Topics A-Z (Conferences and events, food safety info, maternal and child health organizations, and other health-related sites).
http://www.nal.usda.gov/wicworks/
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22/25
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Zero to Three
A site dedicated to the healthy development of infants and toddlers.
http://www.zerotothree.org/
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