- About
- General Nutrition and Health
- Fruits and Vegetables
- Fat
- Whole Grains
- Healthy Hydration
- Physical Activity
- Screen Time
- Nutrition and Physical Activity Policy
- Children and Teens
- Parents
- Working With Diverse Communities
- Research
- Community Connections
- Themes to Promote Each Month
- Other Ways to Make Local Connections
- Ideas From Programs Like Yours
- Outside Resources Available in Spanish
Parents
- Healthy Family Home is a YMCA initiative that supports families in their efforts to build the five pillars that support a healthy family home: Eat Healthy, Play Every Day, Get Together, Go Outside, and Sleep Well.
- The Alliance for a Healthier Generation has a special "At Home" parent section.
- Ways to Enhance Children's Activity & Nutrition (We Can!) provides families and communities with helpful resources to help prevent childhood overweight.
- The parent's pages on KidsHealth provide families with doctor-approved information on nutrition and fitness that they can understand and use. Also available in Spanish.
- VERB is a national, multicultural, social marketing campaign which encourages tweens to be active every day. For information about the VERB campaign, which includes materials for parents, go to:
- Meals Matter is a website that promotes healthy food choices and strives to assist the family meal preparer in making healthy meal planning decisions. The site is also available in Spanish.
- The Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine at Children's Hospital Boston have a special section of their website on nutrition information for parents of teens.
- ChooseMyPlate.gov provides parent handouts with tips for families. Also available in Spanish.