Resources and Links - Mississippi State Department of Health

Local Resources

Guides to Good Nutrition

Handouts

Menu Planning and Recipes

Fruit and Veggie Quantity Recipe Cookbook: 30 tasty fruit and vegetable based bulk recipes About the Cookbook »
Interactive Menu Planner: Calculate calories consumed, determine your basic nutritional needs, and more.
Brown Bagging With Style: Nutritious lunches on the go
Meals for Meetings: Add healthy food and physical activity to your meetings
Healthy Catering and Event Guide: How to make healthy choices part of your next event
Heart-Healthy Latino Recipes: Learn to cook favorite traditional Latino dishes in a heart healthy way with this bilingual cookbook. (PDF)

ChooseMyPlate.gov: Tools and information for better eating from the USDA
My Food Advisor: Food and diet information, tracking and menu planning for diabetics or anyone wanting to lose weight (from the American Diabetes Association)
What’s on a Food Label?: Understanding nutrition when you shop.

Menu Planning for Child Care Operators: Guidelines and checklist for planning nutritious meals for children

Professionals and Teachers

Interactive

Eat Smart, Play Hard: Interactive games, handouts, and information for children, parents, and teachers
Nourish Interactive: A free resource for fun nutrition games for kids, and interactive nutrition tools and tips for parents and health educators
Action for Healthy Kids: Includes the Game On! Wellness Challenge
Test Your Food Label Knowledge: On-line food label quiz

Special Topics

Drink Water First: Drinking more water is one of the simplest way to stay healthy. Adults and kids can check out fun gadgets, and learn some surprising stuff.
Make Your Calories Count: Interactive learning program for food labels and diet planning
Vending Machine Products: Guidance from the state Office of Healthy Schools

Teaching and Learning Materials

MyPlate Lesson Plans: Aids for teaching students practical ways to implement MyPlate.gov meal suggestions. (Learning ZoneXpress.com)
Bright Futures: Health promotion and disease prevention resource for nursing, health care professionals, and educators
Portion Distortion: Presentations from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

Web Sites and Toolkits

Healthy People 2010: Steps to good health and a long life
BodyWorks: A healthy eating and physical activity toolkit
Leadership for Healthy Communities Action Strategies Toolkit: A guide for local and state leaders working to create healthy communities and prevent childhood obesity
First Years in the First State: Nutrition and physical activity toolkit for childcare providers (Delaware)
FNIC Resource List: From the USDA's Food and Nutrition Information Center
Cultural and Ethnic Nutrition Education: Materials from the USDA
HealthFinder.gov: Comprehensive source for reliable health information on-line

Policy, Guidelines and Reports

Community Strategies to Prevent Obesity (CDC): Includes measurement data protocols, a listing of useful resources, and examples of communities that successfully implemented each obesity prevention strategy
The Surgeon General's Vision for a Healthy and Fit Nation 2010: Recommendations on nutrition and physical activity, school wellness policies, child care, improving access to fruits and vegetables, reducing junk food marketing to children, and supporting walking and biking infrastructure.
Physical Activity Guidelines Advisory Committee Report, 2008: Science relating physical activity to a variety of health outcomes, with toolkits and guidelines, from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Trust for America's Health Obesity Report 2009: Obesity rates compared nationwide