Resources: Nutrition Screening

Featured in the lessons:

• Weight Management Training Module
• CDC’s Clinical Growth Charts
• Adult BMI Calculator
• The THSteps’ Periodicity Schedule
• Recommendations to Prevent and Control Iron Deficiency in the United States
• USDA’s MyPyramid web page for Professionals
• AHA’s Chart on Dietary Recommendations for Children and Adolescents
• AHA’s Information on Dietary Recommendations
• ADA’s Nutritional Guidelines
• USDA Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005
• MyPyramid

Other references:

• American Academy of Pediatric Committee on Nutrition. 2001. Pediatric Nutrition Handbook. 4th ed. Elk Grove Village, IL. Dietary Recommendations for Children and Adolescents.
• Center for Weight and Health University of California Berkeley. 2006. Children and weight: What can communities do? Accessed online January 17,2007.
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
  
  Also on this site:
  Recommendations to Prevent and Control Iron Deficiency in the United States. April 3, 1998.
  Growth Charts
  Revised growth curve charts
  National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III)
  Recommendations to Prevent and Control Iron Deficiency in the United States
• U.S. HHS Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) Maternal & Child Health Bureau. Accurately Weighing and Measuring: Technique.
• THSteps Medical Checkups Periodicity Schedule for Infants, Children, and Adolescents.
• USDA Food Guide Pyramid (MyPyramid Plan, MyPyramid for Kids, Tools for Professionals)
• Wagner, Carol L., Greer, Frank R., and the Section on Breastfeeding and Committee on Nutrition. (2008) Prevention of Rickets and Vitamin D Deficiency in Infants, Children, and Adolescents. Pediatrics, 122, 1142-1152.
• GetFitKit.org - "Welcome to GetFitKit.org is brought to you by the Texas Department of State Health Services. This online resource for students, nurses and teachers can help you get the most out of the Get Fit Kit, with extra materials, tools and interactive games to really drive home the six lessons. With the help of the Kit and this site, we want to help make healthier diet and exercise choices part of everyday life."
• "Drugs Can't Stop Me" activity book for ages 6-9. A downloadable version of the book is available at DrugFreeTexas.org.