Resources/links

Powerful girls have powerful bones!
This girl-friendly Web site helps girls understand how weight-bearing physical activity and calcium can be a fun (and important!) part of everyday life. The site is part of the National Bone Health Campaign, founded by the Office on Women's Health within the Department of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the National Osteoporosis Foundation. The site's key features include interactive games and quizzes, recipes for tasty foods with calcium, and ideas to help girls get plenty of weight-bearing physical activity.




National Osteoporosis Foundation
Website about osteoporosis and its prevention and treatment

FDA (United States Food and Drug Administration)
Information on reading the Nutrition Facts label on foods

USDA (United States Department of Agriculture)
Nutrition information, including calcium content, on thousands of foods

VERB
Website for teens about physical activity, sponsored by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

3 A Day
Website of the National Dairy Association including recipes and information on high-calcium dairy foods

Massachusetts Health Promotion Clearinghouse
Health information on osteoporosis and other health topics, available online or to order free of charge

Jump up and go
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Massachusetts, along with Shaw’s Supermarkets/Star Market have developed a program designed to encourage young people to become physically active and eat nutritiously

Go to Calcium on the go for links to nutrition information on fast foods