Health Links & Resources

Links to reputable organizations and resources are listed below.

Physical Activity Links

• Physical Activity Guidelines - How much physical activity do you need?
  
  
• Find a Texas Trail
  
  
• The Cooper Institute Blog
  
  
• Our Kid's Health - The Cooper Institute
  
  
• Physically fit students more likely to do well in school, less likely to be disciplinary problems (pdf)
  
  
• Maximizing Your Exercise Payoffs (pdf)
  
  
• Dollars, Health, Lives:  The Importance of Exercise Interventions (pdf)
  

Benefits of Regular Physical Activity

• The Benefits of Regular Physical Activity
  
  
• Exercise: 7 benefits of regular physical activity
  
  
• Physical Activity and Health
  
  
• Promoting Physical Activity

Physical Activity -- Children

• Rainy Day Games (pdf)
  
  
• Alphabet Activities (pdf)
  

Eat Well

• What's for Dinner Tonight?
  

Health Weight -- Adults

• Promoting Healthy Weight in Adults
  - Portion Distortion (pdf)
  - Myths & Realities About Maintaining Healthy Weight (pdf)
  - Getting the Skinny on Fad Diets (pdf)
  - Watching the Waistline When Eating Out (pdf)
  
  
• Weight-control Information Network

Healthy Weight -- Children

• Helpful Ways to Reduce Screen Time
  
  
• Minimize Screen Time, Maximize Health
  
  
• Sweetened Beverages and Overweight (pdf)
  

Fruits and Vegetables

• Fruits & Veggies More Matters
  
  
• Can eating fruits and vegetables help people to manage their weight? (pdf)
  
  
• Healthy Weight - it's not a diet, it's a lifestyle!