Specific Foods/Diet Info:

• Report Misdirects Concerns About Girls' Bone Health (ACSH-July/00)
• Soft Drinks Associated with Broken Bones in Teenage Girls
  (Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Centre-Jun/00)

Diet and Body Image: On the Teen Scene: Should You Go On a Diet (InteliHealth-Updated Sep/98) My Body Shape (Peel Health-no date)   Healthy Weights and Exercise:

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• Canadian Paediatric Society- a national advocacy association committed to the health needs of children and youth
• Caring For Kids - developed by the Canadian Paediatric Society
• Child & Family Canada- Fifty Canadian non-profit organizations have come together under the banner of Child & Family Canada to provide quality, credible resources on children and families on an easy-to-navigate website.
• Health Canada's Child, Youth & Family Page
• Health Canada's Prenatal Nutrition Program
• Health Canada's Reproductive & Child Health
• KidKanuck - your family's guide to the Canadian Internet.

U.S. Sites:

• American Council on Science and Health's Parent Page - a consumer education consortium concerned with issues related to food, nutrition, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, lifestyle, the environment and health. ACSH is an independent, nonprofit, tax-exempt organization.
• Baby Center - the leading destination on the Internet for new and expectant parents, together with its companion site ParentCenter.com, a Web resource for parents of children ages 2 to 8.
• Beansprout.net - the premier online community connecting parents with their most trusted resources: their own pediatricians and child care providers.
• Ellen Satter Associates - an internationally recognized authority on eating and feeding
• ePregnancy - from before conception to after birth, ePregnancy provides you with articles, interactive features, forums and other ideas and resources to keep you informed and inspired.
• Fitness and Kids - Fitness and kids brought to you by Denise Nero - helping our children learn the importance of exercise and proper nutrition.
• Intelihealth's Pregnancy Zone - InteliHealth is a group of creative, energetic, quality-driven people who are passionate about their mission to promote good health. We accomplish this goal by providing credible information and useful tools from the most trusted sources, including Harvard Medical School and University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine.
• Inventive Parent - offers parent-invented products that are manufactured, tested and available for your family. Many have won awards, others are currently nominated.
• KeepKidsHealthy.com - site of Vincent Iannelli, M.D., F.A.A.P. Designed as 'a Pediatrician's guide to children's health and safety. It is not meant to replace the medical advice that visitors receive from their doctor.
• Kids Doctor - site of Lewis A. Coffin, III, M.D.
• KidsEatGreat.com - site of Christine Wood, M.D.- a practicing pediatrician since 1982 and of her book Get Kids to Eat Great and Love It.
• KidsHealth - sponsored by The Nemours Foundation -dedicated to improve the health of children and the elderly.
• La Leche League International - mission is to help mothers worldwide to breastfeed through mother-to-mother support, encouragement, information and education, and to promote a better understanding of breastfeeding as an important element in the healthy development of the baby and the mother.
• Nutrition For Kids - sponsored by 24 Carrot Press founded by Connie Evers, MS, RD, an award-winning registered dietitian who has dedicated her career to promoting the nutritional health of children and adolescents.
• UC Davis' Child's Health Home Page - the UC Davis Health System, is a unique partnership between UC Davis School of Medicine and Medical Center, providing the organizational framework that enables UC Davis to fulfill core teaching, research, patient care and public service missions. The Health and Wellness pages provide useful information on a variety of health-related topics and classes

• Department of Health and Children (Ireland-U.K.) - partners with the providers of health care, and other government departments, statutory and non-statutory bodies, to protect, promote and restore the health and well-being of people by ensuring that health and personal social services are planned, managed and delivered to achieve measurable health and social gain and provide the optimum return on resources invested.

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