Resources
Here are some tools to build a better you. When you find your favorite resources, post about them through your Team ACTIVE Life profile and pass them along to your friends and family.
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Please click on the resources provided below to help build a better you!
SNAP Food Benefits
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (Food Stamps) helps feed families. This is where clients in Texas can go to determine whether they are eligible for SNAP Food Benefits and find information on how to apply.
SNAP-Ed Connection
SNAP-Ed is the education side of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and is dedicated to providing clients with health and wellness education and resources.
AthleteInMe.com
AthleteInMe.com is a free consumer resource providing evidence-based information on exercise and wellness. Fitness and wellness counceling is provided by certified trainers for a fee.
Eat Smart. Play Hard.
The Eat Smart. Play Hard.™ Campaign was launched by USDA's Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) to encourage and teach children, parents, and caregivers to eat healthy and be physically active every day. Eat Smart. Play Hard.™ offers resources and tools to convey and reinforce healthy eating and lifestyle behaviors that are consistent with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans and the MyPyramid Food Guidance System.
Young Leaders for Healthy Change
Young Leaders for Healthy Change is a unique, free health promotion program through ACTIVE Life that empowers high school students to become leaders in driving the movement for healthy change.Together, members will work in teams of at least four high school students and one adult "Advocate" to engage in 12 weeks of health challenges that will inspire them to try new activities and participate in a variety of fun service and leadership experiences. Members continuously build their team consisting of friends, family, classmates or other role models and exceptional students can earn scholarships for higher education.
Junior Health Educator
The Junior Health Educator training and certificate program was co-created by ACTIVE Life and the Coastal Area Health Education Center and is offered to anybody 18 years or under. This simple and easy-to-complete free, online training was modeled after the formal, adult Community Health Worker program and has been modified to ultimately equip youth with the tools, skills, and knowledge needed to become grass roots advocates for health among their peers and in their community. Individuals can take it at their own pace or classes or groups can do it together.
WIC Works Resource System
The WIC Works Resource System provides nutrition service tools for health and nutrition professionals.
Team Nutrition
Team Nutrition is an initiative of the USDA Food and Nutrition Service to support the Child Nutrition Programs through training and technical assistance for foodservice, nutrition education for children and their caregivers, and school and community support for healthy eating and physical activity.
USDA Dietary Guidelines for Americans
The Dietary Guidelines for Americans outline the basis of a healthy lifestyle that can prevent many chronic degenerative diseases.
MyPyramid
MyPyramid is an interactive site with guidelines for what types of food and exercise are the healthiest, and offers many fun online activities for children to learn about their health.
Food and Nutrition Service – FNS Nutrition Link
The FNS Nutrition Link provides nutrition guidance, the latest research in the forms of studies, reports, and plans, information about FNS initiatives, and other health topics.
Stand Up and Eat
The Stand Up (more) & Eat (better) web site by the Cooper Institute promotes "calorie literacy" through articles, tools, and blogs, and interactive tools.
Conserve Texas Water
Texas is experiencing drought conditions. Find ways to do your part to conserve water and save money, too. The site provides a list of ten easy water conservation tips.
Life's Better Outside
The Texas Parks and Wildlife helps you find ways you and your kids can enjoy nature together. An Outdoor Activity Guide and Kid’s pages are great features of this web site.
What's In the Food You Eat - Search Tool
View nutrient profiles for 13,000 foods commonly eaten in the U.S. Familiar portion sizes are included for each food and portion sizes can be adjusted by the user.
Nutrition Education For Older Adults
Eat Smart, Live Strong: Nutrition Education for Older Adults is designed to improve fruit and vegetable consumption and physical activity among 60- to 74-year-olds participating in or eligible for FNS nutrition assistance programs.
healthfinder.gov
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services provides health information, news and tools as well as the find services in your area.
Mayor's Fitness Council - Austin
The Mayor’s Fitness Council web site was created to promote its free Partner Certification Program that incentivizes local companies to adopt effective worksite wellness programs. Success stories and health information are also provided on the site.
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