Best for Bones Activities
Links
For more tips on building strong bones and helping your family stay healthy, visit some of these Web sites:
Action for Healthy Kids
Learn what is happening in your child's schools to improve nutrition and physical activity opportunities, and learn what you can do to help.
Alliance for a Healthier Generation
For Parents
This section for parents provides healthy living tips and opportunities to become an advocate for better nutrition and physical activity options at home, in your child's school, and in your community.
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Sports and Exercise
Discusses the important role physical activity plays in bone growth and development, particularly for pre-teen and teen girls.
American Academy of Pediatrics
Parenting Corner
Choose from an extensive list of health topics for children of all ages, as well as seasonal and timely information to help keep your family healthy.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity
Nutrition for Everyone
Discusses bone health and osteoporosis topics, answers common questions, and provides additional resources.
Girl Scouts
The New Normal: What Girls Say About Healthy Living
This report is based on focus groups with girls discussing how they define health. It highlights the important role parents play in shaping the healthy habits of girls.
Girls Incorporated
Sporting Chance
Girls learn to appreciate an active lifestyle as they develop movement and athletic skills, cooperative and competitive spirit, health awareness, and an interest in sports and adventure.
Girls on the Run
Girls on the Run® is a nonprofit prevention program that encourages pre-teen girls to develop self-respect and healthy lifestyles through running. The curricula address all aspects of girls' development — their physical, emotional, mental, and social well-being.
KidsHealth for Parents
Nutrition and Fitness
Doctor-approved information on calcium and other nutrients, food labels, and more.
Medline Plus
This site provides information for all ages about calcium, including overviews of calcium and osteoporosis, and links to other applicable Web sites.
National Center on Physical Activity and Disability
Offers fact sheets on a variety of physical activities and how they have been adapted to the needs of people with disabilities, and provides resources and accessibility information on specific conditions and disabilities.
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Disorders
Bone Research Page
Learn about how to take care of your bones and your daughter's bones. This site offers an extensive library of resources to answer your questions about bone health.
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Milk Matters
Information on calcium from a nationwide campaign dedicated to increasing its consumption among America's children and teens.
National Osteoporosis Foundation
Prevention — Exercise
Discusses how bone-strengthening and resistance physical activity builds strong bones, and offers additional osteoporosis prevention and physical activity resources.
President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports
Offers information on the Presidential Sports Award and the President's Challenge physical activity and fitness awards programs, as well as online publications that promote, encourage, and motivate Americans of all ages to become physically active.
Promoting Better Health for Young People through Physical Activity and Sports: Families
A section of a report from the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Education that outlines strategies for families to help young people be healthy and control their weight through lifelong participation in enjoyable and safe physical activity and sports.
Surgeon General's Report
A section of the Surgeon General's Report that covers physical activity and health in adolescents and young adults, along with what communities can do to encourage young people to get active.
We Can! National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Live It
Discusses the importance of balancing "energy in" (foods and drinks) with "energy out" (physical activity), and shares tips to help your family based on We Can! materials.
Wheelchair Sports, USA
Offers information on sports for people with disabilities, including national records and standards to qualify in national competitions.
Women's Sports Foundation
I Am a Parent
Support your daughter's active life with these tips and resources.
Best Bones Forever!™ Partners
Best Bones Forever!™ has aligned with organizations across the country to help further our mission of helping girls build their best bones forever! See a list of our partners here.
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Content last updated February 2010
