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Nutrition Links


Dairy Council site
Check out the nutrition tab
Click on the food groups for nutrients and what they do
http://www.nutritionexplorations.org/kids/nutrition-pyramid.asp

PBS kids site
More specific info
http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/body/foodsmarts/article2.html

Dole's website
Games (require Flash player), information, check out the fruit and veg
nutrition chart, use the fun facts reference 
section to learn about nutrients, phytochemicals, etc.
http://www.dole.com/superkids

Cool Food Planet
games and information
(British English vocabulary, ie., biscuits=cookies)
http://www.coolfoodplanet.org/gb/kidz/index.htm

USDA's website for kids, includes the new pyramid
http://www.mypyramid.gov/pyramid/index.html

Kids Health for Kids
answers nutrition and other health-related questions
http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/stay_healthy/

CNN site - good info about many nutrients
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2007/healthy.bodies/nutrition.html

National Institutes of Health
Encyclopedia 
(lots of medical info)
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/encyclopedia.html

Games for Arianna's nutrition explorations
http://www.nutritionexplorations.org/kids/activities/arianna.asp


Google

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