Welcome to Somerset Heart Health

BAM! Body and Mind
BAM! was created to answer kids' questions on health issues and recommend ways to make their bodies and minds healthier, stronger, and safer. BAM! also serves as an aid to teachers, providing them with interactive activities to support their health and science curriculums that are educational and FUN!
www.bam.gov

Kidnetic.com
Kidnetic.com is a high-energy, interactive and educational web site designed for kids 9-12 and their parents to help prevent obesity by promoting healthy eating and physical activity. Activities include "Recipe Roundup" recipes, designed to be kid friendly, "Busy Buddy" an on-line buddy who helps kids "tap into their own energy," and more!
www.kidnetic.com/

Milk Matters Kids and Teens Page (From the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development [NICHD})
The games and activities feature the campaign's new "spokescow," Bo Vine, an energetic Holstein who loves milk. Bo is featured in "The Great Escape," an animated game in which players must help Bo avoid obstacles around the farm while they help her grab food high in calcium to get enough points to go to The Calcium Fair. Bo also appears in the five other new games: The Great Escape Mazes, Word Decoder Puzzle, Coloring pages, and Cow Bop.
www.nichd.nih.gov/milk/kidsteens.cfm

MyPyramid for Kids & MyPryramid Blastoff Game
MyPyramid for Kids and the MyPyramid Blastoff Game bring the messages of MyPyramid to elementary school children. The fun, colorful MyPyramid for Kids graphic will attract children's attention and encourage them to learn more about MyPyramid for Kids. The nutrition and physical activity messages included throughout the materials are designed to help children 6 to 11 years old make healthy eating and physical activity choices. MyPyramid Blastoff is an interactive computer game where kids can reach Planet Power by fueling their rocket with food and physical activity. “Fuel” tanks for each food group help students keep track of how their choices fit into MyPyramid.
teamnutrition.usda.gov/kids-pyramid.html
MyPyramid Blastoff game

Powerful Bones. Powerful Girls.
This is an entertaining web site designed to make living healthy fun! There are games to play, fun facts to learn, a journal to download and surprising ways to have fun and be healthy.
www.cdc.gov/powerfulbones/index2.html

Your Energy Wake-Up Call
There is a SIMPLE solution to the energy problem, and it's all up to you. START with healthy foods. ADD as much movement as you can to your day. It all adds up to feeling more ENERGETIC. Learn some scary food facts, find work-out tips and tasty recipes, and take the Snack Attack Challenge!
www.caprojectlean.org/