Resources
Maryland Physical Activity Data
DownloadsMaryland Healthy Eating and Active Lifestyle Coalition Maryland Department of HealthState Advisory Council on Physical Fitness: |
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Maryland Department of TransportationBicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee:Maryland Safe Routes to Schools Guidebook Pedestrian Safety in Maryland – Recommendations for Citizens Pedestrian Safety in Maryland – Recommendations for Transportation Planners and Engineers Active Living Leadership - Physical Inactivity Cost Calculator Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) - Physical Activity Community Guide to Preventive Services - Physical Activity President's Council on Physical Fitness & Sports - President's Challenge ResourcesAmerican Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance AAHPERD is an alliance of five national associations, six district associations, and a research consortium which support healthy lifestyles through high quality programs.The President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports Contains the health, physical activity, fitness and sports information website of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports. You can find out about the Council and its work, view our publications, and link to the resources of other government agencies as well as to health and fitness organizations. The American Heart Association Building healthier lives, free of cardiovascular diseases and stroke. Advances the lives of girls and women through sport and physical activity. A nonprofit organization committed to enriching quality of life through safe and effective exercise and physical activity. Body and Mind-Centers for Disease Control & Prevention / DHHS An online destination for kids created by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Designed for kids 9-13 years old, BAM! Fitness Steps to a Healthy Life This site was created to help girls (ages 10-16) learn about health, growing up, and issues they may face. It focuses on health topics that girls are concerned about and helps motivate them to choose healthy behaviors by using positive, supportive, and non-threatening messages. Sports Information for girls funded by the Women’s Sports Foundation. Educational site of information to explore the benefits of more than 100 sports & activities. Mission is to ensure equal access to participation and leadership opportunities for all girls and women in sports and fitness. US Department of Health and Human Services (Search for Fitness) Girl Power!, the national public education campaign sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to help encourage and motivate 9- to 13- year-old girls to make the most of their lives. Information on girls’ and women’s health address circumstances and confront policies that create barriers, especially for girls and women with few life opportunities, to learning the components of good health and gaining access to the means to achieve them. MomsTeam.com synthesizes all the available information on a particular topic of concern for sports parents and then provides practical tips to parents on ways to deal with any situation, problem or question. Dan Doyle and Deborah Doermann Burch have spent the last seven years writing The Encyclopedia of Sports Parenting. To be published in two volumes, The Encyclopedia will offer prescriptive advice to parents on a wide variety of sports-parenting issues. Powerful Girls Have Powerful Bones Information of having strong bones and preventing osteoporosis. Animated site for girls. Drug Free Sport (Opens in new window) Resource for schools & sports organizations to provide a drug free environment. Provides and promotes sports and fitness opportunities, nutrition, health education and leadership development, to enhance the overall health and well being of ALL girls. National Alliance for Youth Sports General Mills Health and Wellness Information These health and wellness Web pages deliver further information on how we make lives healthier, easier and richer. We help to nourish lives through various approaches that include portion control, calorie control and dietary choices. The National Governing Body for the sport of swimming. We administer competitive swimming in accordance with the Amateur Sports Act. We provide programs and services for our members, supporters, affiliates and the interested public. We value these members of the swimming community, and the staff and volunteers who serve them. We are committed to excellence and the improvement of our sport. |
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