Kids and Families

Helping people exercise more and eat well

Resources For Kids and Families

Click here to find the Move More Pediatric Guide

Food Champs www.foodchamps.org
Food Champs is the kid's page for the Fruits and Veggies More Matters Campaign. Find supermarket games, veggie trackers, kid's recipes, coloring sheets and much more.

Safe Routes to Schools www.saferoutesinfo.org
Safe Routes to School programs enable and encourage kids nation-wide to walk or bike to school. The National Center for Safe Routes to Schools assists these communities in developing successful programs and strategies.

Bike Smart Walk Smart Click here for a free teacher's resource guide
This program is an interactive CD-ROM designed for children in grades K-3. They were produced, with support from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, by the Oregon Center for Applied Science.

Children in Balance www.childreninbalance.org
The Children in Balance Initiative was launched in March 2005 with a $5 million gift from the New Balance Foundation to Tufts University to enhance childhood nutrition. The mission is to reverse and prevent childhood obesity utilizing advanced scientific research that will empower individuals and communities to catalyze social change.

We Can (Ways to Enhance Children's Activity and Nutrition)
is a national program designed as a one-stop resource for parents and caregivers interested in practical tools to help children 8-13 years old stay at a healthy weight. Families Finding Balance, parent handbook available for download at http://emall.nhlbihin.net/product2.asp?sku=05-5273

Winter Kids www.winterkids.org
This non-profit organization's mission is to help Maine children develop life-long habits of health, education, and fitness through outdoor winter activities. Their flagship program, the WinterKids Passport, lets every Maine 5th, 6th, and 7th grader enjoy free alpine and cross-country skiing all winter long.

Action For Healthy Kids www.actionforhealthykids.org
Action for Healthy Kids is a nationwide initiative dedicated to improving the health and educational performance of children through better nutrition and physical activity in schools. This effort represents a response to our nation's epidemic of overweight, sedentary, and undernourished children and adolescents.

www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=825 Tips to raising heart-healthy active children from the American Heart Association.

http://www.nutritionexplorations.org/kids/main.asp Great interactive nutrition site for kids

www.kidshealth.org Has sections for kids, teens and parents

www.familyfoodzone.com Games, contests, recipes and healthy shopping tips

http://www.askdrsears.com/ Filled with great information on Childhood Health

Contact Info

Augusta 621-3741, Waterville 861-5275, Skowhegan 474-7473 or Pittsfield 487-3890 ext. 110

Mailing Address:
32 Chase Avenue
Waterville, ME 04901

Move More is a community group in Kennebec and Somerset Counties that helps people be more physically active and eat well.

Move More serves the towns of Oakland, Belgrade, Waterville, Clinton, Fairfield, Benton, Winslow, Rome, China, Vassalboro, Sidney and Albion in Northern Kennebec County; Augusta, Chelsea, Farmingdale, Fayette, Gardiner, Hallowell, Litchfield, Manchester, Monmouth, Mount Vernon, Pittsfield, Pittston, Randolph, Readfield, Richmond, Skowhegan, Vienna, Wayne, West Gardiner, Windsor, Winthrop in Southern Kennebec County; and Anson, Athens, Bingham, Brighton (plantation), Cambridge, Canaan, Caratunk, Carmel, Central Somerset Clinton, Cornville, Corinna, Detroit, Dixmont, Embden, Etna, Harmony, Hartland, Highland (plantation), Jackman, Levant, Madison, Mercer, Moose River, Moscow, Newport, New Portland, Norridgewock, Palmyra, Pleasant Ridge (plantation), Pittsfield, Plymouth, Ripley, Skowhegan, Smithfield, Solon, St. Albans, Starks and Stestson in Somerset County.