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From Youth Work Now and Children & Young People Now
Log on to...Healthy eating A round-up of web-based resources including quizzes, worksheets, recipes and computer game Hot Dog Slog.
Advice on...Healthy eating Lianna Hulbert and Jenny Samson from Sustain, the alliance for better food and farming, give advice to youth workers on how to encourage healthy eating.
Other resources
Activities
"Poo Corner" Brought to you by Great Ormond Street hospital, you are invited to "see what your poo says about you".
A Body Mass Index calculator designed specifically for teens, from Great Ormond Street.
Games
Yoobot Online game from The British Heart Foundation where 11- to 13-year-olds can create a mini version of themselves that they can personalise with an uploaded photograph. If left alone it will begin to eat junk food all day, and eventually die, allowing children to perform an autopsy to find out why.
Eatwell games Activities to help get chidren thinking more about the foods they eat and what makes for a healthy diet.
Toolkits
Healthy Eating Toolkit for Youth Groups Produced by NHS Borders among others, this gives detailed advice on running a healthy tuckshop, including how to get young people involved and recipes.
Cooking is fun! Healthy eating and cookery club toolkit for primary schools and parents.
Videos
Truetube Young dieter Sasha takes us on her journey to lose weight through her video diary, explaining why she wants to lose weight and the challenges she faces.
Truetube A look the causes and consequences of obesity on today's society.
Truetube Members of the public are asked who they hold responsible for childhood obesity.
Truetube Advice on what we should be eating and easy steps to help young people improve their diet.
Truetube Video featuring two young women who have overcome eating disorders.
