US Health Data Website
www.health.gov is a portal to the Web sites of a number of multi-agency health initiatives and activities of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and other Federal departments and agencies.

Kids Health and Wellness

Healthy People 2010

Search Institute's 40 Developmental Assets
Search Institute's 40 Developmental Assets® are common sense, positive experiences and qualities that help influence choices young people make and help them become caring, responsible adults.

Medical Dictionary for National Library of Medicine

Online Human Atlas - Innerbody.com
Clickable online atlas that shows the major parts of the body systems and their functions.

U.S. Food Labeling and Nutrition Information
These FDA Food Labeling web pages address the labeling requirements for foods under the Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act and its amendments.

U.S. Nutrient Database of Foods
United States government site that collects Recommended Daily Amounts of nutrients from many of the foods that we eat. Look up the food to find the nutrients in it.

Nutrient Database of 40,000 foods
Food and Nutrition Facts Listed by Brand or Restaurant and Food and Nutrition Facts for Generic Food Items by Quite Healthy Technologies.

MyFood-a-Pedia
Quick access to food info. Find the nutrient specifics and MyPyramid food groups for a food, or compare two foods. Just Enter food name and find out how it relates to the servings for MyPyramid.

Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005
Where you can find what your Recommended Daily Amount (RDA) for specific nutrients are along with many other nutritional information for American adolescents.

Vitamin and Mineral Fact Sheets
National Institutes of Health: Office of Dietary Supplements data on vitamins and minerals with much data for your report.

Vitamin & Mineral Chart - 1
This is a vitamin and mineral chart

Vitamin & Mineral Chart - 2
Vitamin and mineral chart comparisons

Vitamin Chart - Teen's Health Website
KidsHealth > Teens > Miscellaneous > Vitamin Chart

Mineral Chart - Teen's Health Website
KidsHealth > Teens > Miscellaneous > Mineral Chart

MyPyramid Food Serving Gallery
Pictures and sizes for servings of Grains, Vegetables,Fruits, Milk, Meat & Beans, Oils, Discretionary Calories and Physical Activity amounts.

McDonald's Nutrition Calculator
Get the facts. The delicious satisfying, nutritious facts. At McDonald's we are committed to providing you with easy to understand, accessible information on our food. We are proud to offer a variety of ways to easily access nutrition information on our menu items.

Fruit & Veggies Data Government Website
Almost Everyone Needs to Eat More Fruits and Vegetables. A growing body of research shows that fruits and vegetables are critical to promoting good health. To get the amount that's recommended, most people need to increase the amount of fruits and vegetables they currently eat every day

Nutrition Resources from CDC
CDC nutrition efforts cover a wide spectrum of related topics. Good nutrition is vital to good health, disease prevention, and essential for healthy growth and development of children and adolescents.

Youth WI & USA Nutrition Data/Statistics Online Results
Shows Dietary Behaviors statistics for the United States and Wisconsin relating to issues like soda pop, vegetable consumption, milk consumption, etc.

Nutrition and the Health of Young People Statistics
Data from Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH), National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

How Many Grams of Fat Can I Eat in a Day?
First, you need to know how many calories you should eat each day. Once you know this, you can determine how many grams of fat and saturated fat you can eat without exceeding your limits for fat. These limits are 25% to 35% of calories from fat and less than 7% of calories from saturated fat.

Measurements & Equivalents for the Kitchen
Measurement Conversions for some of the most common kitchen size containers.

Kitchen Conversion Cheat Sheet
Chart that shows many kitchen conversions and measurements.

Cholesterol Levels from AHA
Cholesterol Levels from the American Heart Association. Cholesterol plays a major role in a person's heart health. High blood cholesterol is a major risk factor for coronary heart disease and stroke. That's why it's important for all people to know their cholesterol level.

Calorie Expenditure Chart
This chart helps show how many calories are used from mulitple activities depending on the type of person.

Calculate your Body Mass Index (BMI)
Body mass index (BMI) is a measure of body fat based on height and weight that applies to both adult men and women.

MyPyramid Tracker Website
Website that students use to submit their daily intake of foods and drinks.

WebMD A-to-Z Health Topics
Browse through health search terms by viewing the top 300 or the entire health a-z.

Mayo Clinic Disease Lists
Disease information from Mayo Clinic.

Centers of Disease Control
An online source for credible Health information relating to diseases from the federal government

Medline Plus Disease List
Trusted medical information for you.

National Health Information Center A to Z - Healthfinder.gov
Browse healthfinder.gov to find hand-picked resources from government agencies, nonprofit organizations, and universities. To find information on over 1,600 health-related topics, select a letter to view an alphabetical list of topics: www.healthfinder.gov is sponsored by the National Health Information Center

HelpGuide.org - Non-communicable Conditions
Guide for Mental Health Conditions and their specific information. Helpguide?s expert articles help you take charge of your life and make healthy choices.

Allergy Guide A-Z
An A to Z guide to hundreds of allergies to help you in your research.

National Cancer Institute - Cancer A to Z
Website from National Institutes of Health that gives data and statistics for the known types of cancer from A to Z.

Center of Disease Control (CDC) Parasitic Diseases
List of parasitic diseases from the Center of Disease Control.

RUSH Medical University Common Infectious Diseases
There are many different types of infectious diseases that require clinical care by a physician or other healthcare professional. Listed below are some, for which we have provided overviews:

Koshland Science Museum on Disease
Interactive information on Infectious Diseases.

Kids Health Sexuality Decision Making
Q & A about birth control methods.

Male Reproductive System
This is the page to access the male reproductive system parts and functions. This page includes an interactive flash program to help students better understand this system.

Female Reproductive System
This is the page to access the female reproductive system parts and functions. This page includes an interactive flash program to help students better understand this system.

Planned Parenthood
Resources on planning for parenthood.

Advocates for Youth
Sexuality and Decision Making

The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
Statistics and information on Teen Sexual decision making and pregnancy.

Wisconsin Department of Health Services
Information on teen pregnancy including data and resources for teens.

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Community-Based Abstinence Education through the U.S. government including data and resources.

Teen Pause
Mind, body, relationships and taking action on teen issues and decision making.

Abstinence Clearninghouse
The Abstinence Clearinghouse is a privately funded 501(c)3 non-profit, non-partisan international educational organization. The Clearinghouse was founded to provide a central location where character, relationship, and abstinence programs, curricula, speakers, and materials could be accessed. The Clearinghouse serves agencies on a national, state and local level, as well as international organizations.

Guttmacher Institute
Website for the advancing of sexual and reproductive health worldwide through research, policy analysis and public education.

Stay Teen
Resource for teens to share common needs and concepts about creating a healthy and safe life during the teen years.

SIECUS Website
Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States.

Let's Talk about Sex Informational Minibook
A minibook on Sexual Health Care for Teens from ©2005 Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS Org.).

American Pregnancy Association
Birth Control and Preventing Pregnancy while promoting reproductive and pregnancy wellness.

Teen Wire
TeenWire is a website geared toward a teenage audience; created by Planned Parenthood that has information on topics like birth control & safer sex, pregnancy, parenting & adoption, infections & diseases, lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender, body, sex, relationships, friends & family, emotions, abortion, school & careers, entertainment, activism & issues, and teen advisory groups.

Drug Research from National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA)
The science of drug abuse and addiction from the National Institute of Drug Abuse: reserach reports index

National Institutes of Drug Abuse Homepage

Wisconsin Wins (against tobacco use)
The Wisconsin Wins (WI Wins) campaign is a science-based, state-level initiative designed to decrease youth access to tobacco products. The WI Wins campaign was launched in the spring of 2002 to assure compliance with the Federal Synar regulation which requires states to maintain a youth access rate of less than 20% and is part of a comprehensive approach to preventing youth retail access to tobacco.

Wasted in Wisconsin
A team of Journal Sentinel reporters spent a year examining the drinking culture in Wisconsin. The team evaluated studies, created and analyzed databases, surveyed Wisconsin residents, tested dozens of drinkers with a breath-testing device, reviewed more than 200 court files and conducted more than 200 interviews for this series.

Choose Responsibility Organization
CHOOSE RESPONSIBILITY is a nonprofit organization founded to stimulate informed and dispassionate public discussion about the presence of alcohol in American culture and to consider policies that will effectively empower young adults age 18 to 20 to make mature decisions about the place of alcohol in their own lives.

Above the Influence (Marijuana)
Website looking at the facts about drug use, how to help those in need and speaking up about the effects of drug use in our lives.

FreeVibe Drug Resource
Drug Facts, stories, news and information about the main drugs including alcohol ecstasy, GHB, rohypnol, hallucinogens, nicotine, inhalants, steroids, ketamine, methamphetamine and marijuana.