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TV and Children (top)
Living outside the box: TV-free families share their secrets. Brock B. Eastern Washington University Press, Spokane, WA. 2007. Role of screens on health, and ideas and insight on living with less TV, for families.
Make television work for your kids: The elephant in the living room. Christakis DA and Zimmerman FJ. Rodale Press, New York, NY. 2006. Comprehensive review and illustrations of the role and impact of screens on health with practical advice and resources for parents and educators.
American Academy of Pediatrics: Children, Adolescents, and Television, policy statement.
The AAP policy statement on the effects of television on children, and recommendations on how much television is safe for children.
American Psychological Association: Report of the APA Task Force on Advertising and Children: Recommendations. A recommendation to restrict advertising directed toward children under 8 years old.
Committee on Communications, American Academy of Pediatrics, Strasburger VC. Children, adolescents, and advertising. Pediatrics. 2006 Dec;118(6):2563-9.
Committee on Food Marketing and the Diets of Children and Youth: Food Marketing to Children and Youth: Threat or Opportunity? Recommendations to improve the diet and health of children and youth in response to the strong evidence found linking food and beverage marketing with diet and adiposity.
Committee on Prevention of Obesity in Children and Youth: Preventing Childhood Obesity: Health in the Balance. Prevention-focused action plan to decrease prevalence of obesity in US children and youth, includes recommendations to reduce screen use.
The Future of Children: Children and Electronic Media. Volume 18 Number 1 Spring 2008. A focus on how common forms of electronic media influence the wellbeing of children and adolescents.
A Teacher in the Living Room? Educational Media for Babies, Toddlers, and Preschoolers
Examines the educational claims about commercially available educational media products (videos and DVDs, computer software, and video games) for very young children and what kind of research has been conducted to support these claims.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Nutrition and Physical Activity Communication Team Reducing Children’s TV Time to Reduce the Risk of Childhood Overweight: The Children’s Media Use Study Highlights Report Forces influencing children’s use of screen media, and the challenges and opportunities within families to limit children’s viewing the less than 2 hours per day.
Food for Thought: Television Food Advertising to Children in the United States Estimation of the number and type of television advertisments seen by children, from data on children’s television viewing combined with content analysis of television advertising.
Generation M: Media in the Lives of 8–18 year olds National study on media use in the lives of children and adolescents.
It’s Child’s Play: Advergaming and the Online Marketing of Food to Children Description of the nature and scope of online food advertising to children.
Kaiser Family Foundation The Media Family: Electronic media in the Lives of Infants, Toddlers, Preschoolers and Their Parents National study on electronic media in the lives of young children.
The State of Washington's Children 2006-2007: Weighing in on Health and Fitness in Washington Report on overweight in Washington children and families, highlighting screen use as a potential contributing factor to overweight.
Jordan AB, Hersey JC, McDivitt JA, Heitzler CD. Reducing children's television-viewing time: a qualitative study of parents and their children. Pediatrics. 2006 Nov;118(5):e1303-10.
Christakis DA, Zimmerman FJ, DiGiuseppe DL and McCarty CA. Early television exposure and subsequent attentional problems in children. Pediatrics 2004 April; 113: 708-713. Link between television viewing at age 1–3 years and attention problems at age 7 years.
Ozmert E, Toyran M and Yurdakok. Behavioral correlates of television viewing in primary school children evaluated by the Child Behavior Checklist. Arch Pediatr Adoesc Med 2002 Sep; 156:910-914. Link between television viewing and attention problems in 2nd and 3rd grade children.
Robinson TN, Wilde ML, Navracruz LC, Haydel KF and Varady A. Effects of reducing children’s television and video game use on aggressive behavior: A randomized Controlled Trial. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 2001 Jan; 155:17-23. Link between television viewing and aggressive behaviour in 3rd and 4th grade children.
Thompson DA, Flores G, Ebel BE, Christakis DA. Comida en venta: after-school advertising on Spanish-language television in the United States. J Pediatr. 2008 Apr;152(4):576-81.
Epstein LH, Roemmich JN, Robinson JL, Paluch RA, Winiewicz DD, Fuerch JH, Robinson TN. A randomized trial of the effects of reducing television viewing and computer use on body mass index in young children. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2008 Mar;162(3):239-45.
Jordan AB, Robinson TN. Children, television viewing, and weight status: summary and recommendations from an expert panel meeting. Annals, AAPSS. 2008;615:119.
Pardee PE, Norman GJ, Lustig RH, Preud'homme D, Schwimmer JB. Television viewing and hypertension in obese children. Am J Prev Med. 2007 Dec;33(6):439-43.
Mendoza JA, Zimmerman FJ, Christakis DA. Television viewing, computer use, obesity, and adiposity in US preschool children. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2007 Sep 25;4:44. Association between hours per day preschool-age children watch TV/screen media and risk of overweight.
Bryant MJ, Lucove JC, Evenson KR, Marshall S. Measurement of television viewing in children and adolescents: a systematic review. Obes Rev. 2007 May;8(3):197-209. A review of studies related to overweight in children that had included a measure of TV exposure.
Adachi-Mejia AM, Longacre MR, Gibson JJ, Beach ML, Titus-Ernstoff LT and Dalton MA. Children with a TV in their bedroom at higher risk for being overweight. Int J Obes 2007 Apr; 31:644-651. Link between having a television in the bedroom and overweight in children aged 9 – 12 years.
Gable S, Chang Y, Krull, JL. Television watching and frequency of family meals are predictive of overweight onset and persistence in a national sample of school-aged chidlren. Journal of the American Dietetic Association. 2007 January; 107(1):53-61.
Ekelund U, Brage S, Froberg K, Harro M, Anderssen SA, Sardinha LB, Riddoch C, Andersen LB. TV viewing and physical activity are independently associated with metabolic risk in children: the European Youth Heart Study. PLoS Med. 2006 Dec;3(12):e481.
Lumeng JC, Rahnama S, Appugliese D, Kaciroti N, Bradley RH. Television exposure and overweight risk in preschoolers.Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2006 Apr;160(4):417-22.
Hancox RJ, Poulton R. Watching television is associated with childhood obesity: but is it clinically important? Int J Obes (Lond). 2006 Jan;30(1):171-5.
Parsons TJ, Power C, Manor O. Physical activity, television viewing and body mass index: a cross-sectional analysis from childhood to adulthood in the 1958 British cohort. Int J Obes (Lond). 2005 Oct;29(10):1212-21.
Viner RM, Cole TJ. Television viewing in early childhood predicts adult body mass index. J Pediatr. 2005 Oct;147(4):429-35.
Jago R, Baranowski T, Baranowski JC, Thompson D, Greaves KA. BMI from 3-6 y of age is predicted by TV viewing and physical activity, not diet. Int J Obes (Lond). 2005 Jun;29(6):557-64.
Marshall SJ, Biddle SJ, Gorely T, Cameron N and Murdey I. Relationships between media use, body fatness and physical activity in children and youth: a meta-analysis. Int J Obes. 2004 Oct; 28:1238-1246. Review of evidence linking screen use with body fatness and physical activity in children aged 3–18 years.
Dennison BA, Russo TJ, Burdick PA, Jenkins PL. An Intervention to Reduce Television Viewing by Preschool Children. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2004;158(170-176). A study describing an effective intervention to reduce television viewing among preschool children.
Proctor MH, Moore LL, Gao D, Cupples LA, Bradlee ML, Hood MY, Ellison RC. Television viewing and change in body fat from preschool to early adolescence: The Framingham Children's Study. International Journal of Obesity . 2003 Jul;27(7):827-33. A study showing the relationship between watching TV and change in body fat in children from preschool to early adolescence.
Dennison BA, Erb TA, Jenkins PL. Television viewing and television in bedroom associated with overweight risk among low-income preschool children. Pediatrics. 2002 Jun;109(6):1028-35.
Certain LK and Kahn RS. Prevalence, Correlates, and Trajectory of Television Viewing Among Infants and Toddlers. Pediatrics 2002 Apr; 109:634-642. Determinants of television viewing in infants and toddlers and links with later television viewing in childhood.
Ford BS, McDonald TE, Owens AS, Robinson TN. Primary care interventions to reduce television viewing in African-American children. Am J Prev Med. 2002 Feb;22(2):106-9.
An study describing an effective intervention to reduce screen use and increase physical activity in African-American children.
Crespo CJ, Smit E, Troiano RP, Bartlett SJ, Macera CA and Andersen RE. Television watching, energy intake, and obesity in US children: Results from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988–1994. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 2001 Mar; 155:360-365. Link between television viewing and obesity in children aged 8–16 years.
Robinson TN. Reducing Children’s Television Viewing to Prevent Obesity. JAMA 1999, 282:1561-1567. A study in elementary schools showing the effects of reducing television, videotape, and video game use on changes in physical activity, and diet.
Andersen RE, Crespo CJ, Bartlett SJ, Cheskin LJ, Pratt M. Relationship of physical activity and television watching with body weight and level of fatness among children: results from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. JAMA. 1998 Mar 25;279(12):938-42.
TV and Poor School Performance
Barr-Anderson DJ, van den Berg P, Neumark-Sztainer D, Story M. Characteristics associated with older adolescents who have a television in their bedrooms. Pediatrics. 2008 Apr;121(4):718-24.
Tanimura M, Okuma K and Kyoshima K. Television viewing, reduced parental utterance, and delayed speech development in infants and young children. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 2007 June; 161:618-619. Effect of television viewing on quality and quantity of parental speech with their children.
Sharif I, Sargent JD. Association Between Television, Movie, and Video Game Exposure and School Performance. Pediatrics 2006 Oct;118(4):e1061-70.
Borzekowski DL, Robinson TN. The remote, the mouse, and the no. 2 pencil: the household media environment and academic achievement among third grade students. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2005 Jul;159(7):607-13.
Chernin AR, Linebarger DL. The relationship between children's television viewing and academic performance. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2005 Jul;159(7):687-9.
Hancox RJ, Milne BJ, Poulton R. Association of television viewing during childhood with poor educational achievement. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2005 Jul;159(7):614-8.
Linebarger, DL. Infants’ and Toddlers’ Television Viewing and Language Outcomes. American Behavioral Scientist, Vol. 48, No. 5, 624-645 (2005).
Zimmerman FJ, Christakis DA. Children's television viewing and cognitive outcomes: a longitudinal analysis of national data. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2005 Jul;159(7):619-25.
Anderson DR, Huston AC, Schmitt K, Linebarger DL and Wright JC. Early childhood television viewing and adolescent behavior: The Recontact Study. Monogr Soc Res Child Dev 2001; 661 (1, Serial No.264). Link between preschool television viewing and adolecent acheivement and behavior.
Wright JC, Huston AC, Murphy KC, St Peters M, Pinon M, Scantlin R, Kotler J. The relations of early television viewing to school readiness and vocabulary of children from low-income families: the early window project. Child Dev. 2001 Sep-Oct;72(5):1347-66.
Batada A, Seitz MD, Wootan MG, Story M. Nine out of 10 food advertisements show during Saturday morning children's television programming are for foods high in fat, sodium, or added sugars, or low in nutrients. J Am Diet Assoc. 2008 Apr;108(4):673-8.
Barr-Anderson DJ, van den Berg P, Neumark-Sztainer D, Story M. Characteristics associated with older adolescents who have a television in their bedrooms. Pediatrics. 2008 Apr;121(4):718-24.
Powell LM, Szczypka G, Chaloupka FJ, Braunschweig CL. Nutritional content of television food advertisements seen by children and adolescents in the United States. Pediatrics. 2007 Sep;120(3):576-83.
Fitzpatrick E, Edmunds LS, Dennison BA. Positive effects of family dinner are undone by television viewing. J Am Diet Assoc. 2007 Apr;107(4):666-71.
Wiecha JL, Peterson KE, Ludwig DS, Kim J, Sobol A, Gortmaker SL. When children eat what they watch: impact of television viewing on dietary intake in youth. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2006 Apr;160(4):436-42.
Lobstein T, Dibb S. Evidence of a possible link between obesogenic food advertising and child overweight. Obes Rev. 2005 Aug;6(3):203-8.
Grimm GC, Harnack L, Story M. Factors associated with soft drink consumption in school-aged children. J Am Diet Assoc. 2004 Aug;104(8):1244-9.
Matheson DM, Killen JD, Wang Y, Varady A, Robinson TN. Children's food consumption during television viewing. Am J Clin Nutr. 2004 Jun;79(6):1088-94.
Halford JC, Gillespie J, Brown V, Pontin EE, Dovey TM. Effect of television advertisements for foods on food consumption in children. Appetite. 2004 Apr;42(2):221-5.
Borzekowski DL, Robinson TN. The 30-second effect: an experiment revealing the impact of television commercials on food preferences of preschoolers. J Am Diet Assoc. 2001 Jan;101(1):42-6.
Coon KA, Goldberg J, Rogers BL, Tucker KL. Relationships Between Use of Television During Meals and Children’s Food Consumption Patterns. Pediatrics. Jan 2001; 107:1
Taveras EM, Rifas-Shiman SL, Oken E, Gunderson EP, Gillman MW. Short sleep duration in infancy and risk or childhood overweight. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2008 Apr;162(4):305-11.
Dworak M, Schierl T, Bruns T, Strüder HK. Impact of singular excessive computer game and television exposure on sleep patterns and memory performance of school-aged children. Pediatrics. 2007 Nov;120(5):978-85.
Thompson DA, Christakis DA. The association between television viewing and irregular sleep schedules among children less than 3 years of age Pediatrics. 2005 Oct; 116(4):851-6.
Evans AE, Dave J, Tanner A, Duhe S, Condrasky M, Wilson D, Griffin S, Palmer M, Evans M. Changing the home nutrition environment: effects of a nutrition and media literacy pilot intervention. Fam Community Health. 2006 Jan-Mar;29(1):43-54.
Hindin TJ, Contento IR, Gussow JD. A media literacy nutrition education curriculum for head start parents about the effects of television advertising on their children's food requests. J Am Diet Assoc. 2004 Feb; 104(2):192-8.
Zimmerman FJ, Christakis DA, Meltzoff AN. Associations between media viewing and language development in children under age 2 years. J Pediatr. 2007 Oct;151(4):364-8.
Vandewater EA, Rideout VJ, Wartella EA, Huang X, Lee JH, Shim MS. Digital childhood: electronic media and technology use among infants, toddlers, and preschoolers. Pediatrics. 2007 May;119(5):e1006-15.
TV and Screen Media Use in Washington State
Zimmerman FJ, Christakis DA and Meltzoff AN. Television and DVD/video viewing in children younger than 2 years. Arch pediatr Adolesc med. 2007 May; 161:473-479. Data on television and DVD/video use by children under 2 years in Washington State and Minnesota.
Washington State Healthy Youth Survey, 2002, 2004 and 2006. Data on time spent watching television, playing video games and using computers in 6th, 8th, 10th and 12th grade children in Washington State.
Do More, Watch Less A TV reduction tool that is targeted towards 10 to 14-year-olds in after school programs and organizations serving youths. The sessions aim to help youth incorporate more physical activities into their day while reducing the time they spend watching TV, surfing the Internet, and playing video games.
“Live outside the box” A TV reduction educational campaign which includes radio public service announcements, a series of posters, and a toolkit in English and Spanish. To view and download "Live outside the box" materials, visit: http://www.metrokc.gov/health/reducetv/#materials
Screen Time Reduction Kasier Permanente Healthy Kids Watch Less TV Coalition. Fact sheets, log sheets, ideas for activities, tips for parents and teachers and a list of resources available in English and Spanish.
5 A Day: Energizing Tips For A Healthier Family (PDF) From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Age Appropriate Guidelines This grid is designed to quickly show you what child development experts feel is developmentally appropriate for different age groups. Because every child and every family is different, it is only a rough guide, but we do use it to guide our ratings.
American Academy of Pediatrics Television and the Family Learn how television can affect children and strategies to make children’s TV-watching more enjoyable and healthy.
Getting Along: Taming the TV From Iowa State Extension.
Keeping Kids Healthy in a 24/7 Media World: A Survival Guide for Parents, Common Sense Tips for a Healthy Media Diet for Young Kids, Keeping Kids Internet Safe and Smart: A Survival Guide for Parents and resources for parents including movie and video games reviews from Common Sense Media. Materials available in English and Spanish.
Media Awareness Network Special Issues for Young Children Learn about how TV affects young children at different ages.
My Child's Media Diet How much do you know about your child's media use? Answer the questions on this form and ask your child to fill out his/her own My Media Diet form. Then compare the two. You may be surprised by how little or how much they match!
Parent education course at North Seattle Community College for parents with preschool children Includes information on link between screen use and health, tips for smart screen use, how to analyze media messages and resources to support smart screen use. Online course available.
Selling to Kids Protect your children from being exploited by advertisers by helping them understand how advertising works.
Talking to Your Kids about Junk Food and Fast Food Advertising Help your kids understand junk food and fast food advertising "tricks."
Top TV Tips: Building a Balanced TV Diet From Bright Futures.
United States Department of Agriculture and Children’s Nutrition Research Center TV Eating up Family Mealtime Article describing how television can influence family meals and children’s diets.
Physical Activity and Nutrition Resources (top)
Resources for Child Care Professionals
Physical Activities and Healthy Snacks for Young Children (Team Nutrition Iowa) A set of cards developed for caregivers that give specific ideas for nearly 50 physical activities and healthy snacks.
Portion Distortion National Heart Lung Blood Institute To see if you know how today's portions compare to the portions available 20 years ago, quiz yourself on Portion Distortion
Setting the Stage, Nutrition and Physical Activity Lessons (Team Nutrition Iowa) Lesson plans for early childhood settings that include use of activity cards and appropriate, effective use of TV. Lessons include: Food, Physical Activity and My Body; Food, Physical Activity and My Family; Food, Physical Activity and My Community; and Food, Physical Activity and My World.
Superstar Nutrition for Kids Lesson Plans (Oregon Department of Education and Team Nutrition) Online training which includes, lesson plans with handouts, activity sheets, "train the trainer" training for monitors, forms, and nutrition newsletters. Activity sheets and handouts are also available in Chinese, Russian, Spanish and Vietnamese.
Bright Futures Family Materials Resources to assist families in fostering overall health among youth. Nutrition and physical activity practice guides, training tools, and family materials are available to help promote healthful weight management.
Child Profile Letter and brochure mailings and website information for families with preschool children on screen time recommendations and strategies.
Kid’s Nutrition (Children's Nutrition Research Center at the Baylor College of Medicine) Research, news, and information and resources for parents.
Preschooler’s Physical Activity Pyramid A resource created by Penn State College’s of Agricultural Sciences Cooperative Extension.
We Can! (Ways to Enhance Children's Activity & Nutrition) is a national program designed as a one-stop resource for parents and caregivers interested in practical tools to help 8-13 year olds stay at a healthy weight. Tips and fun activities focus on three critical behaviors: improved food choices, increased physical activity and reduced screen time. We Can! Reduce Children’s. Screen Time Log
You Inspire Strong Minds, Help Inspire Strong Bodies From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Resources for Child Care Professionals
Bright Futures Based at Georgetown University and sponsored by National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health Bureau, this website offers resources for health professionals and families to assist them in fostering overall health among youth. Nutrition and physical activity practice guides, training tools, and family materials are available to help promote healthful weight management.
California Healthy Kids Resource Center* Nutrition and health resources for teachers and others who work with children. Curricula, books, and videos that are loaned free-of-charge to all over California residents. Requests for materials are made via the center’s user-friendly on-line catalog.
Childcare Nutrition Resource System Site that provides links to Team Nutrition, Healthy School Meals Resource System, Food and Nutrition Information Center, USDA Child Nutrition Programs. Check out the resources link for wide array of information on nutrition, physical activity, and other relevant resources for the child care professional.
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Physical Activity
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Dairy Council - Washington State Online and printed catalog of nutrition eduction posters, brochures, and handouts for childhood professionals to use with families of preschool and elementary aged children.
Healthy Kids: Health and Nutrition Websites* A web page compiled by UC Berkeley Department of Nutritional Sciences Extension Program containing links to games, teaching resources and educational materials for parents, kids and teachers.
Media Smart Youth Training Training on a media literacy curriculum that explores the link between media and health and guides youth in analyzing and creating media messages.
Northwest Center for Excellence in Media Literacy Resource for workshops, awareness campaigns, and alliance building that promotes awareness of media's impact on our lives; links to media-awareness related events.
Physical Activity for Everyone: Resources for Health Professionals A web site compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The site includes links to community and environmental approaches to increasing physical activity, policy and legislation, and youth oriented physical activity programs.
Preschooler’s Physical Activity Pyramid A resource created by Penn State College’s of Agricultural Sciences Cooperative Extension.
Team Nutrition Team Nutrition is an initiative of the USDA Food and Nutrition Service to support the Child Nutrition Programs through training and technical assistance for foodservice professionals, nutrition education for children and their caregivers, and school and community support for healthy eating and physical activity. Lots of great free posters and resources for child care providers can be ordered from the Team Nutrition website: http://teamnutrition.usda.gov/childcare.html
You Inspire Strong Minds, Help Inspire Strong Bodies From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Obesity Related Resources (top)
American Public Health Association: Food and Nutrition Section: Overweight in Children*
This website provides information and links to resources on the subject of overweight in childhood and adolescence that can be used to promote awareness and education, improve public health practice, and strengthen public policy.
California Obesity Prevention Initiative The mission of the California Obesity Prevention Initiative (COPI) is to reduce the prevalence of obesity and its associated health risks in Californians through promotion of physical activity and healthy eating, as well as address the societal, technological, and environmental influences on obesity.
Children's Obesity Action Team (COAT) Resource providing care to children and teens who are overweight or obese, and their families; includes an indoor activity kit as well as resources for providers.
“Does My Child Have a Weight Problem?” Nutrition Newsletter for Parents of Young Children, USDA, Food Nutrition Services.
The Future of Children A publication of The Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University and The Brookings Institution. Its Spring 2006 issue, Childhood Obesity provides evidence on the possible causes of childhood obesity, documents the consequences and suggests interventions that could stem this epidemic.
Guidelines for Childhood Obesity Prevention Programs: Promoting Healthy Weight in Children
These guidelines for obesity prevention programs encourage a health-centered, rather than weight-centered, approach that focuses on the whole child - physically, mentally and socially. The emphasis is on living actively, eating in normal and healthy ways, and creating a nurturing environment that helps children recognize their own worth, and that respects cultural food ways and family traditions. It is recognized that obesity, eating disorders, hazardous weight loss, nutrient deficiencies, size discrimination, and body hatred are all interrelated and need to be addressed in comprehensive ways that do no harm.
“Healthy Weights for Healthy Kids: What should I do if my child is overweight?” Virginia Cooperative Extension Newsletter.
Knowledge Path: Overweight in Children and Adolescents The website is compiled by the Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Library at Georgetown University. It provides a selection of current, high-quality resources about the identification, prevention, management, and treatment of overweight and obesity in children and adolescents. The path is aimed at health professionals, program administrators, educators, researchers, and families.
The Weight-Control Information Network (WIN) A service of the NIH's National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases that provides the general public, health professionals, the media, and Congress with up-to-date, science-based information on weight control, obesity, physical activity, and related nutritional issues.
Your Child’s Weight: Help Your Child with Successful Weight Management
Organizations & Programs (top)
Action For Healthy Kids A nationwide initiative dedicated to improving the health and educational performance of children through better nutrition and physical activity in schools. Find out what is happening in your state, and around the nation. See a profile of nutrition and physical activities in Washington schools, learn about funding and grant opportunities, and find out what is working for others.
American Academy of Pediatrics Policy, news and advocacy for child health and well-being.
American Obesity Association Learn about obesity in the US, including current news, research, statistics and childhood obesity.
American Psychological Association: Kids and the Media Find studies, current press releases, articles and fact sheets about the effects of TV and other media on children, as well as resources for parents and caregivers.
The California Adolescent Nutrition and Fitness (CANFit) Program A statewide, non-profit organization whose mission is to engage California's communities in improving the nutrition and physical activity status of their low-income African American, American Indian, Latino, Asian American, and Pacific Islander youths, 10-14 years old.
Campaign For A Commercial-Free Childhood National coalition of health care professionals, educators, advocacy groups and concerned parents who counter the harmful effects of marketing to children through action, advocacy, education, research, and collaboration.
CDC Nutrition and Physical Activity: Kids Walk-to-School Program Resources to increase physical activity by promoting community and school partnerships to make walking to school a safe and fun alternative.
Center on Media and Child Health The Center on Media and Child Health at Children’s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, and Harvard School of Public Health is dedicated to understanding and responding to the effects of media on the physical, mental, and social health of children through research, production, and education.
Center for Research on Interactive Technology, Television & Children (CRITIC) Dedicated to furthering research and knowledge on the effects of electronic media on children's social development and academic achievement. The website describes research the center is conducting and provides a list of publications.
Healthy Schools in Washington Includes a link to the Washington State Nutrition and Physical Activity Plan, as well as links to proposed legislation, current policies about nutrition and physical activity, nutrition and physical activity guidelines and additional resources.
LimiTV, Inc. “We inform parents, educators, and children about the ways excessive TV watching can damage a child’s development and education.”
Media Awareness Network “Resources and support for everyone interested in media and information literacy for young people.” Canadian non-profit organization, providing resources for parents and teachers.
TV Turnoff Network “TV-Turnoff Network is a national nonprofit organization that encourages children and adults to watch much less television in order to promote healthier lives and communities.”
