Obesity Education and Resources for Families

Children’s Obesity Program wants you to have all the information you need to learn how to enjoy healthy eating and active living.

Recommended Reading

• Healthy Eating and Activity Packets, with tips on healthy eating and activities, based on the age of your child. To order a free packet, submit an online request form or call 206-987-2500 (866-987-2500), option 5. Be sure to give your child’s age. There are different packets for school-age children and teens.
• Indoor Activity Kit, with ideas for indoor activities that need little equipment and few materials. The kit was developed by Children’s and the American Heart Association.

Information on Nutrition and Fitness from Seattle Children’s

• Active Play Every Day
  • For 0-to-2-Year-Olds in Kent and Des Moines (PDF)
  • For 0-to-2-Year-Olds in Seattle (PDF)
  • For 3-to-5-Year-Olds in Kent and Des Moines (PDF)
  • For 3-to-5-Year-Olds in Seattle (PDF)
• Exercise and Children (PDF) (Spanish)
• HealthLink: Childhood Obesity (video)
• Healthy Lifestyle: Saving Dollars on Food (PDF)
• Healthy Lifestyle: What Is a Pedometer? (PDF) (Spanish)
• My Goals Reminder: 7-5-2-1-0 (PDF)
• Ten Guidelines to Help Manage Your Weight (PDF)

Visit our Safety and Wellness page for much more information on nutrition and fitness.

Information from Other Organizations and Agencies

Television reduction

• Active Bodies Active Minds 
• Live Outside the Box 

Community organizations offering physical activity

• Austin Foundation 
• Bicycling in Washington 
• Bike Works 
• Boys and Girls Clubs 
• Cascade Bicycle Club 
• Girls on the Run 
• Seattle Parks and Recreation 
• School of Acrobatics and New Circus Arts 
• Washington State Parks 
• Washington State Youth Soccer Association 
• YMCA of Greater Seattle 
• YMCA of Snohomish County 
• YMCA: Find Your YMCA 

Physical activity and nutrition

• American Diabetes Association 
• American Heart Association 
• BAM! Body and Mind 
• CDC, Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity 
• Eat Smart. Play Hard. 
• Empower ME 
• National Institutes of Health (cooking resources, such as recipes from NHLBI)
• President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports 
• Public Health – Seattle and King County 
• Washington State Dairy Council 
• Washington State Department of Health 
• We Can! Ways to Enhance Children’s Activity and Nutrition 

School-Based Efforts

• Action for Healthy Kids 
• Coordinated School Health in Washington State 
• What Moves You