About Kidnetic.com
Kidnetic.com is a healthy eating and active living Web site for kids ages 9-12 and their families. The site is intended to encourage kids and their parents to begin the process of behavior change toward healthy lifestyles.
Kidnetic.com addresses food, fun, fitness, and feelings, with information designed for both kids and parents. Kidnetic.com is unique in that it offers activities to get kids up and moving while they are online. It also provides healthy recipe ideas that kids and parents can make together. In addition, the site opens the lines of communication between kids and parents.
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Kidnetic.com for Kids
Kidnetic.com is a cool site for kids—kids who like to play hard and have fun. Kidnetic.com lets kids tap into their own energy so they can feel great all day long.
There’s lots for kids to do! They can use the Kidnector to send a message to their parents and find out if they practice what they preach—do they eat their broccoli? Kids can try making one of the fun Kidnetic.com recipes like “Brewed Monkey Brain Stew” (it’s really chili, silly!) or a “Groovy Grape Ape Smoothie.”
Kids will also find fun games to play inside or outside, alone or with friends. We call these Wet Head games because kids are supposed to get a “wet” head while playing them! Kidnetic.com tells kids cool stuff about how their body works, how eating right helps them play better and feel good and how staying active is lots of fun!
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Kidnetic.com for Parents
Kidnetic.com is a great resource for raising a healthy child and offers a special section just for parents. The Bright Papers and Frequently Asked Questions provide parents facts about children and physical activity, healthy eating, and self-esteem. In Recipe Roundup, parents can find lots of kid-pleasing recipes, including a category of “Family-Friendly” recipes that parents and your kids can make together.
Kidnetic.com encourages parents and kids to talk to each other. The Kidnector is a unique component of Kidnetic.com that is designed to help open the lines of communication between children and parents. The Kidnector invites kids to share their thoughts with their parents, and encourages kids to ask their parents to do the same. We even provide thought-starters to get the conversation going.
Reach the parents’ page of Kidnetic.com by looking for the Parents button in the upper left corner of the home page.
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Kidnetic.com for Health Professionals and Educators
Kidnetic.com and the Kidnetic.com Leader’s Guide together comprise an integrated educational resource. Health professionals can recommend the Web site to kids ages 9-12 and their parents, while utilizing the Leader’s Guide as a lesson-based curriculum guide when working with kids in a variety of settings. Both components of Kidnetic.com promote healthy eating and active living in a way that is fun and relevant. The Kidnetic.com resources are aimed at inspiring kids and their families to move toward healthier lifestyles. Get your copy of the Leader's Guide.
Kidnetic.com and the Leader’s Guide are completely non-commercial. This means no branding and no advertising.
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Who’s Behind Kidnetic.com?
Kidnetic.com was launched on June 26, 2002, as the initial program element of ACTIVATE, an educational outreach program of the International Food Information Council (IFIC) Foundation developed in partnership with:
In addition, ACTIVATE/Kidnetic.com is working in partnership with the following organizations to promote healthy eating and physical activity for kids and their families:
All content on Kidnetic.com was favorably reviewed by the five partner organizations above and a panel of seven scientific advisors from a variety of health-related backgrounds listed below:
- Keith-Thomas Ayoob, Ed.D., R.D., F.A.D.A., Pediatric Nutritionist, Rose F. Kennedy Children's Evaluation and Rehabilitation Center, Bronx, NY
- Harold W. Kohl, III, Ph.D., Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
- Ellen L. O'Sullivan, M.S., Ph.D., Public Health Professor, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT
- Russell R. Pate, M.S., Ph.D., Exercise Physiologist, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
- David A. Schultz, Ph.D., M.Div., Child Psychologist, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Baltimore, MD
- Timothy J. Tobolic, MD, Family Physician, American Academy of Family Physicians, Byron Center, MI
- Meg Zeller, Ph.D., Child Psychologist, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
Funding for the International Food Information Council Foundation and ACTIVATE, including Kidnetic.com, comes from the broad-based food, beverage, and agricultural industries.
For more information about Kidnetic.com, send an e-mail to contactus@kidnetic.com.
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