The following Web sites are a sampling of resources that may be helpful as you plan your proposal. Information is sorted by:

• Childhood Obesity Resources
• Prevention and Wellness Resources
• General Grantseeking Resources
  

Childhood Obesity Resources

Physical Activity

• Recommendations of the Task Force on Community Preventive Services: Physical Activity
• Iowans Fit For Life
• NIHCM Foundation: Obesity in Young Children

Nutrition

• Recommendations of the Task Force on Community Preventive Services: Nutrition
• Recommendations of the Task Force on Community Preventive Services: Obesity
• South Dakota Department of Education: Team Nutrition
• Iowa Department of Education: Team Nutrition
• Iowa Department of Public Health: Iowa Nutrition Network

Built/Active Community Environments

• The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Promoting Physical Activity at the Community Level
• Prevention Institute: The Built Environment and Health
• National Center for Safe Routes to School
• Grantmakers in Health: Pathways to Community Health

General Resources

• Produce for Better Health Foundation: 5 A Day
• Center for Disease Control and Prevention: Overweight and Obesity
• United States Department of Agriculture: MyPyramid
• United States Department of Health and Human Services: Dietary Guidelines for Americans
• Center for Disease Control and Prevention: Coordinated School Health Program
• Healthy Iowans 2010: Mid-course Revision
• American Academy of Pediatrics: Breastfeeding
• American Academy of Pediatrics: Overweight and Obesity
• Grantmakers in Health: Reversing the Obesity Epidemic
• Institute of Medicine: What Foundations Can Do To Respond To Childhood Obesity
• CDC Diabetes Public Health Resources
• South Dakota Diabetes Prevention & Control Program

Prevention and Wellness Resources

• Recommendations of the Task Force on Community Preventive Services: Cancer
• Iowa Consortium on Comprehensive Cancer Control
• Comprehensive Cancer Control South Dakota

Maternal and Child Health

• Recommendations of the Task Force on Community Preventive Services: Pregnancy
• March of Dimes
• Centers on Disease Control and Prevention: Folic Acid

Injury Prevention

• Recommendations of the Task Force on Community Preventive Services: Motor Vehicle Occupant Injury
• Center for Disease Control and Prevention: Injury Center
• Recommendations of the Task Force on Community Preventive Services: Alcohol

Physical Activity

• Recommendations of the Task Force on Community Preventive Services: Physical Activity
• Iowa Department of Public Health: Iowans Fit for Life

Nutrition

• Recommendations of the Task Force on Community Preventive Services: Nutrition
• Recommendations of the Task Force on Community Preventive Services: Obesity
• South Dakota Department of Education: Team Nutrition
• Iowa Department of Education: Team Nutrition

General Resources

• Recommendations of the Task Force on Community Preventive Services
• U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
• Prevention Institute

General Web Resources for Grant Seekers

• Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
• Chronicle Guide to Grants
• Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects (CRISP)
• Foundation Center Search
• Federal Register
• Grantmakers in Health
• Grantsmanship Center
• GrantsNet
• Guide Star
• Iowa Public Health Information
• Healthy People 2010
• Illinois Researcher Information Service (IRIS)
• Iowa Department of Public Health
• Iowa State Extension to Communities
• National Agricultural Library Rural Information Center
• National Guideline Clearinghouse
• Rural Assistance Center
• South Dakota Department of Public Health
• University of Kansas Community Tool Box
• Council on Foundations: Grant Seeking Resources