Health Gateway Program  

At Tutu's House

“Exploring health information on the Internet"

Nutritious Art

Ants on a Log

Supplies: celery, peanut butter* or cream cheese, raisins. Fill crevice in celery with peanut butter* or cream cheese and add raisins on top. Try dried cranberries for red ants on a log

Sailboats
Supplies: celery, peanut butter*, toothpicks, white paper. Spread peanut butter* on celery, cut out a small triangle from white paper and attach to a toothpick. Stick the toothpick in the celery and you have a sailboat.

Go Fishing
Supplies: goldfish crackers, celery and/or carrot sticks (fishing poles), peanut butter*. Put the peanut butter* and carrot and celery sticks on a plate, goldfish in a bowl. The kids dip a fishing pole in the peanut butter* and "catch" a fish with it.

Apple Volcanoes
Supplies: apples, peanut butter*, raisins, granola. Cut the top off the apple. Core the apple and discard. Fill the center of the apple with peanut butter*. Sprinkle granola, raisins or whatever you may like on top. Eat and Enjoy!!

Wagons
Supplies: celery stalks, toothpicks, carrot rounds, peanut butter*, raisins. Cut celery stalks crosswise into two pieces each, about 3" long. Push toothpicks through sides of celery to form axles for four wheels. Fill celery wagon with peanut butter*, cheese or dressing. Stick carrot rounds onto ends of toothpicks. Cover tips with raisins. Stick a toothpick into the end of the celery at a 45 degree angle to form wagon handle. Cover tip with raisins.

Peanut butter* Playdough 

Supplies: 12 oz peanut butter*, 6 T honey, ½-1½ cup(s) nonfat dry milk, carrot circles, celery sticks, raisins, apple pieces, other pieces of fruits and vegetables, napkins and paper plates. Combine peanut butter*, honey and dry milk, add more dry milk if needed to keep it from being sticky. Put some on a plate with fruits and vegetables of various shapes. Create your own food art masterpiece; people, animals, machines, funny faces, buildings, etc.

Peanut butter* Chocolate Chip Apples
Supplies: apple, peanut butter**, Rice Krispies, raisins. Cut apple in half and cut out core. Have kids spread peanut butter* on apple half. On foil or wax paper have different piles for dipping apples in: a pile of Rice Krispies and a pile of raisins. Let the kids smash the peanut butter* side of apple in each pile! Sounds gross? Try them - You'll love them! (less healthy version- add a pile of chocolate chips to dip.

*Note: Please use peanut butter whose only ingredient is peanuts. Other peanut butters have many other unhealthy ingredients (i.e., hydrogenated oils).

Health Gateway Discoveries: Fitness and Nutrition

Shape Up America (http://www.shapeup.org/) reminds visitors about the relationship between girth and health. Click on your height and weight to let the site’s interactive calculator determine your “body mass index” and provide an evaluation of the results, as well as fitness and diet tips.

Centers for Disease Control (http://www.cdc.gov) will provide more specific information on the Surgeon General’s Report on Physical Activity as well as Health Topics A-Z.

American Medical Association’s Interactive Health (http://www.ama-assn.org/consumer/gnrl.htm) provides information, including nutrition, weight, fitness and family health, that is personalized on-line.

CyberDiet (http://www.cyberdiet.com/) offers its visitors a means of achieving their specific goals through extensive use of on-line interactive modules as well as detailed nutritional information and motivation.

American Dietetic Association (http://www.eatright.org/) and its National Center for Nutrition and Dietetics promote optimal nutrition, health and well being.

Fitness Partner Connection Jumpsite (http://primusweb.com/fitnesspartner/) provides information on a variety of topics including kids fitness, food and nutrition, sports medicine, weight management and more.

FitnessLink (http://www.fitnesslink.com/) provides the resources you need to get fit and stay fit, whether you're an exercise enthusiast, a fitness airprofessional, or a "newbie" to fitness. The latest fitness news is updated daily.

Nutrition Analysis Tool (http://fnic.nal.usda.gov/nal_display/index.php?info_center=4&tax_level=2&tax_subject=256&topic_id=1325) is a web based program that allows anyone to analyze the foods they eat for various different nutrients. This tool is completely free and easy to use.