For Professionals

Rutgers Cooperative Extension (RCE) staff offer training and resources for professionals in most of New Jersey's 21 counties. Training includes conferences, seminars, train-the-trainer workshops and consultations about food, nutrition, health and wellness and food safety topics. Many of the seminars or conferences offer professional development credits for teachers, registered dietitians, and family and consumer sciences professionals. RCE is approved by the NJ Department of Education to provide continuing education credits to teachers.

RCE resources include Get Moving - Get Healthy NJ activity kits available for loan, fact sheets, and curricula. Contact your local Rutgers Cooperative Extension office and talk to the Family and Community Health Sciences Educator or County 4-H Agent about your needs and what is available in your county.

Resources

Rutgers Cooperative Extension Department of Family and Community Health Sciences

Get Moving - Get Healthy with New Jersey 4-H

American Dietetic Association

American Academy of Pediatrics

Shape Up America: Assessing Childhood Obesity

The Role of Schools in Preventing Child Obesity

American Obesity Association - Child Obesity

Obesity and Overweight: Contributing Factors - CDC

The Obesity Society

National Initiative for Children's Healthcare Quality: Childhood Obesity Action Network Implementation Strategy