Additional Resources 
 

"An investment in knowledge pays the best interest." 
Benjamin Franklin

Sugar in Children's Cereals: we may not be eating sugary breakfast cereals (hopefully!) but this article details precisely why our children should not be either. Detailed analysis of some of the leading breakfast cereals and which ones may be the better choice to have in our homes - if any at all! 

(http://static.ewg.org/reports/2011/cereals/pdf/2011-EWG-Cereals-Report.pdf )

My Food-a-pedia: a handy tool hosted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion that allows you to enter the name of nearly any food and see the amount of calories it contains. It also allows you to compare two foods ie: an apple and baked apple crisp; and see the calorie comparison as well as amounts of fat, sugar, etc... (http://myfoodapedia.gov/)

My Plate: the United States Department of Agriculture "My Plate" website that outlines the general guidelines for healthy eating.  (http://www.choosemyplate.gov/ )

Canadian Guidelines for Body Weight Classification in Adults: describe a body weight classification system used to identify health risks associated with body weight in individuals and in populations. They are aligned with the World Health Organization's recommendations widely adopted internationally. The system uses two measures to indicate health risks: the body mass index (BMI) and the waist circumference (WC). BMI is an indicator of health risk associated with underweight and overweight, and WC is used as an indicator of health risk associated with abdominal obesity. 
( http://hc.sc.gc.ca/fn-an/nutrition/weights-poids/guide-id-adult/qa-qr-pub-eng-php )

Guidelines developed by the U.S. Federal Government to address overweight and obesity-conditions that affect an estimated 97 million Americans and are the second leading cause of preventable death in the United States. These evidence-based guidelines, developed by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute in cooperation with the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.( http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/obesity/ob_gdlns.htm )

Bathroom Scales Don't Tell the Whole Story: experts rank the best and worst in body-fat measurement devices. If you are trying to get in shape, don't depend just on your bathroom scales... ( http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=56830 )

Overweight and Obesity in Australia: National Health Survey (NHS) has measured the height, weight, hip and waist circumference of respondents aged 5 years or more. Results from this survey reveal that in 2007-08, 61.4% of the Australian population are either overweight or obese...( http://www.healthyactive.gov.au/internet/healthyactive/publishing.nsf/Content/overweight-obesity )