Acknowledgments

This book was made possible with help from Tim Burr, who provided information from other government agencies; Bernice Barth, who compiled the bibliography; and Tim McCarty, who contributed to the bibliography. Francie Alexander, Liz Barnes, Elaine Palazzo, Theodor Rebarber, and Rikki Smoot, and Rose Tobelmann provided suggestions and guidance to the project.

Many of the activities are taken from ideas first presented in Imagine That, written by Joyce King and Carol Katzman.

Carol Katzman has served as Assistant Superintendent in the Beverly Hills Unified School District and has taught at all levels, K-8. She served a four-year term on the California Curriculum Commission, including one year as Chair. As a member of the advisory board of the local Health Champions (a comprehensive health education program) she was responsible for its implementation. When this program became the model for the California Department of Education's initiative, Healthy Kids, Healthy California, she worked for the Department on the program's overall design.

Carolyn McCary is an educational consultant who works for school districts and private sector organizations. She taught primary grades for many years. As a coordinator of the comprehensive health program in the Beverly Hills Unified School District, she helped build a program that served as a training model for California's Comprehensive Health Education and Training Program, and she consulted on the development of the Healthy Kids, Healthy California initiative.

Deborah Kidushim-Allen is a registered dietician and author of several cookbooks. She co-authored Light Style the low fat, low cholesterol, low salt way to good food and health (Harper Collins). She writes a weekly column for the Los Angeles Times syndication, and serves as nutrition consultant to Health Champions.

Annie Lunsford has been a freelance illustrator since 1975. Her works include a Children's Hospital calendar, a book for Ronald McDonald House, and slide shows for the National Institutes of Health. Her work has been recognized by The Advertising Club of New York, the Society of Illustrators, and The Printing Industry of America.

Helping Your Child Be Healthy and Fit