Physical Health Resources

Police Athletic League (PAL)

provide opportunities for all youth to participate in programs by providing sports and activities at no cost to the children.

• Coral gables 2801 Salzedo St, Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-460-5637.
• Miami Beach(can use gym for $10/month) 999 11th Street, Miami Beach, Fl 33139. 305-531-5636 ext 22.
• Florida City 404 West Palm Drive, Florida City, FL 33034. (305) 247-8223.
• Miami 400 NW 2nd Ave Suite 206, Miami, FL 33128. (305) 579-6184.
• Miami 9105 NW 25th St #1044, Miami, FL 33172.(305) 471-1738.

Power Of Prevention (POP)

The POP Challenge is where you can pledge to exercise five days a week for 30 minutes per day. You will also receive your POP certificate and go to the President’s Challenge to register for your President’s Challenge Certificate and Emblem once completing six weeks of physical activity. Have links to many cool websites.
www.powerofprevention.com/kids_home.php

The City of Miami Park and Recreation

Offers fitness classes for children 10 and younger for free. Also offers swimming and tennis lesson for reasonable prices. visit the website below for all the program. for swimming call 305-634-8164 for all other programs call 305-634-5791 ext. 322
www.miamigov.com/Parks/pages/about_us/news_events.asp

Tobacco Free Florida

A great website to help teenager quit the habit.
www.tobaccofreeflorida.com

University of Miami BeSmokeFree Program

Be Smoke Free is a 6-week program with addiction experts that have assembled an array of behavioral and psychological techniques to help controlled the addiction. Call 305-243-7600 or
click here

We Can!

A national resource for parents and kids to help children 8-13 years old stay at a healthy weight. Go to link below.
www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/obesity/wecan/

YMCA of Greater Miami

Various activities including swimming (only in homestead), fitness and camps available at minimal fee. Financial aid available for low income families. call them at Toll Free: 1-877-WOW-YMCA (1-877-969-9622)
http://www.ymcamiami.org/

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Baptist Health Smoking Cessation

South Miami Hospital offers a six-week program to help 18 years and up stop smoking. The fee is $85. For a schedule of dates and times, call 786-662-8484 or
click here

Dental Services (north dade)

Dade County Dental Research Clinic
750 NW 20th St, Miami FL
(305) 324-6070

Jackson Memorial Hospital Dental Clinic (mainly extractions)
1611 NW 12th Ave, Miami FL
(305) 585-6935

Miami Dade Community College Dental Hygiene Department (free cleaning)
950 NW 20th St, Miami FL
(305) 237- 4142

JMH/Helen B. Bentley Family Health Center.
3090 SW 37th Ave, Miami, FL 33133.
305-447-4950

JMH/Jefferson Reaves Health Center
1009 NW 5th Ave Miami, FL 33136.
305-577-0093

Miami Beach Community Health Center (if you have ADI)
710 Alton Rd, Miami Beach, FL 33139.
305-538-8835

Dental Services (South Dade)

Miami Children’s Hospital – accept Medicaid (first visit free) and Concordia
3100 SW 62nd Ave, Miami FL
305-663-8538

Coconut Grove Health Center (ADI/medicaid only)
3090 SW 37th Ave, Miami FL
305-447-4950

Community Health of South Dade
10300 SW 216th St, Miami FL
305-253-5100

CHI/Martin Luther King Clinica Campesino Center
810 West Mowry St, Homestead FL
305-248-4334

Southside Dental Center (ADI/medicaid only)
5798 SW 68th St, Miami FL
305-284-0976

Doris Ison Community Health Center
10300 S.W. 216th St. Miami, FL 33190.
305-253-5100

Eat Smart. Play Hard.

What should kids and parents eat and do for good health? The answer is just a ‘click’ away at USDA’s new web pages for kids and parents.
For kids go to: www.fns.usda.gov/eatsmartplayhardkids/
For parents:
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Get Fit Get Right

Developed to help overweight teens make small, long term changes to their eating and exercise habits to get healthier. Go to website below.
www.getfitgetright.org

Healthy Snacks

Healthy Snacks for Children from UF Center for Science in the Public Interest. click here

HHS Tobacco Cessation Guideline

The US Dep of Health and Human service tobacco cessation guidelines.
www.surgeongeneral.gov/tobacco/default.htm

MyPyramid.gov

This website gives details regarding a food pyramid. It contains various interactive games and activities that involve children and empowers them make their own diets healthier.
http://www.mypyramid.gov/kids/index.html

Obesity Clinics at Miami Children’s Hospital

The clinic is offered twice a month on Fridays by the Gastroenterology Departement at Miami Children Hospital. Medicaid is accepted. Miami Children’s Hospital, 3200 SW 60th Court
Suite #204, Miami FL 33155. Phone: 305-661-6110.

OK FINE

Run by Miami Children’s Hospital, its foundation, and its community partners the Overtown Kids (OK) Fitness, Involvement, Nutrition, Education (FINE) Program help obese children develop healthy habits that include proper eating and physical exercise. Located at Overtown Youth Center, 450 NW 14th Street in Miami. Contact 305-668-5514.

P.H.A.S.E.S. – Preventive Health and Safety Education for Students

Miami-Dade AHEC (Area Health education center) has PHASES Program for elementary, middle and high school students focusing on preventative health and safety education for children and adolescents on topics such as nutrition, cardiovascular health, eating disorders, breast cancer, asthma, skin cancer and bone health. Miami-Dade AHEC provides this program and all accompanying materials completely free of charge to all public and private schools in Miami-Dade County upon request.
http://www.mdahec.org/Community_Education/index.html

Parents Step Up

It is an innovative, bilingual, childhood obesity prevention campaign sponsored by Baptist Health South Florida, Memorial Healthcare System’s Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital. Parents Step Up is a national resource that is updated regularly with recent news articles, studies and statistics relevant to parental responsibility for childhood obesity.
http://www.parentsstepup.com/home.html