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Website articles for Youth Sport:

Normal Weight Gain in Growing Children by Robert Malina, PhD
Http://www.healthyweightnetwork.com/zart13.htm

Preventing Heat Illness in Sport
http://www.ausport.gov.au/fulltext/2001/sma/Heat_policy.pdf

ACSM- Youth Sports and Health
http://acsm.org/health+fitness/pdf/fitsociety/fitsc203.pdf

Nutrition for Child and Adolescent Athletes:
http://www.gssiweb.com/reflib/refs/235/sse77.cfm?pid=96&CFID=807220&CFTOKEN=3408257

Website for a large variety of sports related calculators:
http://www.martindalecenter.com/Calculators.html