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with the latest in fitness information and tips to get you
moving and eating right. Be sure to check out these valuable
online resources to help educate your family on how to live
healthy lifestyle together.
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| 5 A Day For Better Health
Provides, tips, recipes, publications, Q&A, and benefits of fruits
and vegetables for better health.
Aetna Intelihealth
Contains health and weight management information, interactive
quizzes and calculators, a nutrition database and recipes for
weight loss.
Aim For a Healthy Weight
The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) guidelines
provide you with a new approach for the measurement of
overweight and obesity and a set of steps for safe and effective
weight loss.
America on the Move
America on the Move offers free, personalized online resources,
interactive tools, community support, and fun events.
American Diabetes Association
The American Diabetes Association funds research, publishes
scientific findings, provides information and other services to
people with diabetes, their families, health professionals and
the public.
American Dietetic Association
ADA’s commitment to helping people enjoy healthy lives brings
the Association into the forefront of five critical health areas
facing all Americans: Obesity and overweight, with a focus on
children; Healthy aging; Safe, sustainable and nutritious food
supply; Nutrigenetics and nutrigenomics; Integrative medicine,
including supplements and alternative medicine.
American Heart Association
The American Heart Association’s mission is to reduce disability
and death from cardiovascular diseases and stroke.
American Institute for Cancer Research
Education on diet and cancer prevention, recipes, free brochures.
Explains obesity and lack of physical activity’s link with cancer.
Ask the Dietition
Contains many FAQs including questions and answers
concerning overweight issues, diets, diets, and many more
as well as links to additional resources.
Atkins Diet Alert
A resource to help with questions and concerns about
high-protein diets. Created by the Physicians Committee
for Responsible Medicine.
Bam! Body and Mind
Fitness and Nutrition website from the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
From The National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and
Health Promotion. The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance
System (BRFSS) is a state-based system of health surveys that
collects information on health risk behaviors, preventive health
practices, and health care access primarily related to chronic
disease and injury.
Calorie Control Council
Provides information on cutting calories and fat in your diet,
along with achieving and maintaining a healthy weight.
Calories Count
Online weight loss, dieting and healthy lifestyle program,
featuring calorie calculators, meal plans, recipes, chat groups
and information to help you lose weight.
Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion
The USDA Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion (CNPP)
works to improve the health and well-being of Americans by
developing and promoting dietary guidance that links scientific
research to the nutrition needs of consumers. CNPP is an
agency of USDA’s Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is
one of the 13 major operating components of the Department
of Health and Human Services (HHS), which is the principal
agency in the United States government for protecting the health
and safety of all Americans and for providing essential human
services, especially for those people who are least able to
help themselves.
Delicious Decisions
Online recipes with dozens of other tempting
heart-healthy meals.
Diabetes Self Management
Diabetes Self-Management brings you the information you
need to control your diabetes and improve your health.
Dietary Guidelines for Americans
Dietary Guidelines for Americans has been published jointly
every 5 years since 1980 by the Department of Health and
Human Services (HHS) and the Department of Agriculture (USDA).
The Guidelines provide authoritative advice for people two years
and older about how good dietary habits can promote health and
reduce risk for major chronic diseases. They serve as the basis
for Federal food and nutrition education programs.
Discovery Health
Provides articles, advice and resources for nutrition, fitness
and weight loss.
Discovery Health National Body Challenge
Discovery Health’s National Body Challenge is a FREE, eight-week,
comprehensive fitness and weight-loss challenge that provides the
tools and inspiration, online and on television, to get in shape, shed
extra pounds and adopt a healthier lifestyle. Open to individuals,
groups and families, the National Body Challenge offers the flexibility
for participants to make the right choices to meet their personal
nutrition and fitness goals.
Exercise Daily!
ExerciseDaily! is a free online wellness magazine.
Family Doctor.org
Health information for the whole family from the American
Academy of Family Physicians.
Fat Calories.com
Nutrition information from fast food restaurants.
FitFactor
Air Force Services initiative for youth between the ages
of 6-18 years old to help them Get Up, Get Out and Get Fit.
Fit to Fight - Commander Toolkit
Nutrition and Fitness Resources from the Air Force
Medical Service.
| Fit Watch.com
Provides basic information about fitness, exercise
and nutrition along with tools to analyze and track
fitness results.
Fitness Center (Mayo Clinic)
Find fitness information and expert exercise advice
on starting an exercise program, staying motivated,
preventing injury and more.
Food & Nutrition (Mayo Clinic)
Contains information on food and nutrition and what
constitutes a healthy diet, healthy cooking and
healthy eating.
Food and Nutrition -
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Contain reports, publications, resources and information from
the U.S. Department of Agriculture regarding food and nutrition.
Food and Nutrition Information Center
The Food and Nutrition Information Center provides
credible, accurate, and practical resources for nutrition
and health professionals, educators, government
personnel and consumers.
Food Fit
Contains up-to-date information on good food and good
health including tools, recipes and guides.
Government Recreation & Fitness
The forum for military and government recreation and fitness managers worldwide. Features news and in-depth reports on concepts, methods and equipment, the latest trends, policies, practices and products. Maintains dialogue with readers at U.S. military installations—Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard, National Guard; Veterans’ hospital; National parks; state and local facilities; and more.
Healthy Choices - Commissaries.com
DeCA is a partner with TRICARE and DoD nutrition
and medical professionals from all services in an
effort to encourage military consumers to read labels
and make healthier food choices to improve health
and control weight.
Let's Move: America's Move to raise a
Healthier Generation of Kids
Let’s Move! has an ambitious but important goal: to solve the epidemic of childhood obesity within a generation. Let’s Move will give parents the support they need, provide healthier food in schools, help our kids to be more physically active, and make healthy, affordable food available in every part of our country. Join First Lady Michelle Obama, community leaders, teachers, doctors, nurses, moms and dads in a nationwide campaign to tackle the challenge of childhood obesity.
Losing Weight and
Maintaining a Healthy Weight
Resources for losing weight and maintaining a healthy
weight from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Medical Fitness Association
The Medical Fitness Association (MFA) mission is to foster
opportunities for the development and operational success of
medically integrated fitness centers. MFA provides industry
standards, educational programs, benchmarks, outcome
measurements, professional development and networking
opportunities for the medical fitness industry.
MSNBC Nutrition and Fitness Library
Diet, fitness and health resources.
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Health Information Center
Provides health information, tools and publications from the
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
Nutrition - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CDC nutrition efforts cover a wide spectrum of related topics.
Good nutrition is vital to good health, disease prevention, and
essential for healthy growth and development of children
and adolescents.
Physical Activity for Everyone
Provides resources on physical activity from the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
Quit Tobacco - Make Everyone Proud
Tobacco use impacts physical fitness, night vision, and
healing and impairs mission readiness. Find out how you
can quit or help others quit by accessing “Quit Tobacco -
Make Everyone Proud”, a DoD website that provides free
cessation coaching and other resources to aid in cessation.
Shape Your Future -
Air Force Medical Service
Weight gain prevention website, including a compilation of
self-help tools, including self-assessment links, quick tips,
articles, handouts and other resources.
Spark People
Free diet and health related web site with nutrition and
fitness tools to include calorie counter, meal plans,
fitness program, recipes, tips, articles and much more.
The Fitness Jumpsite
Contains active calorie calculator, fitness library,
resources for getting active, nutrition made easy,
managing your weight and fitness equipment.
The Great American Smokeout
Contains advice on how to quit smoking, from advice
on planning how to quit to tips for when cravings hit.
Also provides contact information for counselors who
are ready to talk to you anytime, day or night.
The Presidents Council on
Physical Fitness and Sports
Health, physical activity, fitness and sports information
website of the President’s Council on Physical Fitness
and Sports.
The SunWise Program
The SunWise Program is an environmental and
health education.
Weight Loss Center (Mayo Clinic)
Explore components of successful weight loss, from
diet and exercise to weight-loss programs, weight-loss
products and weight-loss surgery.
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