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EXERCISE
- 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans: The Federal Government has issued its first-ever Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans. They describe the types and amounts of physical activity that offer substantial health benefits.
- 10,000 Steps - The Walking Site: This site will get you started using your pedometer and help you build up to 10,000 steps per day.
- A Prescription for Exercise: Three psychologists move clients and colleagues off the couch and onto the walking trail.
- America on the Move: Allows users to keep track of their physical activity (steps) and dietary progress.
- Be Active Your Way- A Fact Sheet for Adults: A summary of the latest national guidelines on exercise.
- Be Active Your Way- A Guide for Adults: A complete illustrated guide to how and why to exercise.
- Be Physically Active: Find out how many calories you can burn in 30 minutes of doing different types of activity. Your current weight affects the number of calories burned- the more you weigh, the higher the number of calories used per activity.
- Exercise and Fat: A recent study shows that 80 minutes a week can help reduce visceral fat, fat around the abdomen linked to heart disease and other health risks.
- Exercise Community Site: Blog posts, discussion boards, news, images, and videos on exercise.
- Exercise- Controlling Hypertension Through Exercise: How regular, frequent exercise can help you control your high blood presure.
- Exercise- Treating Obesity Through Exercise: How exercise can contribute significantly to weight loss for heart health.
- Exercising for a Healthy Life: This interactive module discusses the benefits of being physically active. It also presents exercising options and tips.
- How Active Are You? Calorie Calculator: Determines a targeted calorie intake determined by a person’s gender, age, height, weight, and activity level.
- How Can I Keep Track of Physical Activity and Eating?: Activity and eating logs for you to keep track of your efforts as you increase physical activity and carry out a healthy eating plan.
- Improving your health: Tips for African American men and women: You don’t have to stop eating chocolate cake or start running marathons to improve your health. Making small but steady changes in your eating and physical activity habits, over time, may help you lose weight if you need to, feel better, and improve your health. This information can help you start to change your physical activity and eating habits.
- In Brief- Your Guide to Physical Activity and Your Heart: Working out in a gym or doing specific exercises is just one example of how to be active. Find out how to be more active as you go about your daily life. This article gives specific examples of how to increase the amount of physical activity you do, and how many calories you will burn with each activity.
- Learn more about Stress Testing with this MedlinePlus interactive module.
- Physical Activity and Weight Control: An overview of the types of exercise that are recommended, including aerobic activity and strength training, plus tips for a safe and successful physical activity program.
- SmallStep.gov: Stories, newsletter, tips and recipes geared to helping people manage their weight and body image. Includes the Small Step Activity Tracker that allows users to set physical activity goals and track progress.
- Walking- A Step in the Right Direction: Walking is an excellent weight control strategy. Learn how to start a program, including safety tips and ways to increase the pace and intensity as you build up your stamina.
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WEIGHT LOSS AND OBESITY
- A Psychological View of Obesity: Collection of press releases, news stories, books and videos, journal articles, and other resources from the American Psychological Association.
- Active at Any Size: Encourages physical activity for individuals of any size. Suggested physical activities and safety tips are provided, as well as resources to get started.
- Adult BMI Calculator: Provides a definition for BMI as well as separate BMI calculators for adults and for children and teens. Additional nutrition, weight and health resources are also available.
- Binge Eating Disorder: Most of us overeat from time to time, and some of us often feel we have eaten more than we should have. Eating a lot of food does not necessarily mean that you have binge eating disorder. Experts generally agree that most people with serious binge eating problems often eat an unusually large amount of food and feel their eating is out of control.
- Changing Your Habits- Steps to Better Health: Self-help tips to prepare yourself psychologically and emotionally to eat healthier and become more active.
- Choosing a Safe and Successful Weight-loss Program: Provides guidance about speaking to your health care professional about weight loss and gathering the best information before choosing a program.
- Consequences of Obesity: Obesity leads to increased risk of coronary heart disease, cancer, type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, and other serious health problems.
- Defining Overweight and Obesity: Discusses obesity and obesity measures while detailing dangers and risks. Defines overweight and obesity for adults, children and teens.
- Do You Know the Health Risks of Being Overweight?: Weighing too much may increase your risk for developing many health problems including diabetes, heart disease, and certain types of cancer. You may be able to lower your health risks by losing weight, doing regular physical activity, and eating healthfully.
- From Wallet to Waistline: The Hidden Costs of Super Sizing: A journal article that summarizes the true costs of super sizing portions and focuses on the fact that bigger is not necessarily better. Nutrient analysis tables are also included in this article.
- Getting to Your Healthy Weight: The bottom line- move more, eat less, turn off the T.V., and skip sugary drinks.
- Guide to Behavior Change: Tips on modifying behaviors to promote weight control.
- Healthy Eating for a Healthy Weight: American Dietetic Association tips for healthy eating and weight loss. (To view video, please click on "Healthy Eating for Healthy Weight" on menu to right of web page.)
- Healthy Weight Loss: Say goodbye to crash diets and quick fixes. Real weight loss requires a new way of thinking.
- Large Waist Can Almost Double Your Risk of Premature Death, Says Europe-Wide Study: Having a large waistline can almost double your risk of dying prematurely even if your body mass index is within the 'normal' range, according to a new study of over 350,000 people across Europe, published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
- Many Paths to Successful Weight Loss: compares the benefits of low-fat, low-carb, and Mediterranean diets.
- Mayo Clinic Healthy Weight Pyramid Tool: An online tool to help people manage their weight and improve their health. The pyramid emphasizes low energy density high volume foods and focuses on increasing intakes of fruits and vegetables.
- Mind-Body Health- Obesity: Obesity is one of the nation’s fastest-growing and most troubling health problems. Unless you act to address the emotions behind why you overeat, you could be facing long-term problems.
- Overcoming Obesity: The 4 keys to overcoming obesity- physical activity, diet, behavior changes, and medications.
- Shape Up America is an organization committed to raising awareness of obesity as a health issue and to providing responsible information on healthy weight management.
- Ten Tips for Health Restaurant Dining: How to enjoy eating out while watching your waistline.
- Tips for Overcoming Obstacles to Weight Loss: It is not easy to start a weight loss program. These tips will help you overcome obstacles to beginning a program and how to stick with it.
- U.S. Obesity Statistics: Links to data on obesity trends, estimated adult obesity-attributable percentages and expenditures by state, and a funding table that demonstrates how much money goes to obesity research (compared to research on other diseases) from the National Institutes of Health.
- Watch Your Weight: How to combine exercise and health eating to keep your weight at a healthy level.
- Watch Your Weight!/¡Cuide su peso!: Written especially for Latino families, these bilingual booklets (English and Spanish) describe healthy dietary changes people can make to reduce their risk of having a heart attack or stroke.
- WebMD Diet Health Check: WebMD’s interactive Weight & Diet Makeover Health Check will assess your weight loss goals, determine your metabolic starting point, evaluate your current eating, and create a personalized weight loss plan.
- Weight and Waist Measurement- Tools for Adults: Explains how to measure BMI and waist circumference, and what these measures mean for your health.
- Weight-Control Information Network (WIN): Provides the general public and health professionals with up-to-date, science-based information on weight control, obesity, physical activity, and related nutritional issues.
- Weight-Loss and Nutrition Myths- How Much Do You Really Know?: Provides information about the myths and realities of weight loss in an easy to follow question and answer format.
- Weight Loss Community Site: Blog posts, discussion boards, news, images, and videos on the topic of weight loss.
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