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Health and Nutrition

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HEALTHY COOKING

Cookbooks and RecipesVisit CoffeeBreak's Cookbook and Recipe page for some great low-fat recipes.
Delicious DecisionsFrom the American Heart Association. Neat site with lots of healthy recipes.
Healthy ChoiceGet recipes, nutritional information, cooking tips and more!
General Health


ALL HEALTH (FORMERLY BETTER HEALTH)
What a great health site! Research a condition. Visit one of the many, many boards including, quitting smoking, cancer support and childrens health (there really are hundreds of message boards)

HEALTHY KIDS
"Empowering parents to raise happy, healthy children". This site covers lots of categories including...health topics, illnesses and conditions, and family fitness. Search the message boards by childs age or a topic of interest.

MAYO CLINIC
Visit a center to get specialized info on toopics like, allergies and asthma, medicine, children, women and more. go to the Library to read by subject. Use the Glossary to define any words and terms you may not know. If you still can't find and answer to your question then "talk to the experts"

PHYS.
Use one of many calculators to figure body mass, health risks, fat needs and more. Get current health news. Read how to fight and prevent illnesses.


Fitness


GET FIT WITH RADU
This is a great program that is personalized for you! Answer a few questions and a customized program will be created! Includes nutrition tips, progress charts, and exercises that can be printed to use offline or view online animations that show you how to do the moves!

THRIVE ALIVE ONLINE-FITNESS
Use the "fitness planner" to devise a fitness schedule to follow. Go to "calorie counters" to use one of four calorie calculators, like "count the calories you burn in a typical day."


Nutrition


FAMILY FOOD ZONE
This is a fun refrigerator shaped website with lots of great nutrition information. Go to pages like "Moms food guide" and "cooking with kids". Open the fridge, click on a food item and get lots of facts and information about that food!

FOOD WATCH
See Catherine Saxelby's site about a balanced diet and healthy eating. Browse thru the A to Z nutrition guide, take a food quiz, rate your weight or learn how to read a food label. Also get a few good healthy recipes.

FRESH STARTS
The home of the vitamin superheroes "Team Antioxidant" This site has something for kids, parents, and teachers. It is fun to learn about nutrition here!


recommended reading
buy a book from Barnes and Noble


Harvard Medical School Family Health Guide

Jane Brody's Nutrition Book: A Lifetime Guide to Good Eating For Better Health

Fresh Start: The Stanford Medical School Health and Fitness Program

Healthiest Diet in the World: A Cookbook and Mentor
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