Nutrition - The Office of Minority Health

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	Nutrition Facts Label Brochure The more you read and understand nutrition labels, the better you could carve the way to a life of health and wellness. This new brochure makes it easier to determine the amounts of nutrients in each food. Make every calorie count!
	Making School Health Programs What They Used To Be
	Your Guide to Lowering Blood Pressure with DASH Get with the plan that is clinically proven to significantly reduce blood pressure! This updated booklet contains a week's worth of sample menus and recipes recalculated using 2005 nutrient content data. The "Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension" eating plan features plenty of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and other foods that are heart healthy and lower in salt/sodium. Also contains additional information on weight loss and physical activity.
	Physical Activity and Good Nutrition: Essential Elements to Prevent Chronic Diseases and Obesity Fitness problems such as obesity and overweight have reached truly epidemic proportions in the United States. This web site discusses activities that fit into your daily routine that speed your heart rate and breathing, or increase your strength and flexibility. As part of the Heathier US campaign, it reviews the relationship between nutrition and physical activity, diabetes, blood pressure and obesity.
	Stay Young at Heart Recipes - Cooking the Heart Healthy Way This web site provides links to cooking recipes designed to help you "Stay Young at Heart". It lists a series of appetizers, soups, entrees, side dishes, drinks and even deserts.
	Heart Information Network - Nutrition Guide This guide servers to educate and empower consumers and health care professionals to make dietary and lifestyle changes that will improve heart health.
	Healthier Eating with DASH - A Guide to Lowering High Blood Pressure Sponsored by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, this web site outlines the DASH eating plan which is based on 2,000 calories a day. The number of daily servings in a food group may vary from those listed on this web site depending on your caloric needs.
	Eating for a Healthy Heart The U.S. Food and Drug Administration lists steps to take to help prevent heart disease by eating a nutrionally balanced diet and offers tips on staying healthy.
	Delicious Decisions from the American Heart Association Try a heart-healthy dish from the new The New American Heart Association Cookbook, 7th edition!
	Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005 These guidelines are published jointly every 5 years 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.
	MyPyramid.gov This is a very new tool where people could go and find all the information they need to make healthy and smart choices for eating, tips to add physical activity to their lives, and create a plan to live by. MyPyramid's central message is "Steps to a Healthier You." MyPyramid replaces the Food Guide Pyramid introduced in 1992, and is part of an overall food guidance system that emphasizes the need for a more individualized approach to improving diet and lifestyle.
	Tips for Weight Loss and Maintenance Are you determined to lose weight or maintain a healthy weight this year? Here are some tips to help you achieve that goal.

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