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| Check Your Health Risks |
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| How Can You Lower Your Cholesterol
DHHS. NIH. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
Features heart healthy and therapeutic lifestyle changes for treatment and preventing heart disease. Provides meal plans, grocery shopping, reading food labels, and dining out. |
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 | Heart Profilers Treatment Decision Tools
American Heart Association.
Provides professional and patient tools for personalized reports on atrial fibrillation, cholesterol, coronary artery disease, heart failure, and high blood pressure. Requires free registration. |
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| Design Your Diet |
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 | MyPyramid Tracker
USDA. Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion.
An online dietary assessment that provides information on diet quality, related nutrition messages, and links to nutrient information. Also assesses physical activity. |
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| MyPyramid Menu Planner
USDA. Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion.
An interactive Web tool where users can plan food choices to meet MyPyramid goals. |
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 | Nutrition Analysis Tool (NAT)
University of Illinois. Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition.
A free Web based nutrient analysis program. Requires log-in. |
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| Interactive Menu Planner
DHHS. NIH. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
Helps user plan meals to meet specific calorie requirements. |
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| The Interactive Playground |
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 | Eat Smart. Play Hard. for Kids
USDA. Food and Nutrition Service.
Web page which connects kids to healthy eating and physical activity interactive learning and skill-building experiences within a virtual community setting. Includes songs, experiments, activity sheets, comics, clipart, worksheets, games, posters, e-cards, recipes, and more. |
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 | Powerful Bones. Powerful Girls™.
DHHS. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Site for young girls featuring games, quizzes, e-postcards, and ideas for increasing calcium consumption. Part of the National Bone Health Campaign to promote optimal bone health and reduce the risk of osteoporosis. |
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| Kid's Interactive Playground
Nemours Foundation. KidsHealth.
Helps children calculate Body Mass Index and interpret its meaning for their health. |
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 | Children's Energy Needs Calculator
USDA. ARS. Children’s Nutrition Research Center at Baylor College of Medicine.
Interactive tool to calculate a child's energy needs based on age, current size and activity level. |
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| Can You Serve Up a Safe Barbecue
North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services.
A quiz that aids in food safety concerns such as hand washing and transporting, preparing, serving, and storing food. |
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 | The Healthy Fridge
Open the Door to a Healthy Heart. HealthyFridge.org.
Provides heart-healthy tips for the entire family. Includes a quiz that aids in making better food selections. |
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| My Very Own Pizza
Dairy Council of California
Build a pizza in this interactive game. Also find out about the history of pizza and pizza nutrition. |
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| Calculators and Counters |
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 | Calorie King
Calorie King.
A compilation of the top fast food restaurants with nutrient composition. |
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| Fat Screener
NutritionQuest.
Food intake survey provides a rough estimate of the amount of fat in your diet. |
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| Healthy Body Calculator
Ask the Dietitian.
Calculator provides results on weight, body frame size, Body Mass Index (BMI), waist to hip ratio, nutrient recommendations and physical activity. |
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| Test Your Knowledge |
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| Body Fat Lab
Shape Up America.
An educational tool to determine percent body fat and its role in overall health. |
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| Calcium Quiz
Dairy Council of California.
Interprets daily intake of calcium with recommendations. |
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| Rate Your Plate
USDA. FNS. Connecticut's Team Nutrition Program.
Analyzes food intake based on the Food Guide Pyramid and Dietary Guidelines, along with information on food labels and portion sizes. |
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| Rate Your Restaurant Diet
Center for Science in the Public Interest. Nutrition Action Newsletter.
Helps user make healthier decisions when dining out. |
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| Saturated Fat Knowledge
Open the Door to a Healthy Heart.
Interactive quizzes on the amount of saturated fat in commonly eaten foods. |
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Last Modified: Nov 12, 2008 |
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