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Resources
If you're interested in learning more about eating better and living a healthier lifestyle, you may want to check out these additional resources.
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Medline Plus: Obesity
U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health
MedlinePlus brings together authoritative information from NLM, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), other government agencies and health-related organizations. MedlinePlus also has extensive information about medication, an illustrated medical encyclopedia, interactive patient tutorial, and the latest health news.
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Body Mass Index: Nutrition and Weight Resources
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and its partners are working to create a healthier nation. Whether you want to lose weight or maintain a healthy weight, it's important to understand the connection between the energy your body takes in (through the foods you eat and the beverages you drink) and the energy your body uses (through the activities you do).
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Physical Activity Topics
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and its partners are working to create a healthier nation. CDC physical activity efforts cover a wide spectrum of related topics. Physical activity is vital to good health and disease prevention.
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Nutrition Topics
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and its partners are working to create a healthier nation. 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.
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Be a Healthy Person
Healthy People 2010
"Healthy People 2010" provides a framework for disease prevention and health promotion for the Nation. It is a statement of national health objectives designed to identify the most significant preventable threats to health and to establish national goals to reduce them.
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Steps to a Healthier You
United States Department of Agriculture - MyPyramid.gov
The Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion, an organization of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, was established in 1994 to improve the nutrition and well-being of Americans. Toward this goal, the Center focuses its efforts on advancing and promoting dietary guidance for all Americans, and conducting applied research and analyses in nutrition and consumer economics.
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Nutrition for Everyone: Healthy Weight
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and its partners are working to create a healthier nation. Although one of the national health objectives for the year 2010 is to reduce the prevalence of obesity among adults to less than 15%, current data indicate that the situation is worsening rather than improving. This site provides a variety of information designed to help people understand the relationship among nutrition, weight and health.
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Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CDC's Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity (DNPA) takes a public health approach to address the role of nutrition and physical activity in improving the public's health and preventing and controlling chronic diseases. The scope of DNPA activities includes epidemiological and behavioral research, surveillance, training and education, intervention development, health promotion and leadership, policy and environmental change, communication and social marketing, and partnership development.
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Tips for Parents - Ideas and Tips to Help Prevent Childhood Overweight
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and its partners are working to create a healthier nation. This page provides answers to some of the questions you may have and provides you with resources to help you keep your family healthy.
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Dietary Guidance and Interactive Tools
Food and Nutrition Information Center, USDA
These websites help consumers and professionals with dietary assessment and planning, checking personal health risks, testing knowledge, and evaluating needs.
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