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FoodFit.com

A one-stop site for health information, FoodFit.com offers educational articles and interactive tools on healthy eating, healthy cooking, and fitness. A team of health professionals maintains the website. In addition, over 100 chefs provide culinary tips and recipes.

The healthy eating section features USDA’s Food Guide Pyramid, a nutrition dictionary, food safety guide, and articles on whole grains, fruits and vegetables, cheeses, and herbs and spices. Users can “Ask the Nutritionist” by emailing questions to a registered dietitian.

“Fitness and Family” looks at working out with children and exercising through pregnancy. Users learn about calorie expenditure in exercise via the “Burner Calculator.”

The healthy cooking section offers an array of recipes, cooking tips and techniques, and access to a “Cook’s Dictionary.” Interactive tools such as the menu planner, pantry stocker, and food safety calculator aid in meal planning. The “Cooking with Kids” section features a selection of kid-friendly recipes.

FoodFit.com offers articles on exercise, fitness trends, sports nutrition, mind and body fitness, and staying motivated. “Fitness and Family” looks at working out with children and exercising through pregnancy. Users learn about calorie expenditure in exercise via the “Burner Calculator.”

The site includes “Food Fit Tips” on healthy eating, cooking, and physical activity, and offers a free online newsletter. Users can find even more information through links to credible nutrition and fitness organizations, such as the American Dietetic Association (ADA) and American Council on Exercise (ACE). s


IN THIS ISSUE Care of Obese Patients Challenges Health Care Providers Primary Care Intervention Helps Overweight Adolescents Search for Cause of Type 2 Diabetes Continues Researchers Investigate New Obesity-related Disease Psychosocial Factors Affect Postpartum Weight Partnership Plans Program to Help Families Get Healthy Task Force Welcomes New Members Updated WIN Publication Materials From Other Sources Meeting Notes WIN NIDDK WIN Notes is produced by the Weight-control Information Network (WIN). Questions or comments should be referred to the editor, Weight-control Information Network 1 WIN WAY BETHESDA, MD 20892-3665 TEL (202) 828-1025 FAX (202) 828-1028		Fun with Food & Fitness on FoodFit.com A one-stop site for health information, FoodFit.com offers educational articles and interactive tools on healthy eating, healthy cooking, and fitness. A team of health professionals maintains the website. In addition, over 100 chefs provide culinary tips and recipes. The healthy eating section features USDA’s Food Guide Pyramid, a nutrition dictionary, food safety guide, and articles on whole grains, fruits and vegetables, cheeses, and herbs and spices. Users can “Ask the Nutritionist” by emailing questions to a registered dietitian. “Fitness and Family” looks at working out with children and exercising through pregnancy. Users learn about calorie expenditure in exercise via the “Burner Calculator.” The healthy cooking section offers an array of recipes, cooking tips and techniques, and access to a “Cook’s Dictionary.” Interactive tools such as the menu planner, pantry stocker, and food safety calculator aid in meal planning. The “Cooking with Kids” section features a selection of kid-friendly recipes. FoodFit.com offers articles on exercise, fitness trends, sports nutrition, mind and body fitness, and staying motivated. “Fitness and Family” looks at working out with children and exercising through pregnancy. Users learn about calorie expenditure in exercise via the “Burner Calculator.” The site includes “Food Fit Tips” on healthy eating, cooking, and physical activity, and offers a free online newsletter. Users can find even more information through links to credible nutrition and fitness organizations, such as the American Dietetic Association (ADA) and American Council on Exercise (ACE). s

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