Weight Policy Resource Guide
The following page is a resource guide to help
you understand and comply with the new weight policy.
Web Sites
- Calorie King:
www.calorieking.com: A food awareness website that provides effective tools to take charge of
your eating and exercise habits, including a searchable database of
foods you eat and the nutrients they provide.
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Choose
Healthy Options for Wellness Assessment: The CHOW Assessment
Tools were developed to help military communities assess their
environment to determine the extent to which people can access healthy
food options. Two versions of the tool are CHOW-Community and
CHOW-Worksite. CHOW is and excellent tool to help you assess whether
the food choices you make daily are meeting your nutrient needs.
- My Pyramid:
www.mypyramid.gov:
MyPyramid offers personalized eating plans and interactive tools to help
you plan and assess your food choices and find balance between nutrition
and physical activity.
- MyPyramid Tracker:
www.mypyramidtracker.gov:
MyPyramid Tracker is an online dietary and physical activity assessment
tool that provides information on your diet quality, physical activity
status, related nutrition messages, and links to nutrient and physical
activity information. MyPyramid Tracker translates the principles of the
2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans and other nutrition standards
developed by the U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Health and Human
Services.
- SPARKPEOPLE.COM is a FREE online service to help improve your
health.
- Unit Food Service Specialist. Diet is a significant part of the
weight management equation. Many of the Coast Guard’s Food Service
Specialists (FSs) have special training in nutrition and healthy cooking
techniques. FS personnel are valuable resources for information and play
a major role in the availability of healthy food choices at their dining
facilities.
- Weight Management Self-Help Guide. The Weight Management
Self-Help Guide,
COMDTPUB
P6200.3A was developed to provide employees and their families
assistance with managing their weight. It is a self-paced tutorial which
guides users through the various aspects and components of a successful
weight management program. This publication can be found by accessing CG
Directives.
Links from pages within the
Fitness Help site to non-Coast Guard sites are provided as a customer
service and do not represent any implicit or explicit endorsement by the
United States Coast Guard of any commercial or private issues or
products presented there.
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