Related Links

The following are links to organizations related to fitness, weight loss, and nutrition:

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (www.cdc.gov/healtyliving)

The CDC is a government agency that is dedicated to protecting health and promoting quality of life through the prevention and control of disease, injury, and disability. They are committed to programs that reduce the health and economic consequences of the leading causes of death and disability, thereby ensuring a long, productive, healthy life for all people.

• Calorie Count (caloriecount.about.com)

Calorie Count is a guidance and support website created to help individuals that approach dieting in various ways, including meal planning, exercises, calorie counting, etc. They have an activity planner that help you know what different activities will do to help you do to burn calories, an exercise planner, a workout planner, and a planner for those just starting up a weight loss program.

• LiveStrong MyPlate (www.livestrong.com/myplate)

MyPlate is a web tool on the LiveStrong.com website, founded by famous cycling athlete Lance Armstrong. The tool allows the user to calculate the appropriate daily caloric intake based on height, weight, weekly weight loss goal, and daily activity level. Users track what they eat every day and how active they are. Nutrition information is broken down for users and including a water drinking tracker.

• P90X (www.P90X.com)

P90X^® is a revolutionary system of 12 sweat-inducing, muscle-pumping workouts, designed to transform your body from regular to ripped in just 90 days. You’ll also receive a comprehensive 3-phase nutrition plan, specially designed supplement options, a detailed fitness guide, a calendar to track your progress, online peer support, and much more. Your personal trainer, Tony Horton, will keep you engaged every step of the way, and you won’t believe your results!

• WebMD (http://www.webmd.com/diet/default.htm)

The WebMD content staff blends award-winning expertise in medicine, journalism, health communication and content creation to bring you the best health information possible. Our esteemed colleagues at MedicineNet.com are frequent contributors to WebMD and comprise our Medical Editorial Board. Our Independent Medical Review Board continuously reviews the site for accuracy and timeliness.

• Shape Up America! (http://www.shapeup.org/)

The purpose of Shape Up America! is to educate the public on the importance of the achievement and maintenance of a healthy body weight through the adoption of increased physical activity and healthy eating. With the ultimate goal of stimulating behavior change, Shape Up America! is focusing on redefining weight management by encouraging increased physical activity and healthy eating for all Americans. Shape Up America! encourages small lifestyle changes that provide immediate health dividends, such as lower blood cholesterol levels.

• MedLine Plus (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/weightcontrol.html)

MedlinePlus will direct you to information to help answer health questions. MedlinePlus brings together authoritative information from NLM, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other government agencies and health-related organizations. Preformulated MEDLINE searches are included in MedlinePlus and give easy access to medical journal articles. MedlinePlus also has extensive information about drugs, an illustrated medical encyclopedia, interactive patient tutorials, and latest health news.

• Partnership for Prevention (http://www.prevent.org/)

Partnership for Prevention is a membership organization of businesses, nonprofit organizations and government agencies advancing policies and practices to prevent disease and improve the health of all Americans. They seek to increase investment in preventing disease and promoting health and to make prevention a national priority. Partnership’s mission is to improve health by preventing illness and injury and by promoting health. Their programs increase the priority on prevention in health-related policy and in the U.S. health care system.

• America on the Move Foundation (http://aom3.americaonthemove.org/)

America on the Move’s mission is to improve health and quality of life by promoting healthful eating and active living among individuals, families, communities, and society. They do this by bringing scientists and non-scientists together from multiple disciplines in order to synthesize and stimulate new knowledge,  translating cutting-edge science into accessible information for easy use by individuals, groups, and communities that can positively affect health behavior, empowering individuals to take control of their health by making and sustaining small measurable changes to their daily eating and activity routines, and encouraging public and private partnerships at the national, state, and local level to build programs that reach individuals and communities and support sustainable behavioral change.

• National Association for Health & Fitness (http://www.physicalfitness.org/)

The National Association for Health and Fitness (NAHF) is a non-profit organization that exists to improve the quality of life for individuals in the United States through the promotion of physical fitness, sports and healthy lifestyles. NAHF accomplishes this work by fostering and supporting Governor’s and State Councils and coalitions that promote and encourage regular physical activity.