Mick’s Picks:
Health and Fitness

Weight Maintenance

• American Dietetic Association (ADA)
  Site maintained by the American Dietetic Association. There are links to various educational services, membership information, news releases, that one can explore for up to date information on health related subjects.
• Diet, Fitness, Health and Medical Cartoons by Randy Glasbergen
  Add humor to your presentations related to nutrition, health and fitness through this web site.
• Foodandhealth.communications – Weight Loss Improves Blood Lipids and Other Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) Risk Factors
  This news article focuses on weight loss and this site offers products such as healthclips, 21st Century heart, eat your herbs, low-carbohydrate fad diet kit, and many other resources.
• Food Reflections Newsletter Archives: March, 2000 – Time for A Tune Up
  The newsletter FOOD REFLECTIONS written by Alice Henneman, MS, RD, LMNT, Extension Educator is a FREE monthly e-mail newsletter provides a “how-to” message on food, nutrition, or food safety for health professionals, educators, and consumers. This issue focuses on weight maintenance.
• Healthy Weight Network
  Healthy Weight Network provides a critical link between research and practical application in weight and eating issues.
• MyPyramid.gov – U.S. Department of Agriculture for Kids
  The following MyPyramid materials were designed specifically for children aged 6 to 11. MyPyramid Blast Off Game is included.
• NIDDK Health Information: Nutrition and Obesity
  The NIDDK Health Information: Nutrition and Obesity home page provides on-line publications. The topics include: weight control; low calorie diets; exercise and much more. The topics are in-depth and give excellent health information for children, women and men.
  • Weight-control Information Network (WIN) – An information dissemination service of NIDDK-NIH.
• Obesity Epidemic “Deadly” Result of Societal Shifts in 20th Century
  Article on obesity
• Shape Up America!
  Web site is designed to provide you with the latest information about safe weight management, healthy eating, and physical fitness.
• TEAM Nutrition Initiative and Program – U.S. Department of Agriculture http://www.shapeup.org/ Team Nutrition's Goal is to improve children's lifelong eating and physical activity habits by using the principles of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans.
• US Obesity in Adults
  US Obesity trends in the US.

Eating Disorders

• Anorexia Nervosa and Related Eating Disorders, Inc. (ANRED)
  Information about anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, compulsive exercising, and other less well-known food and weight disorders. Material includes details about recovery and prevention.
  • Table of Contents
• Doctor’s Guide (DG), DG Dispatch – ENDO 99: Anorexia Nervosa linked to Serious Bone Loss
• National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) – Eating Disorders Awareness and Prevention
  This web site provides information to the prevention and awareness of eating disorders.
• Something Fishy Website on Eating Disorders
  This web site provides extensive information on eating disorders and eating disorders related to other diseases/problems.