Weight Control

Healthy Eating and Weight Control

Here is a list of websites that are helpful in understanding nutrition and weight control in children and adults.

Aim for a Healthy Weight - National Heart, Blood, Lung Institute - 25% or more of Americans are overweight or obese. If you are overweight or obese, carrying this extra weight puts you at risk for developing many diseases, especially heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and cancer. Losing this weight helps to prevent and control these diseases. The NHLBI guidelines provide you with a new approach for the measurement of overweight and obesity and a set of steps for safe and effective weight loss.

Do you think you are overweight or just right for you height? - Calculate your body fat using the BMI index at the National Heart, Blood, Lung Institute. You might be surprised at the answer!

Check your height and weight or that of your child against standard growth charts.

• Adult height and weight
• Children's growth charts

Portion Distortion! Do You Know How Food Portions Have Changed in 20 Years? Check out a fun quiz to test your knowledge about calories in meals and the amount of exercise needed to burn those calories.

Helpful Links

www.americanheart.org
click on “Healthy Lifestyle "

Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion, USDA
www.usda.gov/cnpp/

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/healthyweight/assessing/bmi/index.htm

Center for Science in the Public Interest
http://www.cspinet.org/nutrition/index.html#kids

http://cspinet.org/smartmouth/ a fun game for kids

Children’s Nutrition Research Center
http://www.bcm.edu/cnrc/

Dole Food Company
http://www.dole5aday.com

Kids Health
www.kidshealth.org

Shape Up America
www.shapeup.org/publications/99.tips.for.family.fitness.fun/index.html