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  • 10,000 Steps External Web Site Policy

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    This walking program uses a personal pedometer to encourage you to fit extra steps to your daily routine and walk your way to better health.

    Kaiser Permanente

  • A Healthier You External Web Site Policy

    This easy-to-use resource guide helps you make smart choices from every food group, find balance between food and physical activity, and get the most out of the calories you consume.

    Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

  • Active at Any Size External Web Site Policy

    This booklet addresses the special challenges for very large people who are physically active and provides tips and ideas to become more active and healthier—no matter what your size.

    Weight-Control Information Network (WIN)

  • America on the Move External Web Site Policy

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    American on the Move is an evidence-based nonprofit dedicated to helping you take small steps and make small lifestyle changes for a healthier way of life.  This website will help you improve your health and quality of life through healthful eating and active living.  Includes an online community, articles on making healthy choices, and more. En español

    America on the Move (AOM)

  • BodyWorks External Web Site Policy

    This program is designed to help parents and caregivers of adolescents ages 9 to 13 improve family eating and activity habits. The program toolkit focuses on parents as role models and provides them with hands-on tools to make small, specific behavior changes to prevent obesity and help maintain a healthy weight. En español

    Office on Women's Health (OWH)

  • Calorie Connect External Web Site Policy

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    This online wellness service helps you track your food and exercise habits and provides you with personalized food consumption information, exercise data, and analytical charts and tables to help you make positive choices about your physical health and well being.

    Calorie Connect

  • CalorieKing External Web Site Policy

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    This website is a comprehensive guide to weight management that helps you track your diet and change your habits.  In addition to its database of 70,000 foods, CalorieKing offers a food and exercise diary, practical help and tips, step-by-step guidance, interactive goal setting, and motivation and support from the CalorieKing community.  A program for physicians is also available.

    CalorieKing

  • ChooseMyPlate.gov External Web Site Policy

    ChooseMyPlate.gov from the USDA illustrates the five food groups that are the building blocks for a healthy diet and provides tools for diet/calorie tracking and information on weight management, physical activity, and healthy eating. Some materials available in Spanish.

    U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)

  • Daily Burn External Web Site Policy

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    This resource helps you by providing nutritional tracking tools and fitness plans to help you reach your weight goals.

    Daily Burn

  • EX External Web Site Policy

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    This quit smoking program helps you re-learn your life without cigarettes.  The EX Plan helps you see quitting not as one big war, but as a number of little battles you can actually win.  Includes tools to chart your progress and set your quit smoking date.

    EX

  • Exercise & Physical Activity: Your Everyday Guide External Web Site Policy

    This guide shows you many types of exercise and physical activity.  It also has lots of tips to help you be active in ways that suit your lifestyle, interests, health, and budget, whether you’re just starting out, getting back to exercising after a break, or fit enough to run a 3-mile race. It’s for everyone—people who are healthy and those who live with an ongoing health problem or disability. En español

    National Institute on Aging (NIA)

  • Go Meals External Web Site Policy

    This application for the iPhone and iPad provides users with instant access to diabetes nutrition facts for making healthy eating choices.

    Go Meals

  • Lose It! External Web Site Policy

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    Lose It! is a smart phone app that helps you set goals and achieve them through tracking your daily calories, habits, and exercise.

    FitNow, Inc.

  • My Fitness Plan External Web Site Policy

    These three worksheets for young women can help you figure out which types of exercise you'll enjoy most and how to get started, stay motivated, and free up time for fitness.

    Center for Young Women's Health at Children's Hospital Boston

  • MyFoodAdvisor External Web Site Policy

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    This online tracking tool lets you track what you eat to manage your diabetes and prevent the onset of complications.  Explore nearly 5,000 foods and find recipes and healthy alternatives to improve your meals. En español

    American Diabetes Association (ADA)

  • NFL PLAY 60 Challenge Resources External Web Site Policy

    These resources help teachers get their students active, excited, and engaged in the NFL PLAY 60 Challenge. The resources include a teacher guide, lesson plan worksheets, game planner, classroom scoreboard, and certificate.

    American Heart Association (AHA)

  • Small Steps. Big Rewards. Your GAME PLAN to Prevent Type 2 Diabetes: Information for Patients External Web Site Policy

    This three-booklet package helps you assess your risk for developing diabetes and implement a program to prevent or delay the onset of the disease.  Use the activity tracker and fat and calorie counter to help track your progress. En español

    National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP)

  • Spark Teens External Web Site Policy

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    This website offers teens free nutrition, health, and fitness tools, along with support and resources that help teens achieve their health goals.

    SparkPeople

  • SparkPeople External Web Site Policy

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    This online program provides free nutrition, health, and fitness tools, support, and resources to help you reach your goals and live a healthier life.  Track your calories and exercise and connect with others like you.

    SparkPeople

  • StickK External Web Site Policy

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    This website helps you set, track, and achieve goals to live a healthier lifestyle.

    StickK

  • TheCarrot External Web Site Policy

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    This website provides easy-to-use tools for tracking your health, nutrition, fitness, and medicines in a calendar format. Gain a comprehensive view of your health to help you identify areas of improvement and goal-setting.

    TheCarrot

  • Virtual Lifestyle Management External Web Site Policy

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    This interactive weight management program is designed for health care provider organizations that wish to improve the overall health of obese and sedentary adult patients through increased physical activity and proper nutrition.

    DPS Health

  • Walking Works External Web Site Policy

    This guide helps Americans live healthier lives by helping them set and achieve personal walking goals.  Treat yourself and your family to a daily routine of brisk walking. It’s a healthy and simple way to feel better now and reduce the risk of developing serious health problems down the road.

    BlueCross BlueShield Association

  • Weight Watchers External Web Site Policy

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    This program can help you lose weight by forming helpful habits, eating smarter, getting more exercise, and providing support through in-person meetings and online resources. En español

    Weight Watchers

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