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Resources – Healthy Weight

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U.S. Obesity Trends: 1985 – 2006 (CDC)
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/obesity/trend/maps/

Institutional Resources

Calculate your BMI – English (NHLBI)
http://www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi/

Calculate your BMI – Spanish (NHLBI)
http://www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi/sp_bmicalc.htm

Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF)
http://statehealthfacts.kff.org/
(search on “Obesity”)

Nutrition.gov (USDA)
http://nutrition.gov/

Waist-to-hip ratio calculator (Health Status)
http://www.healthstatus.com/calculate/whr

Wasit-to-hip ratio (U of MD)
http://www.healthcalculators.org/calculators/waist_hip.asp

Recipes & Calorie Counters

Aim for a healthy weight (NHBLI)
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/obesity/lose_wt/index.htm

American Heart Association (AHA)
http://www.deliciousdecisions.org/

Brigham & Women’s Hospital
http://www.brighamandwomens.org/healtheweightforwomen/eating/menu_plans.asp

Centers for Disease Control (5-A-Day program) (CDC)
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/5aday/recipes/index.htm

FatCalories (fast food nutrition breakdown)
http://www.fatcalories.com

Mayo Clinic (healthy recipes)
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/healthy-recipes/RE99999

National Heart Lung & Blood Institute (NHBLI)
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/other/ktb_recipebk/

National Nutrient Database (USDA)
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/search

NATS (Nutritional Analysis Tools & System)
http://nat.crgq.com/mynat/index.html

NutritionData (nutrition facts & calorie counter)
http://www.nutritiondata.com/index.html

Selected Weight Maintenance / Loss Programs & Resources

Choosing a safe & successful weight loss program (WIN/ NIDDK)
http://win.niddk.nih.gov/publications/choosing.htm

Mayo Clinic – Healthy Weight Pyramid tool
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/weight-loss/NU00595

Shape Up America!
http://www.shapeup.org

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State of Connecticut, Department of Public Health, Protective Health Assessment, 2008.
Funded by the National Governors Association Healthy States Initiative.