Healthy Choices are Smart Choices

Taking care of yourself with good nutrition, regular exercise, and conscientious preventive health care can provide tremendous benefits. The most important step is the first one: committing to a healthy lifestyle. Incorporating physical fitness and sensible nutrition into your daily routine can yield a long lifetime of positive results. So, the next time you think about getting fit, don’t ask, “Who has the time?” Instead, ask yourself, “Who doesn’t want to feel better?”

Websites

www.cancer.org
The American Cancer Society is a national, community-based, voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem. The American Cancer Society’s Great American Health Check^SM is a quick and easy online health assessment that can provide you with a list of early detection tests you can discuss with your physician.

www.americanheart.org
The American Heart Association is a national voluntary health agency dedicated to reducing disability and death from cardiovascular diseases and stroke. The website has up-to-date information on preventing and treating heart disease and stroke, as well as recipes and cooking tips.

www.abms.org
The American Board of Medical Specialties website can help you verify the specialty in which a doctor has been certified.

www.fsmb.org
The Federation of State Medical Board’s website has contact information for your state’s medical board.

www.diabetes.org
The American Diabetes Association is an organization dedicated to preventing and curing diabetes and to improving the lives of all people affected by diabetes. You’ll find information on dia¬betes research, news, and healthy eating for diabetics on the website.

http://www.fi.edu/learn/heart/healthy/diet.html
Sponsored by the Franklin Institute of Science Museum, this site offers healthy eating tips, including eating tips for kids; choles¬terol advice, and a nutrition quiz.

www.fitness.gov; www.presidentschallenge.org
Sponsored by the President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, these two sites offer health information and a free moti¬vational physical activity/fitness program.

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