Fitness / Health / Life Skills / Nutrition
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Health
World Online
Good information on fitness and healthy
living.
PE
Central
This site provides a central resource
for information about health and physical fitness. There is a weekly activity in
addition to archives of lesson plans for health and PE. Other areas covered
include professional development, assessment, purchasing, wellness, and a
Listserv.
Shape
Up America!
Provides the latest information about
safe weight management and physical fitness by Dr. C. Everett Koop.
America's
Lifeline Online
Charts of U.S. health and population
trends with other country comparisons - for teachers, policy makers, and
families.
CDC's
Tobacco Information and Prevention Sourcepage
The Center for Disease Control offers
statistics, educational material, and research results on tobacco use, as well
as tips on how to quit smoking.
Center
for Science in the Public Interest
This is the home page for the Center
for Science in the Public Interest, a non-profit health and food safety
organization. Here you can read the latest press releases on new drugs and food
issues, or read articles from past issues of their Health Action Newsletter.
There is also a section Just for Kids.
Family
Health
This site offers Real Audio
presentations of a daily series of 2 ½ minute radio programs on a wide variety
of health topics.
Health
World Online
Good information on fitness and healthy
living.
Internet
Mental Health
A site to learn about the symptoms, the
causes, and, most importantly, the treatment of common mental health problems.
National
Safety Council
The site of the National Safety Council
has statistics, information, and resources on many aspects of accidental injury,
safety, and environmental health issues.
Oncolink
Cancer Resource Center
This site includes information on
education of health care personnel, education of patients, families, and
students, and rapid collection of information pertinent to cancer.
The
Orthodontic Information Page
An orthodontic appliance manufacturer
offers answers to frequently asked questions, lists of famous people with
braces, and other orthodontic information. There are separate sections for adult
orthodontic patients, teenage patients, and parents of patients.
Substance
Abuse Prevention Center
This U.S. Department of Health &
Human Services and National Clearing House for Alcohol and Drug site is an
easily searched central clearinghouse for substance abuse information.
U.S.
Health Statistics
What is the relationship between
cigarette smoking and other unhealthy behaviors among U.S. youth? What are the
latest statistics on contraceptive use, or office visits for glaucoma? All of
these questions and more are answered here at the National Center for Disease
Control and Prevention's online health statistics web site.
Virtual
Hospital
This site is a continuously updated medical multimedia database that can be
accessed through high-speed networks 24 hours a day. The site will be of
interest to students considering a career in medicine.
Women's
Health Hotline
This web site offers plenty of
authoritative and user-friendly material. Tells you all about the main essentials
to staying healthy.
Consumers
Education for Teens
Developed by teens for teens, this site
aims to educate secondary students about the risks of consumerism in order to
help them become better and smarter shoppers. Visitors can find advice and
information on items usually marketed to teens, such as music clubs, tattoos,
calling cards, school scholarships, and car buying. Information on
get-rich-quick schemes and Internet scams are also available here. Best of all,
users can find resources for filing complaints if they feel they've been
wronged.
Vince
& Larry's Safety City
Go on an adventure with Vince &
Larry, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's crash-test dummies
and your guides to this fun and informative site about car, bicycle, school bus,
and pedestrian safety.
Center
for Science in the Public Interest
This is the home page for the Center
for Science in the Public Interest, a non-profit health and food safety
organization. Here you can read the latest press releases on new drugs and food
issues, or read articles from past issues of their Health Action Newsletter.
There is also a section Just for Kids.
International
Food Information Council
For those teaching or learning about
good eating habits, there are few sites better than the International Food
Information Council's home on the web.
McDonalds
This site includes nutritional
information on calories and fat content, and how McDonalds recycles. Listen to
jingles, find out what makes a day in the life of a McDonald employee, or write
to Ronald McDonald. You'll also find information on Ronald McDonald Houses - a
place families can stay when a child is in the hospital.
Updated 03/20/2007