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http://www.drugabuse.gov
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| | Discovery School
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/health/fitness.html
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| | Cool Spot
http://thecoolspot.gov
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| | Body Mass Indicator.
The Body Mass Indicator or BMI is widely used as a tool to indicate how much
body fat a person is carrying. A score of 40 or more indicates a clinical
diagnosis of morbid obesity. This is NOT a calculation of body fat %. This
site, maintained by the National Institute of Health, takes great care to
stress that this formula works best for adults and acknowledges other
limitations of the formula.
http://nhlbisupport.com/bmi/
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| | My Pyramid.
In the spring of 2005, the U.S. Deptartment of Agriculture changed the
dietary requirements of the traditional food pyramid. The biggest change,
in light of rising adult and child obesity rates, was the addition of an
exercise component to everyday life. The USDA has a wonderful interactive
website that details the changes and also includes games and a way to
personalize your diet/exercise lifestyle choices. I personally like the
addition of the Stairmaster to the side of the pyramid
http://www.mypyramid.gov/
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| | Calorie Burner.
This is a link to Prevention magazine's online site. This site gives you a
choice of physical activities and calculates approximately how many calories
that you burn during that activity. Remember that you have to burn 3,500
calories to lose a "permanent" pound of fat. You can lose a pound by
working out with lots of sweatshirts on, but it's largely water weight that
you will soon replace.
http://www.prevention.com/caloriecalc/0,5719,s1-4-121-48-1158-1,00.html
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| | Daily Calorie Calculator.
While you're at the Prevention website, this calorie calculator lets you
determine how many calories you need in order to maintain your current body
weight. The calculator will ask for your height, weight, age, gender, and
activity level. "Sedentary" means inactive (think couch potato). "Extra
active" means you are training to win the NYC Marathon by running 20
miles/day. Most of us will fall somewhere in between
http://www.prevention.com/dailycaloriecalc/0,5869,s1-4-121-48-0-1,00.html
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| | Calories in Food Chart.
Someone has taken the time to figure out how many calories are in different
kinds of food and has listed them alphabetically. I'm glad that he did
this, because I don't have the time to. Scroll down to the food of your
choice.
http://www.ntwrks.com/~mikev/chart1.html
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| | BMR - Basal Metabolic Rate.
Your BMR is the bare minimum # of calories you need every day just to stay
alive. If you did nothing but lay in bed your body would still need
calories to burn for energy for heart rate, respiration, liver function,
kidney function, brain function, etc. This link allows you to calculate
your BMR. Maybe you don't need to run a mile to burn off that Coke after
all!
http://health.discovery.com/tools/calculators/basal/basal.html
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| | Drive Through Diet.
This site is maintained by Wake Forest University's Medical Center. Click
on the icon of a major fast food chain and place your order from their
menu. Then click "SUBMIT" and see the nutritional info for your order.
http://www1.wfubmc.edu/Nutrition/Count+Your+Calories/dtd.htm
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| | BAC/BAL Calculator.
Your Blood Alcohol Content (BAC) or Blood Alcohol Level (BAL) are terms used
interchangeably. This number represents what % of alcohol is in your
bloodstream when you've been drinking alcohol. In the great state of New
Jersey, if you have a BAL of 0.08% or higher and you are pulled over by a
police officer, you will be charged with Driving While Intoxicated (DWI).
If your BAL is under 0.08%, you can be charged with Driving Under the
Influence (DUI). You should never drink alcohol and then try to
drive.http://health.discovery.com/tools/calculators/alcohol/alcohol.html
http://health.discovery.com/tools/calculators/alcohol/alcohol.html
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| | Alcohol and Body Effects
http://www.alac.org.nz/BodyEffects.aspx?Posting=ID
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