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Fitness Magazines

Men's Health Magazine http://www.menshealth.com

Health Magazine http://www.health.com

Oxygen Women's Fitness http://www.oxygenmag.com

Shape Magazine http://www.shape.com

Fitness Magazine http://www.fitnessmagazine.com

Fit Pregnancy Magazine http://www.fitpregnancy.com

Health Sites

DIABETES    

The American Diabetes Association web site reveals basic info from diabetes risk factors to recent research findings.
http://www.diabetes.org/

National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/

The Joslin DiabetesCenter - An affiliate of Harvard Medical School.
http://www.joslin.harvard.edu/

DIET INFORMATION  

American Dietetic Association Website.
http://www.eatright.org/

Shape Up America! This website is oriented toward making fitness fit into a hectic schedule with a small amount of "extra" time. Includes meal planning and motivation tips as well as workout programs and sample stretching routines.
http://www.shapeup.org/publications/fitting.fitness.in/index.html

HEALTHY BONES  

National Osteoporosis Foundation web site.
http://www.nof.org/

NIH: Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases-National Resource Center
http://www.osteo.org/

HEART  

The International Task Force for Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease presents a quiz site that enables you to estimate your risk of heart attack during the next ten years.
http://www.chd-taskforce.de/calculator/calculator.htm

Healthy Heart I.Q. Test is a fun was to check your knowledge of heart disease risk factors. This true/false quiz has answers and explanations provided by the National Institutes of Health. http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/other/hh_iq.htm

National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute's information guide to lowering blood pressure. http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/hbp/detect/categ.htm

National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. Check out info on blood pressure, sleep disturbances, asthma management, and other topics of special interest on this very useful site. http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/subsites/index.htm

My Heart Watch is presented by the American Heart Association and has interactive health features including healthy recipes and a heart disease risk assessment feature.
http://www.myheartwatch.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1200000

STROKE  

This American Stroke Association (a division of the American Heart Association) web page lists the risk factors of stroke.
http://www.strokeassociation.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1060

Stroke risk assessment provided by Harper University Hospital in conjunction with Detroit Medical Center and Wayne State University.
http://www.dmc.org/harper/risk_assess/

WEIGHT MANAGEMENT

http://www.healthetech.com/corp/

UCF Links  

Campus Wellness Center: http://www.shs.ucf.edu

Recreation and Wellness Center: http://www.rec.ucf.edu

Exercise Physiology Lab: http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~exphylab

College of Education: http://www.edcollege.ucf.edu

UCF Home Page: http://www.ucf.edu

UCF-FIT: http://www.fctl.ucf.edu/ucf-fit/

Local Fitness Events

http://www.trackshack.com

http://www.buttar.com

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