It's Your Life

Links & Resources 

Nutrition

• American Dietetic Association
• United States Department of Agriculture--Food and Nutrition
• Steps to a Healthier You--New Food Guide Pyramid
• Center for Disease Control and Prevention--National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Nutrition and Physical Activity
• Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005, Department of Health and Human Services and United States Department of Agriculture

Cancer Prevention

• American Cancer Society
• National Cancer Institute—Department of the National Institutes of Health
• Cancer Prevention and Control: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Cancer Control Planet- Agency for Health Care Research and Quality and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Diabetes

• American Diabetes Association
• United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)
• National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse (NDIC--service of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) of the NIH)

Obesity

• National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK, NIH)
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Clinical Guidelines on the Identification, Evaluation, and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity in Adults
• United States Preventive Service Task Force (USPSTF)
• American Academy of Pediatrics
• American Medical Association

Tobacco

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Tobacco Information and Prevention Source (TIPS)
• American Lung Association
• Department of Health and Human Services, Surgeon General Tobacco Cessation Guidelines
• American Cancer Association
• National Institute of Cancer

Heart Disease

• American Heart Association
• National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, Blood Institute (NHLBI)
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Statistics 

High Blood Pressure

• American Heart Association
• The Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (JNC 7) JNC VII
• Statistics
• National Heart, Lung, Blood Institute

High Cholesterol

• American Heart Association
• National Cholesterol Education Program, Third Report of the Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults (Adult Treatment Panel III)
• National Institutes of Health

Mental Health

• National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration
• Surgeon General’s Report
• American Psychiatric Association
• Institute of Medicine
• Statistics
• American Psychological Association
• American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Women’s Health

• Agency for Health Care Quality and Research
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• National Heart, Lung, Blood Institute (Women and Heart Disease)
• American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Physical Activity

• American Heart Association
• Centers for Disease Control, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
• Surgeon General’s Report
• President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports
• Physical Activity and Older Americans
• American College of Sports Medicine

Preventive Care (Screening Tests and Counseling)

• United States Preventive Services Task Force