Healthy Lifestyle Package
This 280,000 word package targeting adults is organized under five main topic areas with a focus on healthy lifestyle topics including: exercise and fitness, nutrition, immunizations, screening tests, weight control, sun protection, and smoking.
EXERCISE AND FITNESS
NUTRITION
WEIGHT CONTROL
SUN PROTECTION
SMOKING
Exercise and Fitness
Exercise: A Program You Can Live With
Strength and Power Training: A Guide for Adults of all Ages View Sample
Working off Depression View Sample
A roundup of studies exploring the beneficial effects of exercise on depression, anxiety, and insomnia. Is it a case of the chicken and the egg?
Exercise and Aging: Can You Walk Away from Father Time?
Quickie Workouts
Are "no-sweat" workouts any good? Short workout plans don't do any harm, but they don't live up to all their promises.
Is it Okay to be Fat if you’re Fit?
Four for 2004: How to Become Physically Active
In Brief: ‘Weekend Warriors’ Live Longer to Play Another Day
Body Fat and Health: Less is More
In the Swing: Golf and Your Health
Exercise Your Right to Health
Don't let differing recommendations for how much and how hard to exercise for a healthy heart stop you in your tracks.
HARVARD COMMENTARIES ON HEALTH
- Burning Calories with Exercise View Sample
- Yoga for the Body and Mind
- Spin Your Way to Fitness
- Choosing your 6-pack: Abdominal Muscles and Pot Bellies
ASK-THE-EXPERT
- What exercises are considered "low impact?" Are there different guidelines for low impact exercises for teens than for adults? View Sample
- If I strain an abdominal muscle how long should I wait before exercising that muscle again?
- What causes endurance runners to vomit during long distance runs?
INTERACTIVE TOOLS
- Body Mass Index Calculator
- Exercise Quiz