Online Resources 

Nutrition Calculators offers a variety of the above calculators with additional explanations to help you better understand what you are measuring.

NutritionData's Nutrition Facts Analyzer  Nutrition Data generates nutrition facts labels and provides simplified nutritional analyses for all foods and recipes.

Practical Weight Loss Calculators a free online weight loss information source which helps you translate what you have calculated into a positive plan for weight reduction and weight loss maintenance.

Waist/Hip Ratio WHR looks at the relationship between the differences in the measurements of your waist and hips and is used to determine health risk from obesity.

Weight Maintenance Calculator Gives you a measure of calories per day needed to maintain a weight. You can use it to figure out what you need to be eating daily to maintain your ideal weight.

Balanced Life Style Support Sites

1Up Health Medical resource provides comprehensive information and news on diseases, symptoms, tests, surgery, injuries, nutrition, medications, and poisons with a focuses on family and community health

Aim for Healthy Weight Obesity Education Initiative Website of NIH

American Obesity Association The leading organization for advocacy and education on obesity.

The BeeSlender Weight Loss Program Weight Loss Program providing counseling by Master's and Doctoral - level psychologists, nutritionists and exercise physiologists using emailed lessons, daily diet, exercise and lifestyle counseling.

The Daily Apple A comprehensive site upon which you can maintain your personal medical records and history and gain invaluable information on all aspects of the Balanced Lifestyle.

Diabetes Mall a very good resource for information on change of lifestyle not only for diabetics but for people who need to prevent themselves from becoming diabetic.

Diabetic-Lifestyle.com an online monthly magazine for people who want to better understand diabetes and maintain a balanced lifestyle.

Diet Channel a rich resource with over 600 links to reliable diet information.

Diet Forum The Diet Forum provides a variety of articles, recipes, weight loss programs and personal diet plans.

Diet, Nutrition, and Exercise a variety of resources to assist you in your balancing of your lifestyle.

Diet Reviews Zone  Diet Reviews on diet programs, pills, resources and much more!

Do You Have a Balanced Lifestyle Take this self-assessment to determine if your life is balanced. It contains good feedback.

Do You Have a Balanced Lifestyle? Another online self-assessment if your life is balanced. Again it offers you good feedback.

eDiets Most probably the most comprehensive and reasonable site on the internet to utilize to support your lifestyle change efforts. There is nutrition, exercise, social and emotional support all offered on one site.

e-Support Groups a resource of e-support group sites that are health related in different ways

Free Weight Loss Center's Suggested Online Weight Loss Links And Resources! from 1 Step Weight Loss Secrets

Go Ask Alice on Nutrition and Fitness a site managed by Columbia University which answers questions related to a balanced lifestyle.

Harvard World Health News a rich source of researched based information pertinent to maintaining a healthy balanced lifestyle.

Health Library at Stanford an e-book resource to provide you the reading materials you will need to support your efforts at changing and maintaining a balanced lifestyle

A Healthy Lifestyle A comprehensive guide by McLeod Today for putting together some of the  food and eating components of the Balance Lifestyle promoted on this website.

Healthy Lifestyle on women.com A comprehensive guide for a variety of topics from the Tools for a Balanced Lifestyle aimed at women.

Healthy Lifestyle Planner The Mayo Clinic sponsors this section of their site which focuses on helping people making plans to implement a balanced lifestyle. 

MayoClinic.com contains the Mayo Clinic's suggestions for a healthy lifestyle and taking charge of your health.

National Women's Health Information Center this rich source of information on the balanced lifestyle, is offered by the Office of Women's Health, US Department of Health and Human Services. 

The North American Association for the Study of Obesity NASSO an interdisciplinary society whose purpose is to develop, extend and disseminate knowledge in the field of obesity.

NutritionData's Nutrition Facts Analyzer Nutrition Data generates nutrition facts labels and provides simplified nutritional analyses for all foods and recipes.

Personal Trainer One Easy-to-use food and exercise journal software helps you meet your Balanced Lifestyles goals.

Primary and Preventive Health from the University of Michigan Health Systems offers a number of tips for maintaining a healthy lifestyle.

Shape Up America This website is designed to provide the latest information about safe weight management, healthy eating, increased activity and physical fitness.

Tried and True Fitness. com This site has a very large selection of weight loss stories, recipes  and exercise guide as well as some very helpful calculators.

Weight-control Information Network a national information service of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH). WIN was established in 1994 to provide health professionals and consumers with science-based information on obesity, weight control, and nutrition.

Topics available at the Weight Loss and Control of the NIDDK Weight-control Information Network

• Active at Any Size
• Binge Eating Disorder
• Celebrate the Beauty of Youth
• Choosing a Safe and Successful Weight-Loss Program
• Dieting and Gallstones
• Do You Know the Health Risks of Being Overweight?
• Energize Yourself and Your Family
• Fit and Fabulous as You Mature
• Gastrointestinal Surgery for Severe Obesity
• Helping Your Overweight Child
• Improving Your Health: Tips for African American Men and Women
• Nutrition and Your Health: Dietary Guidelines for Americans
• Obesity, Physical Activity, and Weight-control Glossary
• Physical Activity and Weight Control
• Prescription Medications for the Treatment of Obesity (revised February 2001; Research)
• Release of Clinical Guidelines To Identify, Evaluate, and Treat Overweight and Obesity in Adults
• Take Charge of Your Health: A Teenager's Guide to Better Health
• Understanding Adult Obesity
• Very Low-Calorie Diets
• Walking...A Step in the Right Direction
• Weight Cycling
• Weight-loss and Nutrition Myths
• Weight Loss for Life
• You Can Control Your Weight as You Quit Smoking

Weight Loss For Good Information to help you lose weight and keep it off!

Weight Loss Help This site offers weight loss help by providing information and resources for the most popular diets, from Atkins to the Zone Diet.

Weight Loss Institute conducts extensive research of a number of different diets, diet pills and weigh loss programs with the goal of finding sensible and sustainable ways for overweight patients to lose weight, and keep it off on long-term basis.

Weight Loss International.com Free diet center. Essential health and weight loss diet information that teaches you the truth about fast weight loss programs that promise quick weight loss. Why have all your past diets failed?

A Year of Health Hints This site offers 365 Practical Ways to Feel Better and Live Longer

Body Image Sites

About Face a San Francisco based group that fights negative and distorted images of women.

Audiosbarbie.com A support site for people who are fighting with their body image.

Body Image a list of helpful articles on this topic.

Body Image and Advertising looks at impact of advertising on body image today.

Body Image and Betrayal A sited dedicated to fighting eating disorders which result from poor body image.

Body Image Task Force of Ohio State University examines the all of the issues surrounding this issue

Body Image Test from Emode

Body Image Quiz check on your knowledge of the magnitude of the problem with body image issues in our culture.

Body Positive boosting body image at any weight

Body Talk Magazine a site dedicated to improving body image.

Cellulite Solutions Methods for getting rid of cellulite fast

Do You have a Body Image Problem an online assessment.

Female Body Shape Questionnaire assesses the state of your body image.

Health, Body Image and the Media information regarding the influences that television, magazines and advertisements have over body image and health.

How Good is Your Body Image an online self-assessment.

Mirror Image an extensive look at the male side of body image concerns.

Self-Help for Her an online resource to assist women to deal with lifestyle issues related to self image

A Thin Line between Love and Hate upbeat look at body image issues.

University of Colorado site of the National Weight Control Registry a database of people successful at maintaining a weight loss.

Woman's Body Image and Health a resource of the National Women's Health Information Center in the Office on Women's Health, US Department of Health and Human Services.

Exercise Sites

Active at Any Size Excellent resource for people who think they are too big to get active

All Around Fitness Q & A's Excellent responses to questions about fitness and health

DiscoverFitness.com designed to help you incorporate health and fitness into your life.

Dyenamic Movement Products, Inc. designs and manufactures movement and sensory integration tools for exercise, movement therapy, body image, and group therapy.

ediet's Fitness Center offers animated graphic demonstrations of exercises for all levels of performance (enter as a guest first time)

Exercise and Physical Fitness Page provides research-based exercise and fitness information from Georgia State University's Department of Kinesiology and Health.

Exercise and Your Heart an online booklet from the National Institute of Health's National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.

Exercise at about.com comprehensive information on all things related to exercise.

Exercise The TudeFitness online advice to develop fitness with attitude and offers a free Fitness Newsletter

ExRx Exercise Prescription This is an exhaustive guide to exercise and fitness with loads of handy calculators for various issues such as Body Mass Index.

Jana Trains about fitness, exercise, nutrition, strength training, motivation and general health

Stretching Sites:

• How to Stretch an online book of directions.
• Library of stretches online video demonstration of stretches for all muscle groups on workout for women
• Stretching and Flexibility - How to Stretch an online book by Brad Appleton
• Stretching Exercises for Women from the Heart Association
• Stretch Your Body online instructions from About

Walking.org the online resource all about walking as a healthy balanced lifestyle activity.

Workout Creation Instructions online video weight instructions from ExRx

World Fitness Organization some good online tips for body muscle strengthening and conditioning.

Nutrition Sites

American Dietetic Association one of the best places to go for solid nutrition information. 

Ask the Dietician a rich resource on nutritional information to help sustain a healthy lifestyle and home to the Healthy Body Calculator.

The Business Plan for the Body contains a 1200, 1500 and 2000 calorie food plan as well as the Harris-Benedict Equation online calculator to figure out your Basal Metabolism Rate.

Calorie Control Council information on cutting calories and fat in your diet, achieving and maintaining a healthy weight, or your favorite low-calorie, reduced-fat foods and beverages as well as home to the Calorie Calculator and Enhanced Calorie Calculator

Cyberdiet an exhaustive resource of information on a variety of Balanced Lifestyles topics, including self assessments on Nutrition, Body Mass Index, Hip-waist Ratio, Body Fat Distribution, and other nutrition and weight related information.

Intelihealth is an excellent resource on nutritional information.

International Union of Nutritional Sciences an international resource for information on food and nutrition

The New American Plate from AICR which details healthy nutrition and lifestyle change to ward off cancer and other chronic diseases.

Nutrition Action Newsletter contains highlight articles from the published monthly newsletter of the Center for Science in the Public Interest.

Nutrition Navigator Tufts University's review of the best web sites on nutrition and other balanced lifestyle's issues.

Eating Disorder Resources

Academy for Eating Disorders a multidisciplinary professional organization focusing on Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, Binge Eating Disorder and related disorders

Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness seeks to establish easily accessible programs across the nation that allow children and young adults the opportunity to learn about eating disorders

ANRED: Information and Resources on Anorexia nervosa, Bulimia nervosa,  Binge eating disorder, and other less-well-known eating disorders

Caringonline News, articles, stories and information on eating disorders

EDA - Eating Disorders Anonymous fellowship of individuals who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problems and help others to recover from their eating disorders

The Eating Disorders Association provides information and help on all aspects of eating disorders including Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, Binge Eating Disorder and related eating disorders

Eating Disorder Center of California Day treatment and outpatient program for men and women dealing with anorexia, bulimia and exercise addiction.

Eating Disorder Referral and Information Center Provides information  & assistance in finding eating disorder treatment in you local area.  Phone: 858-792-7463 Fax: 858-481-5143, 2923 Sandy Pointe Suite 6 Del Mar, CA 92014-2052

Eating Disorders Site Information on Behavioral Signs, Physiological Signs, Attitude Shifts, Diagnostic Criteria, and Treatment/Management.

Harvard Eating Disorders Center (HEDC)  a leading academic research center for eating disorders

International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals (IAEDP)  provides education and training to healthcare treatment providers and helping professions, who treat the full spectrum of eating disorder problems.

MEDLINEplus: Eating Disorders provides current medical treatment and research information concerning eating disorders

Mirror Mirror on Eating Disorders an online resource for support and information on eating disorders

Monte Nido Unique residential treatment center for women suffering from anorexia, bulimia and compulsive exercise.

National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders dedicated to alleviating eating disorders and promoting a healthy lifestyle

National Eating Disorders Association general information about eating disorders and body image concerns

National Eating Disorders Screening Program: NMISP an annual large scale screening for eating disorders including an educational presentation on eating disorders and/or related topics (body image, nutrition, etc.), a written screening test and the opportunity to meet one-on-one with a health professional.

Something Fishy Website on Eating Disorders an online resource for support and information on eating disorders

Support, Concern and Resources For Eating Disorders provides variety of information about the various types of eating disorders and related issues effecting lives all over the world