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Healthy Living at Your Fingertips

Several health organizations provide free and useful information via the internet to help you live a healthy lifestyle. Take some time to check out the following.

  • Healthy Living—Learn how to maintain a healthy lifestyle by visiting the American Heart Association's website. You'll find a wealth of information about cholesterol, heart disease, blood pressure, diet and exercise and much more on managing your life.

http://americanheart.org

  • Heart Healthy—Calculate your risk of coronary heart disease on HealthLink. Provided by the Medical College of Wisconsin, this site features a calculator to help you determine your risk of developing coronary heart disease over the next 10 years and allows you to compare this risk to others of the same age.

http://healthlink.mcw.edu/article/923521437.html

  • BMI Calculator—Discover your BMI using the online calculator on the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute's internet site. Body Mass Index (BMI) is a measure of body fat based on height and weight.

http://nhlbisupport.com/bmi/bmicalc.htm

  • Blood pressure—Find out how to keep your blood pressure in check. The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute publishes useful information about the detection, prevention and treatment of high blood pressure.

http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/hbp/